Late afternoon of Thursday 12 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:00 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:20
15:3616:0016:2416:4817:1217:3618:0018:2418:48
0 of 141 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1903
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 111 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Thursday 12 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 141 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Friday 13 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
141 of 141 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 22:30 on Thu 12 Mar to 20:13 on Fri 13 Mar.
1903-03-12T14:30:08Z → 1903-03-13T12:12:46Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:00–18:20 on the 12th, 16:00–18:21 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 141 minutes on the 12th and 141 of 141 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 6681 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1903: Friday 13 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1903 falls on Friday 13 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 22:30 on Thu 12 Mar to 20:13 on Fri 13 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 13 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 13 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 13 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 12th | Covered | Sāyāhna 13th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 06:30 → 04:13 | 15:36 | 142 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 12 Mar |
| Chicago | 08:30 → 06:13 | 15:32 | 141 min | 15:32 | 0 min | 12 Mar |
| Jersey City | 09:30 → 07:13 | 15:38 | 141 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 12 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 10:30 → 08:13 | 15:53 | 144 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 12 Mar |
| London | 14:30 → 12:13 | 15:39 | 139 min | 15:40 | 0 min | 12 Mar |
| Durban | 16:30 → 14:13 | 15:49 | 108 min | 15:48 | 0 min | 12 Mar |
| Dubai | 18:11 → 15:54 | 15:44 | 0 min | 15:44 | 10 min | 13 Mar |
| Delhi | 19:51 → 17:34 | 15:56 | 0 min | 15:56 | 98 min | 13 Mar |
| Kolkata | 19:51 → 17:34 | 15:12 | 0 min | 15:12 | 141 min | 13 Mar |
| Singapore | 21:25 → 19:08 | 15:47 | 0 min | 15:47 | 145 min | 13 Mar |
| Sydney | 00:30 → 22:13 | 15:50 | 0 min | 15:49 | 149 min | 13 Mar |
| Suva | 02:25 → 00:08 | 15:52 | 0 min | 15:52 | 147 min | 13 Mar |