Late afternoon of Thursday 28 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
17:02 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:30
16:3817:0217:2617:5018:1418:3819:0219:2619:50
0 of 149 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1907
Determinatein Xining, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 29 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 493 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Thursday 28 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 149 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Friday 29 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
149 of 149 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 04:57 on Fri 29 Mar to 03:44 on Sat 30 Mar.
1907-03-28T20:56:52Z → 1907-03-29T19:44:20Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 17:02–19:30 on the 28th, 17:02–19:31 on the 29th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 149 minutes on the 28th and 149 of 149 on the 29th.
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 29597 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 29 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Xining, 1907: Saturday 30 March.
confidence: determinate
In Xining, Holī 1907 falls on Saturday 30 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 29 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 04:57 on Fri 29 Mar to 03:44 on Sat 30 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 29th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 30 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 30 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 30 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Xining. | ||
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 28th | Covered | Sāyāhna 29th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:57 → 11:44 | 15:41 | 148 min | 15:42 | 0 min | 29 Mar |
| Chicago | 14:57 → 13:44 | 15:41 | 150 min | 15:41 | 0 min | 29 Mar |
| Jersey City | 15:57 → 14:44 | 15:46 | 139 min | 15:47 | 0 min | 29 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 16:57 → 15:44 | 15:51 | 80 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 29 Mar |
| London | 20:57 → 19:44 | 15:53 | 0 min | 15:54 | 152 min | 30 Mar |
| Durban | 22:57 → 21:44 | 15:36 | 0 min | 15:35 | 143 min | 30 Mar |
| Dubai | 00:38 → 23:25 | 15:46 | 0 min | 15:47 | 148 min | 30 Mar |
| Delhi | 02:27 → 01:14 | 16:08 | 0 min | 16:08 | 148 min | 30 Mar |
| Kolkata | 02:27 → 01:14 | 15:23 | 0 min | 15:23 | 147 min | 30 Mar |
| Singapore | 03:57 → 02:44 | 15:48 | 0 min | 15:48 | 145 min | 30 Mar |
| Sydney | 06:57 → 05:44 | 15:35 | 0 min | 15:34 | 142 min | 30 Mar |
| Suva | 08:52 → 07:39 | 15:43 | 0 min | 15:42 | 144 min | 30 Mar |