Late afternoon of Thursday 15 March
Taken. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
16:07 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:29
15:4316:0716:3116:5517:1917:4318:0718:3118:55
143 of 143 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1900
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both late afternoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Thursday 15 March
Taken. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
143 of 143 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Friday 16 March
Qualifies with 10 of 143 minutes. Not taken.
10 of 143 minutes covered, the first 10
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 13:51 on Thu 15 Mar to 16:17 on Fri 16 Mar.
1900-03-15T05:45:35Z → 1900-03-16T08:11:48Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:07–18:29 on the 15th, 16:07–18:30 on the 16th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 143 of 143 minutes on the 15th and 10 of 143 on the 16th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Both late afternoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 584 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1900: Thursday 15 March.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1900 falls on Thursday 15 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 13:51 on Thu 15 Mar to 16:17 on Fri 16 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 10 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 15 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 15 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 15 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/holika-dahana · 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. The hour the row gives for the rite ("it should be observed on second half of purnima at night") is not tested: sāyāhna alone settles the day.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Sāyāhna 15th | Covered | Sāyāhna 16th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:46 → 00:12 | 15:37 | 143 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 15 Mar |
| Chicago | 23:46 → 02:12 | 15:34 | 143 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 15 Mar |
| Jersey City | 00:46 → 03:12 | 15:40 | 143 min | 15:40 | 0 min | 15 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 01:46 → 04:12 | 15:52 | 145 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 15 Mar |
| London | 05:46 → 08:12 | 15:42 | 142 min | 15:43 | 0 min | 15 Mar |
| Durban | 07:16 → 09:42 | 15:16 | 147 min | 15:15 | 0 min | 15 Mar |
| Dubai | 09:27 → 11:53 | 15:45 | 144 min | 15:45 | 0 min | 15 Mar |
| Delhi | 11:07 → 13:33 | 15:57 | 143 min | 15:57 | 0 min | 15 Mar |
| Kolkata | 11:07 → 13:33 | 15:13 | 144 min | 15:13 | 0 min | 15 Mar |
| Singapore | 12:41 → 15:07 | 15:47 | 145 min | 15:46 | 0 min | 15 Mar |
| Sydney | 15:46 → 18:12 | 15:46 | 148 min | 15:45 | 147 min | 15 Mar |
| Suva | 17:41 → 20:07 | 15:50 | 36 min | 15:50 | 146 min | 16 Mar |