Ruling · Holī · 2015

Friday 6 March

Determinatein Xining, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 5 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 259 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two late afternoons

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.

16:52 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:09
16:2816:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:5219:1619:40

0 of 138 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Thursday 5 March

Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.

16:52 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:10
16:2816:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:5219:1619:40

138 of 138 minutes covered

Pūrṇimā presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    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

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:52–19:09 on the 4th, 16:52–19:10 on the 5th.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 138 minutes on the 4th and 138 of 138 on the 5th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 15513 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Thursday 5 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Xining, 2015: Friday 6 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Xining, 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.

ahargana.org/xining/festivals/2015/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 6 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 6 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 6 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Xining.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/holi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Phālguna, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Kept
The day after Holikā Dahana

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāSāyāhna 4thCoveredSāyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:28 → 10:0515:33139 min15:330 min5 Mar
Chicago09:28 → 12:0515:27137 min15:280 min5 Mar
Jersey City10:28 → 13:0515:34137 min15:340 min5 Mar
Port of Spain11:28 → 14:0515:53143 min15:530 min5 Mar
London15:28 → 18:0515:32133 min15:33134 min6 Mar
Durban17:28 → 20:0515:5558 min15:54151 min6 Mar
Dubai19:28 → 22:0516:010 min16:02141 min6 Mar
Delhi20:58 → 23:3516:030 min16:03140 min6 Mar
Kolkata20:58 → 23:3515:200 min15:20141 min6 Mar
Singapore23:28 → 02:0516:540 min16:54145 min6 Mar
Sydney02:28 → 05:0516:560 min16:55152 min6 Mar
Suva03:28 → 06:0516:010 min16:01149 min6 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
holi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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