Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1909

Saturday 6 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 302 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two late afternoons

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

Late afternoon of Saturday 6 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

15:57 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:15
15:3315:5716:2116:4517:0917:3317:5718:2118:45

138 of 138 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Sunday 7 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:57 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:16
15:3315:5716:2116:4517:0917:3317:5718:2118:45

0 of 138 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 08:28 on Sat 6 Mar to 10:56 on Sun 7 Mar.

    1909-03-06T00:27:54Z → 1909-03-07T02:55:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:57–18:15 on the 6th, 15:57–18:16 on the 7th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 138 of 138 minutes on the 6th and 0 of 138 on the 7th.

    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 18116 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1909: Saturday 6 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1909 falls on Saturday 6 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 08:28 on Sat 6 Mar to 10:56 on Sun 7 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1909/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 6 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 6 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 6 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 6thCoveredSāyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:28 → 18:5615:34139 min15:340 min6 Mar
Chicago18:28 → 20:5615:29137 min15:290 min6 Mar
Jersey City19:28 → 21:5615:35138 min15:350 min6 Mar
Port of Spain20:28 → 22:5615:53144 min15:530 min6 Mar
London00:28 → 02:5615:34134 min15:350 min6 Mar
Durban02:28 → 04:5615:53151 min15:530 min6 Mar
Dubai04:09 → 06:3715:43141 min15:430 min6 Mar
Delhi05:58 → 08:2616:03140 min16:040 min6 Mar
Kolkata05:58 → 08:2615:20141 min15:210 min6 Mar
Singapore07:28 → 09:5615:54145 min15:540 min6 Mar
Sydney10:28 → 12:5615:54152 min15:540 min6 Mar
Suva12:23 → 14:5115:55148 min15:550 min6 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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