Late afternoon of Friday 21 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:04 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:30
15:4016:0416:2816:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:52
0 of 146 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1913
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 85 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Friday 21 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 146 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Saturday 22 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
146 of 146 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 23:28 on Fri 21 Mar to 19:56 on Sat 22 Mar.
1913-03-21T15:27:41Z → 1913-03-22T11:55:51Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:04–18:30 on the 21st, 16:05–18:31 on the 22nd.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 146 minutes on the 21st and 146 of 146 on the 22nd.
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 5099 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1913: Saturday 22 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1913 falls on Saturday 22 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:28 on Fri 21 Mar to 19:56 on Sat 22 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 22 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 22 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 22 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 21st | Covered | Sāyāhna 22nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 07:28 → 03:56 | 15:39 | 146 min | 15:40 | 0 min | 21 Mar |
| Chicago | 09:28 → 05:56 | 15:37 | 146 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 21 Mar |
| Jersey City | 10:28 → 06:56 | 15:43 | 146 min | 15:43 | 0 min | 21 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 11:28 → 07:56 | 15:51 | 145 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 21 Mar |
| London | 15:28 → 11:56 | 15:48 | 146 min | 15:49 | 0 min | 21 Mar |
| Durban | 17:28 → 13:56 | 15:41 | 39 min | 15:40 | 0 min | 21 Mar |
| Dubai | 19:09 → 15:37 | 15:46 | 0 min | 15:46 | 0 min | 21 Mar |
| Delhi | 20:58 → 17:26 | 16:07 | 0 min | 16:07 | 79 min | 22 Mar |
| Kolkata | 20:58 → 17:26 | 15:22 | 0 min | 15:22 | 124 min | 22 Mar |
| Singapore | 22:28 → 18:56 | 15:50 | 0 min | 15:50 | 145 min | 22 Mar |
| Sydney | 01:28 → 21:56 | 15:41 | 0 min | 15:40 | 145 min | 22 Mar |
| Suva | 03:23 → 23:51 | 15:47 | 0 min | 15:46 | 145 min | 22 Mar |