Late afternoon of Saturday 10 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
15:59 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:19
15:3515:5916:2316:4717:1117:3517:5918:2318:47
140 of 140 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1906
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 563 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Saturday 10 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
140 of 140 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Sunday 11 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 140 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 06:36 on Sat 10 Mar to 04:17 on Sun 11 Mar.
1906-03-09T22:35:43Z → 1906-03-10T20:17:08Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:59–18:19 on the 10th, 15:59–18:20 on the 11th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 140 of 140 minutes on the 10th and 0 of 140 on the 11th.
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 33788 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1906: Saturday 10 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1906 falls on Saturday 10 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:36 on Sat 10 Mar to 04:17 on Sun 11 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 10 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 10 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 10 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 9th | Covered | Sāyāhna 10th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:36 → 12:17 | 15:35 | 140 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Chicago | 16:36 → 14:17 | 15:30 | 73 min | 15:31 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Jersey City | 17:36 → 15:17 | 15:36 | 20 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 18:36 → 16:17 | 15:53 | 0 min | 15:53 | 24 min | 10 Mar |
| London | 22:36 → 20:17 | 15:36 | 0 min | 15:37 | 137 min | 10 Mar |
| Durban | 00:36 → 22:17 | 15:51 | 0 min | 15:50 | 149 min | 10 Mar |
| Dubai | 02:17 → 23:58 | 15:43 | 0 min | 15:44 | 142 min | 10 Mar |
| Delhi | 04:06 → 01:47 | 16:04 | 0 min | 16:04 | 142 min | 10 Mar |
| Kolkata | 04:06 → 01:47 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:21 | 142 min | 10 Mar |
| Singapore | 05:36 → 03:17 | 15:53 | 0 min | 15:53 | 145 min | 10 Mar |
| Sydney | 08:36 → 06:17 | 15:52 | 0 min | 15:51 | 150 min | 10 Mar |
| Suva | 10:31 → 08:12 | 15:54 | 0 min | 15:53 | 148 min | 10 Mar |