Ruling · Holī · 1930

Saturday 15 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 14 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 515 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 Thursday 13 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:00 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:22
15:3616:0016:2416:4817:1217:3618:0018:2418:48

0 of 141 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Friday 14 March

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

16:01 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:23
15:3716:0116:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:49

142 of 142 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 06:01 on Fri 14 Mar to 02:58 on Sat 15 Mar.

    1930-03-13T22:00:45Z → 1930-03-14T18:58:13Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:00–18:22 on the 13th, 16:01–18:23 on the 14th.

    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 141 minutes on the 13th and 142 of 142 on the 14th.

    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 30924 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 14 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Baoding, 1930: Saturday 15 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holī 1930 falls on Saturday 15 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 14 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:01 on Fri 14 Mar to 02:58 on Sat 15 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 14th.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1930/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 15 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 15 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 15 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 13thCoveredSāyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:01 → 10:5815:36142 min15:370 min14 Mar
Chicago16:01 → 12:5815:33113 min15:330 min14 Mar
Jersey City17:01 → 13:5815:3959 min15:390 min14 Mar
Port of Spain18:01 → 14:5815:5216 min15:520 min14 Mar
London22:01 → 18:5815:400 min15:41141 min15 Mar
Durban00:01 → 20:5815:480 min15:47148 min15 Mar
Dubai02:01 → 22:5816:030 min16:03143 min15 Mar
Delhi03:31 → 00:2816:050 min16:05143 min15 Mar
Kolkata03:31 → 00:2815:210 min15:21143 min15 Mar
Singapore05:01 → 01:5815:520 min15:52145 min15 Mar
Sydney08:01 → 04:5815:480 min15:47149 min15 Mar
Suva10:01 → 06:5815:570 min15:56147 min15 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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