Late afternoon of Wednesday 4 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:39 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:58
15:1515:3916:0316:2716:5117:1517:3918:0318:27
0 of 139 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2015
Determinatein Shaoxing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 5 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 330 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Wednesday 4 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 139 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Thursday 5 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
140 of 140 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 23:28 on Wed 4 Mar to 02:05 on Fri 6 Mar.
2015-03-04T15:27:54Z → 2015-03-05T18:05:24Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:39–17:58 on the 4th, 15:39–17:59 on the 5th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 139 minutes on the 4th and 140 of 140 on the 5th.
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 19791 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Thursday 5 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Shaoxing, 2015: Friday 6 March.
confidence: determinate
In Shaoxing, Holī 2015 falls on Friday 6 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 5 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:28 on Wed 4 Mar to 02:05 on Fri 6 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 5th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 6 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 6 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 6 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 4th | Covered | Sāyāhna 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 07:28 → 10:05 | 15:33 | 139 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Chicago | 09:28 → 12:05 | 15:27 | 137 min | 15:28 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Jersey City | 10:28 → 13:05 | 15:34 | 137 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 11:28 → 14:05 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| London | 15:28 → 18:05 | 15:32 | 133 min | 15:33 | 134 min | 6 Mar |
| Durban | 17:28 → 20:05 | 15:55 | 58 min | 15:54 | 151 min | 6 Mar |
| Dubai | 19:28 → 22:05 | 16:01 | 0 min | 16:02 | 141 min | 6 Mar |
| Delhi | 20:58 → 23:35 | 16:03 | 0 min | 16:03 | 140 min | 6 Mar |
| Kolkata | 20:58 → 23:35 | 15:20 | 0 min | 15:20 | 141 min | 6 Mar |
| Singapore | 23:28 → 02:05 | 16:54 | 0 min | 16:54 | 145 min | 6 Mar |
| Sydney | 02:28 → 05:05 | 16:56 | 0 min | 16:55 | 152 min | 6 Mar |
| Suva | 03:28 → 06:05 | 16:01 | 0 min | 16:01 | 149 min | 6 Mar |