Late afternoon of Sunday 16 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:43 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:07
Pūrṇimā begins 18:27:26
15:1915:4316:0716:3116:5517:1917:4318:0718:31
0 of 144 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2098
Boundaryin Shaoxing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 17 Mar. A threshold is only 1 min 51 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Sunday 16 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 144 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Monday 17 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
2 of 144 minutes covered, the first 2
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 18:27 on Sun 16 Mar to 15:45 on Mon 17 Mar.
2098-03-16T10:27:26Z → 2098-03-17T07:44:51Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:43–18:07 on the 16th, 15:43–18:07 on the 17th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 144 minutes on the 16th and 2 of 144 on the 17th.
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 111 s < 300 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 17 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Shaoxing, 2098: Tuesday 18 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Shaoxing, Holī 2098 falls on Tuesday 18 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 17 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:27 on Sun 16 Mar to 15:45 on Mon 17 Mar and covers 2 of 144 minutes of sāyāhna on the 17th. It is 1 min 51 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 18 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 18 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 18 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 16th | Covered | Sāyāhna 17th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 03:27 → 00:45 | 16:38 | 144 min | 16:38 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Chicago | 05:27 → 02:45 | 16:35 | 144 min | 16:36 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Jersey City | 06:27 → 03:45 | 16:41 | 144 min | 16:42 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 06:27 → 03:45 | 15:52 | 145 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| London | 10:27 → 07:45 | 15:44 | 143 min | 15:45 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Durban | 12:27 → 09:45 | 15:45 | 147 min | 15:44 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Dubai | 14:27 → 11:45 | 16:04 | 144 min | 16:04 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Delhi | 15:57 → 13:15 | 16:06 | 144 min | 16:06 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Kolkata | 15:57 → 13:15 | 15:22 | 109 min | 15:22 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Singapore | 18:27 → 15:45 | 16:51 | 49 min | 16:51 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Sydney | 21:27 → 18:45 | 16:45 | 0 min | 16:44 | 121 min | 18 Mar |
| Suva | 22:27 → 19:45 | 15:54 | 0 min | 15:54 | 146 min | 18 Mar |