Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1912

Sunday 3 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 30 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 2 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:55 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:11
15:3115:5516:1916:4317:0717:3117:5518:1918:43

0 of 136 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Sunday 3 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

15:55 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:12
Pūrṇimā ends 18:41:39
15:3115:5516:1916:4317:0717:3117:5518:1918:43

137 of 137 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 21:38 on Sat 2 Mar to 18:42 on Sun 3 Mar.

    1912-03-02T13:37:58Z → 1912-03-03T10:41:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:55–18:11 on the 2nd, 15:55–18:12 on the 3rd.

    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 136 minutes on the 2nd and 137 of 137 on the 3rd.

    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 1776 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1912: Sunday 3 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1912 falls on Sunday 3 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:38 on Sat 2 Mar to 18:42 on Sun 3 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1912/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 3 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 3 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 3 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 2ndCoveredSāyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:38 → 02:4215:32138 min15:330 min2 Mar
Chicago07:38 → 04:4215:26135 min15:270 min2 Mar
Jersey City08:38 → 05:4215:33136 min15:330 min2 Mar
Port of Spain09:38 → 06:4215:53143 min15:530 min2 Mar
London13:38 → 10:4215:30131 min15:310 min2 Mar
Durban15:38 → 12:4215:56152 min15:550 min2 Mar
Dubai17:19 → 14:2315:4243 min15:420 min2 Mar
Delhi19:08 → 16:1216:020 min16:029 min3 Mar
Kolkata19:08 → 16:1215:200 min15:2052 min3 Mar
Singapore20:38 → 17:4215:540 min15:54107 min3 Mar
Sydney23:38 → 20:4215:580 min15:57153 min3 Mar
Suva01:33 → 22:3715:570 min15:57149 min3 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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