Late afternoon of Wednesday 11 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
15:59 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:20
Pūrṇimā begins 15:47:39
15:3515:5916:2316:4717:1117:3517:5918:2318:47
140 of 140 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1914
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 12 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Wednesday 11 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
140 of 140 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Thursday 12 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 141 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 15:48 on Wed 11 Mar to 12:18 on Thu 12 Mar.
1914-03-11T07:47:39Z → 1914-03-12T04:18:13Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:59–18:20 on the 11th, 16:00–18:21 on the 12th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 140 of 140 minutes on the 11th and 0 of 141 on the 12th.
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 705 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1914: Wednesday 11 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1914 falls on Wednesday 11 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 15:48 on Wed 11 Mar to 12:18 on Thu 12 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 11 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 11 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 11 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 11th | Covered | Sāyāhna 12th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:48 → 20:18 | 15:36 | 141 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Chicago | 01:48 → 22:18 | 15:31 | 140 min | 15:32 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Jersey City | 02:48 → 23:18 | 15:37 | 140 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 03:48 → 00:18 | 15:53 | 144 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| London | 07:48 → 04:18 | 15:38 | 138 min | 15:39 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Durban | 09:48 → 06:18 | 15:50 | 149 min | 15:49 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Dubai | 11:29 → 07:59 | 15:44 | 142 min | 15:44 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Delhi | 13:18 → 09:48 | 16:05 | 142 min | 16:05 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Kolkata | 13:18 → 09:48 | 15:21 | 143 min | 15:21 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Singapore | 14:48 → 11:18 | 15:53 | 145 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Sydney | 17:48 → 14:18 | 15:50 | 32 min | 15:49 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Suva | 19:43 → 16:13 | 15:53 | 0 min | 15:52 | 21 min | 12 Mar |