Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1943

Sunday 21 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 597 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 21 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

17:04 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:30
16:4017:0417:2817:5218:1618:4019:0419:2819:52

145 of 145 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Monday 22 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

17:05 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:31
16:4117:0517:2917:5318:1718:4119:0519:2919:53

0 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 06:28 on Sun 21 Mar to 07:08 on Mon 22 Mar.

    1943-03-20T21:28:15Z → 1943-03-21T22:07:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 17:04–19:30 on the 21st, 17:05–19:31 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 145 of 145 minutes on the 21st and 0 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 35800 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1943: Sunday 21 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1943 falls on Sunday 21 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:28 on Sun 21 Mar to 07:08 on Mon 22 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1943/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 21 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 21 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 21 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 20thCoveredSāyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:28 → 15:0816:39145 min16:390 min20 Mar
Chicago16:28 → 17:0816:36145 min16:3731 min20 Mar
Jersey City17:28 → 18:0816:4299 min16:4385 min20 Mar
Port of Spain18:28 → 19:0816:5248 min16:51136 min21 Mar
London22:28 → 23:0816:470 min16:47146 min21 Mar
Durban00:28 → 00:0816:420 min15:41145 min21 Mar
Dubai01:28 → 02:0816:040 min16:04145 min21 Mar
Delhi03:58 → 04:3817:070 min17:07145 min21 Mar
Kolkata03:58 → 04:3816:220 min16:22145 min21 Mar
Singapore06:28 → 07:0817:500 min17:50145 min21 Mar
Sydney08:28 → 09:0816:420 min16:41146 min21 Mar
Suva09:28 → 10:0815:520 min15:52145 min21 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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