Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1907

Friday 29 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 547 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Thursday 28 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:07 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:36
15:4316:0716:3116:5517:1917:4318:0718:3118:55

0 of 149 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Friday 29 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:08 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:37
15:4416:0816:3216:5617:2017:4418:0818:3218:56

149 of 149 minutes covered

Pūrṇimā presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 04:57 on Fri 29 Mar to 03:44 on Sat 30 Mar.

    1907-03-28T20:56:52Z → 1907-03-29T19:44:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:07–18:36 on the 28th, 16:08–18:37 on the 29th.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 149 minutes on the 28th and 149 of 149 on the 29th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 32835 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1907: Friday 29 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1907 falls on Friday 29 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 04:57 on Fri 29 Mar to 03:44 on Sat 30 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1907/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 29 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 29 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 29 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/holika-dahana · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Phālguna, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāSāyāhna 28thCoveredSāyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:57 → 11:4415:41148 min15:420 min28 Mar
Chicago14:57 → 13:4415:41150 min15:410 min28 Mar
Jersey City15:57 → 14:4415:46139 min15:470 min28 Mar
Port of Spain16:57 → 15:4415:5180 min15:510 min28 Mar
London20:57 → 19:4415:530 min15:54152 min29 Mar
Durban22:57 → 21:4415:360 min15:35143 min29 Mar
Dubai00:38 → 23:2515:460 min15:47148 min29 Mar
Delhi02:27 → 01:1416:080 min16:08148 min29 Mar
Kolkata02:27 → 01:1415:230 min15:23147 min29 Mar
Singapore03:57 → 02:4415:480 min15:48145 min29 Mar
Sydney06:57 → 05:4415:350 min15:34142 min29 Mar
Suva08:52 → 07:3915:430 min15:42144 min29 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
holika-dahana@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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