Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1915

Monday 1 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 503 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 Sunday 28 February

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:53 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:08
15:2915:5316:1716:4117:0517:2917:5318:1718:41

0 of 135 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Monday 1 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

15:54 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:09
15:3015:5416:1816:4217:0617:3017:5418:1818:42

135 of 135 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 04:06 on Mon 1 Mar to 02:32 on Tue 2 Mar.

    1915-02-28T20:06:03Z → 1915-03-01T18:32:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:53–18:08 on the 28th, 15:54–18:09 on the 1st.

    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 135 minutes on the 28th and 135 of 135 on the 1st.

    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 30191 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1915: Monday 1 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1915 falls on Monday 1 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 04:06 on Mon 1 Mar to 02:32 on Tue 2 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1915/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 1 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 1 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 1 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 28thCoveredSāyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:06 → 10:3215:31137 min15:310 min28 Feb
Chicago14:06 → 12:3215:25134 min15:250 min28 Feb
Jersey City15:06 → 13:3215:31134 min15:310 min28 Feb
Port of Spain16:06 → 14:3215:53130 min15:530 min28 Feb
London20:06 → 18:3215:280 min15:29130 min1 Mar
Durban22:06 → 20:3215:580 min15:57153 min1 Mar
Dubai23:47 → 22:1315:410 min15:42139 min1 Mar
Delhi01:36 → 00:0216:010 min16:02138 min1 Mar
Kolkata01:36 → 00:0215:190 min15:19140 min1 Mar
Singapore03:06 → 01:3215:550 min15:55145 min1 Mar
Sydney06:06 → 04:3216:000 min15:59154 min1 Mar
Suva08:01 → 06:2715:590 min15:58150 min1 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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