Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1924

Thursday 20 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 83 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 Thursday 20 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:04 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:29
15:4016:0416:2816:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:52

145 of 145 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Friday 21 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:04 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:30
15:4016:0416:2816:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:52

0 of 146 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 14:41 on Thu 20 Mar to 12:30 on Fri 21 Mar.

    1924-03-20T06:41:06Z → 1924-03-21T04:29:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:04–18:29 on the 20th, 16:04–18:30 on the 21st.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 145 of 145 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 146 on the 21st.

    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 4975 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1924: Thursday 20 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1924 falls on Thursday 20 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 14:41 on Thu 20 Mar to 12:30 on Fri 21 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1924/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 20 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 20 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 20 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 20thCoveredSāyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:41 → 20:3015:39145 min15:390 min20 Mar
Chicago00:41 → 22:3015:37146 min15:370 min20 Mar
Jersey City01:41 → 23:3015:42146 min15:430 min20 Mar
Port of Spain02:41 → 00:3015:52145 min15:510 min20 Mar
London06:41 → 04:3015:47146 min15:480 min20 Mar
Durban08:41 → 06:3015:42146 min15:410 min20 Mar
Dubai10:41 → 08:3016:04145 min16:050 min20 Mar
Delhi12:11 → 10:0016:07145 min16:070 min20 Mar
Kolkata12:11 → 10:0015:22145 min15:220 min20 Mar
Singapore13:41 → 11:3015:50145 min15:500 min20 Mar
Sydney16:41 → 14:3015:4186 min15:400 min20 Mar
Suva18:41 → 16:3015:520 min15:5238 min21 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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