Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1919

Sunday 16 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 236 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 15 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:01 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:24
15:3716:0116:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:49

0 of 142 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Sunday 16 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:02 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:24
15:3816:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:50

143 of 143 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 22:19 on Sat 15 Mar to 23:41 on Sun 16 Mar.

    1919-03-15T14:19:25Z → 1919-03-16T15:40:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:01–18:24 on the 15th, 16:02–18:24 on the 16th.

    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 142 minutes on the 15th and 143 of 143 on the 16th.

    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 14154 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1919: Sunday 16 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1919 falls on Sunday 16 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 22:19 on Sat 15 Mar to 23:41 on Sun 16 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1919/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 16 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 16 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 16 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 15thCoveredSāyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:19 → 07:4115:37143 min15:370 min15 Mar
Chicago08:19 → 09:4115:34142 min15:340 min15 Mar
Jersey City09:19 → 10:4115:39142 min15:400 min15 Mar
Port of Spain10:19 → 11:4115:52145 min15:520 min15 Mar
London14:19 → 15:4115:42141 min15:430 min15 Mar
Durban16:19 → 17:4115:46115 min15:46115 min16 Mar
Dubai18:00 → 19:2215:448 min15:45144 min16 Mar
Delhi19:49 → 21:1116:050 min16:06144 min16 Mar
Kolkata19:49 → 21:1115:220 min15:22144 min16 Mar
Singapore21:19 → 22:4115:520 min15:51145 min16 Mar
Sydney00:19 → 01:4115:470 min15:46148 min16 Mar
Suva02:19 → 03:4115:560 min15:55146 min16 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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