Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1916

Sunday 19 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 418 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 18 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:03 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:27
15:3916:0316:2716:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:51

0 of 144 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Sunday 19 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:04 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:28
15:4016:0416:2816:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:52

145 of 145 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 01:47 on Sun 19 Mar to 01:26 on Mon 20 Mar.

    1916-03-18T17:47:12Z → 1916-03-19T17:26:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:03–18:27 on the 18th, 16:04–18:28 on the 19th.

    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 144 minutes on the 18th and 145 of 145 on the 19th.

    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 25088 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1916: Sunday 19 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1916 falls on Sunday 19 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 01:47 on Sun 19 Mar to 01:26 on Mon 20 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1916/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 19 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 19 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 19 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 18thCoveredSāyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:47 → 09:2615:38145 min15:390 min18 Mar
Chicago11:47 → 11:2615:36144 min15:360 min18 Mar
Jersey City12:47 → 12:2615:41144 min15:420 min18 Mar
Port of Spain13:47 → 13:2615:52145 min15:520 min18 Mar
London17:47 → 17:2615:4522 min15:46100 min19 Mar
Durban19:47 → 19:2615:430 min15:43146 min19 Mar
Dubai21:28 → 21:0715:450 min15:45145 min19 Mar
Delhi23:17 → 22:5616:060 min16:07145 min19 Mar
Kolkata23:17 → 22:5615:220 min15:22145 min19 Mar
Singapore00:47 → 00:2615:510 min15:50145 min19 Mar
Sydney03:47 → 03:2615:430 min15:42146 min19 Mar
Suva05:47 → 05:2615:530 min15:53146 min19 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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