Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1910

Friday 25 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 472 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 Thursday 24 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:06 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:33
15:4216:0616:3016:5417:1817:4218:0618:3018:54

0 of 147 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Friday 25 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:06 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:33
15:4216:0616:3016:5417:1817:4218:0618:3018:54

147 of 147 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 02:24 on Fri 25 Mar to 04:21 on Sat 26 Mar.

    1910-03-24T18:24:01Z → 1910-03-25T20:20:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:06–18:33 on the 24th, 16:06–18:33 on the 25th.

    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 147 minutes on the 24th and 147 of 147 on the 25th.

    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 28290 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1910: Friday 25 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1910 falls on Friday 25 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 02:24 on Fri 25 Mar to 04:21 on Sat 26 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1910/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 25 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 25 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 25 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 24thCoveredSāyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:24 → 12:2115:40147 min15:400 min24 Mar
Chicago12:24 → 14:2115:39147 min15:390 min24 Mar
Jersey City13:24 → 15:2115:44147 min15:450 min24 Mar
Port of Spain14:24 → 16:2115:51146 min15:5130 min24 Mar
London18:24 → 20:2115:500 min15:51149 min25 Mar
Durban20:24 → 22:2115:390 min15:38144 min25 Mar
Dubai22:05 → 00:0215:460 min15:46146 min25 Mar
Delhi23:54 → 01:5116:070 min16:08147 min25 Mar
Kolkata23:54 → 01:5115:220 min15:23146 min25 Mar
Singapore01:24 → 03:2115:490 min15:49145 min25 Mar
Sydney04:24 → 06:2115:380 min15:37144 min25 Mar
Suva06:19 → 08:1615:450 min15:44145 min25 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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