Ruling · Holī · 1929

Monday 25 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sun 24 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 20 minutes.

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 24 March

Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.

16:06 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:33
Pūrṇimā begins 16:25:19
15:4216:0616:3016:5417:1817:4218:0618:3018:54

128 of 147 minutes covered, the last 128

Late afternoon of Monday 25 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:06 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:34
Pūrṇimā ends 15:46:09
15:4216:0616:3016:5417:1817:4218:0618:3018:54

0 of 148 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 16:25 on Sun 24 Mar to 15:46 on Mon 25 Mar.

    1929-03-24T08:25:20Z → 1929-03-25T07:46:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:06–18:33 on the 24th, 16:06–18:34 on the 25th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 128 of 147 minutes on the 24th and 0 of 148 on the 25th.

    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 1176 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Sunday 24 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Baoding, 1929: Monday 25 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holī 1929 falls on Monday 25 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Sunday 24 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:25 on Sun 24 Mar to 15:46 on Mon 25 Mar and covers 128 of 147 minutes of sāyāhna on the 24th.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1929/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 25 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 25 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 25 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 24thCoveredSāyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:25 → 23:4615:40147 min15:410 min25 Mar
Chicago02:25 → 01:4615:39148 min15:390 min25 Mar
Jersey City03:25 → 02:4615:44148 min15:450 min25 Mar
Port of Spain04:25 → 03:4615:51146 min15:510 min25 Mar
London08:25 → 07:4615:50149 min15:510 min25 Mar
Durban10:25 → 09:4615:38144 min15:380 min25 Mar
Dubai12:25 → 11:4616:05146 min16:050 min25 Mar
Delhi13:55 → 13:1616:08146 min16:080 min25 Mar
Kolkata13:55 → 13:1615:22146 min15:230 min25 Mar
Singapore15:25 → 14:4615:49145 min15:490 min25 Mar
Sydney18:25 → 17:4615:380 min15:37129 min26 Mar
Suva20:25 → 19:4615:500 min15:49144 min26 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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