Late afternoon of Wednesday 28 February
Qualifies with 62 of 135 minutes. Not taken.
15:54 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:08
Pūrṇimā begins 17:06:03
15:3015:5416:1816:4217:0617:3017:5418:1818:42
62 of 135 minutes covered, the last 62
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1934
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both late afternoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Wednesday 28 February
Qualifies with 62 of 135 minutes. Not taken.
62 of 135 minutes covered, the last 62
Late afternoon of Thursday 1 March
Taken. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
135 of 135 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 17:06 on Wed 28 Feb to 18:26 on Thu 1 Mar.
1934-02-28T09:06:04Z → 1934-03-01T10:25:35Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:54–18:08 on the 28th, 15:54–18:10 on the 1st.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 62 of 135 minutes on the 28th and 135 of 135 on the 1st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
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 961 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1934: Thursday 1 March.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1934 falls on Thursday 1 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 17:06 on Wed 28 Feb to 18:26 on Thu 1 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 62 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 1 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 1 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 1 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/holika-dahana · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Sāyāhna 28th | Covered | Sāyāhna 1st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 01:06 → 02:26 | 15:31 | 137 min | 15:32 | 0 min | 28 Feb |
| Chicago | 03:06 → 04:26 | 15:25 | 134 min | 15:25 | 0 min | 28 Feb |
| Jersey City | 04:06 → 05:26 | 15:31 | 134 min | 15:32 | 0 min | 28 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 05:06 → 06:26 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 28 Feb |
| London | 09:06 → 10:26 | 15:28 | 130 min | 15:29 | 0 min | 28 Feb |
| Durban | 11:06 → 12:26 | 15:58 | 153 min | 15:57 | 0 min | 28 Feb |
| Dubai | 13:06 → 14:26 | 16:01 | 139 min | 16:01 | 0 min | 28 Feb |
| Delhi | 14:36 → 15:56 | 16:01 | 138 min | 16:02 | 0 min | 28 Feb |
| Kolkata | 14:36 → 15:56 | 15:19 | 140 min | 15:19 | 36 min | 28 Feb |
| Singapore | 16:26 → 17:46 | 16:15 | 134 min | 16:15 | 91 min | 28 Feb |
| Sydney | 19:06 → 20:26 | 15:59 | 0 min | 15:59 | 154 min | 1 Mar |
| Suva | 21:06 → 22:26 | 16:04 | 0 min | 16:03 | 149 min | 1 Mar |