Late afternoon of Friday 12 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:55 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:17
16:3116:5517:1917:4318:0718:3118:5519:1919:43
0 of 142 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2055
Boundaryin Xining, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sat 13 Mar. A threshold is only 1 min 30 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Friday 12 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 142 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Saturday 13 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
2 of 142 minutes covered, the first 2
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 20:46 on Fri 12 Mar to 16:57 on Sat 13 Mar.
2055-03-12T12:46:09Z → 2055-03-13T08:57:25Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:55–19:17 on the 12th, 16:56–19:18 on the 13th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 142 minutes on the 12th and 2 of 142 on the 13th.
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 90 s < 300 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Saturday 13 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Xining, 2055: Sunday 14 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Xining, Holī 2055 falls on Sunday 14 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Saturday 13 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 20:46 on Fri 12 Mar to 16:57 on Sat 13 Mar and covers 2 of 142 minutes of sāyāhna on the 13th. It is 1 min 30 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 14 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 14 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 14 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 12th | Covered | Sāyāhna 13th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 04:46 → 00:57 | 15:36 | 142 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| Chicago | 06:46 → 02:57 | 15:32 | 141 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| Jersey City | 07:46 → 03:57 | 15:38 | 141 min | 15:39 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 08:46 → 04:57 | 15:52 | 144 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| London | 12:46 → 08:57 | 15:40 | 140 min | 15:41 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| Durban | 14:46 → 10:57 | 15:48 | 148 min | 15:47 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| Dubai | 16:46 → 12:57 | 16:03 | 100 min | 16:03 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| Delhi | 18:16 → 14:27 | 16:05 | 11 min | 16:05 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| Kolkata | 18:16 → 14:27 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:21 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| Singapore | 20:46 → 16:57 | 16:52 | 0 min | 16:52 | 6 min | 14 Mar |
| Sydney | 23:46 → 19:57 | 16:48 | 0 min | 16:48 | 149 min | 14 Mar |
| Suva | 00:46 → 20:57 | 15:57 | 0 min | 15:56 | 147 min | 14 Mar |