Late afternoon of Monday 4 March
Taken. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
15:56 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:13
15:3215:5616:2016:4417:0817:3217:5618:2018:44
137 of 137 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1901
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 Monday 4 March
Taken. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
137 of 137 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Tuesday 5 March
Qualifies with 8 of 137 minutes. Not taken.
8 of 137 minutes covered, the first 8
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 14:35 on Mon 4 Mar to 16:04 on Tue 5 Mar.
1901-03-04T06:34:54Z → 1901-03-05T08:04:09Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:56–18:13 on the 4th, 15:56–18:14 on the 5th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 137 of 137 minutes on the 4th and 8 of 137 on the 5th.
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 464 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1901: Monday 4 March.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1901 falls on Monday 4 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 14:35 on Mon 4 Mar to 16:04 on Tue 5 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 8 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 | Mon 4 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 4 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 4 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 4th | Covered | Sāyāhna 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 22:35 → 00:04 | 15:33 | 138 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 4 Mar |
| Chicago | 00:35 → 02:04 | 15:27 | 136 min | 15:28 | 0 min | 4 Mar |
| Jersey City | 01:35 → 03:04 | 15:34 | 137 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 4 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 02:35 → 04:04 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 4 Mar |
| London | 06:35 → 08:04 | 15:32 | 133 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 4 Mar |
| Durban | 08:05 → 09:34 | 15:25 | 152 min | 15:24 | 0 min | 4 Mar |
| Dubai | 10:16 → 11:45 | 15:43 | 140 min | 15:43 | 0 min | 4 Mar |
| Delhi | 11:56 → 13:25 | 15:54 | 140 min | 15:54 | 0 min | 4 Mar |
| Kolkata | 11:56 → 13:25 | 15:11 | 141 min | 15:11 | 0 min | 4 Mar |
| Singapore | 13:30 → 14:59 | 15:49 | 145 min | 15:49 | 0 min | 4 Mar |
| Sydney | 16:35 → 18:04 | 15:56 | 114 min | 15:55 | 129 min | 5 Mar |
| Suva | 18:30 → 19:59 | 15:57 | 0 min | 15:56 | 149 min | 5 Mar |