Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1923

Friday 2 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 84 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 Friday 2 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

15:55 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:10
15:3115:5516:1916:4317:0717:3117:5518:1918:43

136 of 136 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Saturday 3 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:55 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:11
15:3115:5516:1916:4317:0717:3117:5518:1918:43

0 of 136 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 14:30 on Fri 2 Mar to 11:23 on Sat 3 Mar.

    1923-03-02T06:30:14Z → 1923-03-03T03:23:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:55–18:10 on the 2nd, 15:55–18:11 on the 3rd.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 136 of 136 minutes on the 2nd and 0 of 136 on the 3rd.

    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 5060 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1923: Friday 2 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1923 falls on Friday 2 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 14:30 on Fri 2 Mar to 11:23 on Sat 3 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1923/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 2 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 2 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 2 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 2ndCoveredSāyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:30 → 19:2315:32137 min15:320 min2 Mar
Chicago00:30 → 21:2315:26135 min15:260 min2 Mar
Jersey City01:30 → 22:2315:32135 min15:330 min2 Mar
Port of Spain02:30 → 23:2315:53143 min15:530 min2 Mar
London06:30 → 03:2315:30131 min15:310 min2 Mar
Durban08:30 → 05:2315:57152 min15:560 min2 Mar
Dubai10:30 → 07:2316:01140 min16:010 min2 Mar
Delhi12:00 → 08:5316:02139 min16:020 min2 Mar
Kolkata12:00 → 08:5315:20140 min15:200 min2 Mar
Singapore13:30 → 10:2315:55145 min15:540 min2 Mar
Sydney16:30 → 13:2315:58122 min15:570 min2 Mar
Suva18:30 → 15:2316:032 min16:020 min2 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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