Late afternoon of Monday 10 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:41 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:02
15:1715:4116:0516:2916:5317:1717:4118:0518:29
0 of 142 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1952
Determinatein Shaoxing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 11 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 405 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Monday 10 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 142 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Tuesday 11 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
142 of 142 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 00:47 on Tue 11 Mar to 02:14 on Wed 12 Mar.
1952-03-10T16:47:18Z → 1952-03-11T18:13:56Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:41–18:02 on the 10th, 15:41–18:03 on the 11th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 142 minutes on the 10th and 142 of 142 on the 11th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 24299 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 11 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Shaoxing, 1952: Wednesday 12 March.
confidence: determinate
In Shaoxing, Holī 1952 falls on Wednesday 12 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 11 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 00:47 on Tue 11 Mar to 02:14 on Wed 12 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 11th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 12 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 12 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 12 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Shaoxing. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/holi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 15 Holika-dahana (Sayahnavyapini — it should be observed on second half of purnima at night), Dolayatra (Bengal & Orissa) (covering 4 ghatikas before sunrise of the day of festival), Holi — on the day after Holikadahana.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Sāyāhna 10th | Covered | Sāyāhna 11th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:47 → 10:14 | 15:35 | 141 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Chicago | 10:47 → 12:14 | 15:31 | 140 min | 15:32 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Jersey City | 11:47 → 13:14 | 15:37 | 140 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 12:47 → 14:14 | 15:53 | 144 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| London | 16:47 → 18:14 | 15:38 | 69 min | 15:39 | 139 min | 12 Mar |
| Durban | 18:47 → 20:14 | 15:50 | 0 min | 15:49 | 149 min | 12 Mar |
| Dubai | 20:47 → 22:14 | 16:03 | 0 min | 16:03 | 143 min | 12 Mar |
| Delhi | 22:17 → 23:44 | 16:04 | 0 min | 16:05 | 142 min | 12 Mar |
| Kolkata | 22:17 → 23:44 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:21 | 143 min | 12 Mar |
| Singapore | 00:17 → 01:44 | 16:23 | 0 min | 16:22 | 145 min | 12 Mar |
| Sydney | 02:47 → 04:14 | 15:50 | 0 min | 15:49 | 150 min | 12 Mar |
| Suva | 04:47 → 06:14 | 15:58 | 0 min | 15:57 | 147 min | 12 Mar |