Ruling · Holī · 1926

Monday 29 March

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sun 28 Mar. Both late afternoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

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The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Sunday 28 March

Taken for Holikā Dahana. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer. Holī is the day after.

16:07 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:36
Pūrṇimā begins 16:25:42
15:4316:0716:3116:5517:1917:4318:0718:3118:55

131 of 149 minutes covered, the last 131

Late afternoon of Monday 29 March

Qualifies with 112 of 150 minutes. Not taken.

16:08 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:37
Pūrṇimā ends 18:00:05
15:4416:0816:3216:5617:2017:4418:0818:3218:56

112 of 150 minutes covered, the first 112

Pūrṇimā presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 16:26 on Sun 28 Mar to 18:00 on Mon 29 Mar.

    1926-03-28T08:25:43Z → 1926-03-29T10:00:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:07–18:36 on the 28th, 16:08–18:37 on the 29th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 131 of 149 minutes on the 28th and 112 of 150 on the 29th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both late afternoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

    priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1095 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Sunday 28 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Baoding, 1926: Monday 29 March.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holī 1926 falls on Monday 29 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Sunday 28 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:26 on Sun 28 Mar to 18:00 on Mon 29 Mar and covers 131 of 149 minutes of sāyāhna on the 28th. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 112 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1926/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 29 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 29 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 29 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/holi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Phālguna, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Kept
The day after Holikā Dahana

“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 same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāSāyāhna 28thCoveredSāyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:26 → 02:0015:41149 min15:420 min29 Mar
Chicago02:26 → 04:0015:41150 min15:410 min29 Mar
Jersey City03:26 → 05:0015:46150 min15:470 min29 Mar
Port of Spain04:26 → 06:0015:51146 min15:500 min29 Mar
London08:26 → 10:0015:54152 min15:550 min29 Mar
Durban10:26 → 12:0015:35143 min15:340 min29 Mar
Dubai12:26 → 14:0016:05147 min16:060 min29 Mar
Delhi13:56 → 15:3016:08148 min16:090 min29 Mar
Kolkata13:56 → 15:3015:23147 min15:237 min29 Mar
Singapore15:26 → 17:0015:48145 min15:4872 min29 Mar
Sydney18:26 → 20:0015:340 min15:33142 min30 Mar
Suva20:26 → 22:0015:480 min15:47144 min30 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
holi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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