Late afternoon of Thursday 23 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
17:00 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:26
16:3617:0017:2417:4818:1218:3619:0019:2419:48
0 of 147 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1978
Determinatein Xining, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 24 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 293 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Thursday 23 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 147 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Friday 24 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
147 of 147 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 00:39 on Fri 24 Mar to 00:20 on Sat 25 Mar.
1978-03-23T16:39:11Z → 1978-03-24T16:19:59Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 17:00–19:26 on the 23rd, 17:00–19:27 on the 24th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 147 minutes on the 23rd and 147 of 147 on the 24th.
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 17558 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 24 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Xining, 1978: Saturday 25 March.
confidence: determinate
In Xining, Holī 1978 falls on Saturday 25 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 24 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 00:39 on Fri 24 Mar to 00:20 on Sat 25 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 24th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 25 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 25 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 25 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 23rd | Covered | Sāyāhna 24th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:39 → 08:20 | 15:40 | 147 min | 15:40 | 0 min | 24 Mar |
| Chicago | 10:39 → 10:20 | 15:38 | 147 min | 15:39 | 0 min | 24 Mar |
| Jersey City | 11:39 → 11:20 | 15:44 | 147 min | 15:44 | 0 min | 24 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 12:39 → 12:20 | 15:51 | 146 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 24 Mar |
| London | 17:39 → 17:20 | 16:50 | 98 min | 16:51 | 29 min | 24 Mar |
| Durban | 18:39 → 18:20 | 15:39 | 0 min | 15:38 | 144 min | 25 Mar |
| Dubai | 20:39 → 20:20 | 16:05 | 0 min | 16:05 | 146 min | 25 Mar |
| Delhi | 22:09 → 21:50 | 16:07 | 0 min | 16:08 | 147 min | 25 Mar |
| Kolkata | 22:09 → 21:50 | 15:22 | 0 min | 15:22 | 146 min | 25 Mar |
| Singapore | 00:09 → 23:50 | 16:19 | 0 min | 16:19 | 145 min | 25 Mar |
| Sydney | 02:39 → 02:20 | 15:39 | 0 min | 15:38 | 144 min | 25 Mar |
| Suva | 04:39 → 04:20 | 15:50 | 0 min | 15:50 | 145 min | 25 Mar |