Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1932

Tuesday 22 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 126 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 Monday 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

Late afternoon of Tuesday 22 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:05 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:31
15:4116:0516:2916:5317:1717:4118:0518:2918:53

146 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 00:03 on Tue 22 Mar to 20:37 on Tue 22 Mar.

    1932-03-21T16:03:16Z → 1932-03-22T12:37:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:04–18:30 on the 21st, 16:05–18:31 on the 22nd.

    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 146 minutes on the 21st and 146 of 146 on the 22nd.

    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 7566 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1932: Tuesday 22 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1932 falls on Tuesday 22 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 00:03 on Tue 22 Mar to 20:37 on Tue 22 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1932/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 22 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 22 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 22 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 21stCoveredSāyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:03 → 04:3715:39146 min15:400 min21 Mar
Chicago10:03 → 06:3715:37146 min15:380 min21 Mar
Jersey City11:03 → 07:3715:43146 min15:440 min21 Mar
Port of Spain12:03 → 08:3715:51145 min15:510 min21 Mar
London16:03 → 12:3715:48131 min15:490 min21 Mar
Durban18:03 → 14:3715:413 min15:400 min21 Mar
Dubai20:03 → 16:3716:050 min16:0533 min22 Mar
Delhi21:33 → 18:0716:070 min16:07120 min22 Mar
Kolkata21:33 → 18:0715:220 min15:22146 min22 Mar
Singapore23:03 → 19:3715:500 min15:50145 min22 Mar
Sydney02:03 → 22:3715:400 min15:39145 min22 Mar
Suva04:03 → 00:3715:510 min15:51145 min22 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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