Late afternoon of Tuesday 1 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
15:54 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:10
15:3015:5416:1816:4217:0617:3017:5418:1818:42
136 of 136 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1904
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 1 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 82 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Tuesday 1 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
136 of 136 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Wednesday 2 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 136 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 14:32 on Tue 1 Mar to 10:48 on Wed 2 Mar.
1904-03-01T06:32:01Z → 1904-03-02T02:48:15Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:54–18:10 on the 1st, 15:55–18:11 on the 2nd.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 136 of 136 minutes on the 1st and 0 of 136 on the 2nd.
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 4940 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 1 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Baoding, 1904: Wednesday 2 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holī 1904 falls on Wednesday 2 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 1 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 14:32 on Tue 1 Mar to 10:48 on Wed 2 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 1st.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 2 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 2 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 2 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
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 1st | Covered | Sāyāhna 2nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 22:32 → 18:48 | 15:32 | 137 min | 15:32 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Chicago | 00:32 → 20:48 | 15:26 | 135 min | 15:26 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Jersey City | 01:32 → 21:48 | 15:32 | 135 min | 15:32 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 02:32 → 22:48 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| London | 06:32 → 02:48 | 15:29 | 131 min | 15:30 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Durban | 08:32 → 04:48 | 15:57 | 153 min | 15:56 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Dubai | 10:13 → 06:29 | 15:42 | 140 min | 15:42 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Delhi | 11:53 → 08:09 | 15:53 | 139 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Kolkata | 11:53 → 08:09 | 15:11 | 140 min | 15:11 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Singapore | 13:27 → 09:43 | 15:50 | 145 min | 15:49 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Sydney | 16:32 → 12:48 | 15:58 | 120 min | 15:58 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Suva | 18:27 → 14:43 | 15:58 | 0 min | 15:57 | 0 min | 2 Mar |