Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1944

Thursday 9 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 452 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 9 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:59 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:18
16:3516:5917:2317:4718:1118:3518:5919:2319:47

140 of 140 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Friday 10 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:59 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:19
16:3516:5917:2317:4718:1118:3518:5919:2319:47

0 of 140 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 06:56 on Thu 9 Mar to 09:28 on Fri 10 Mar.

    1944-03-08T21:56:29Z → 1944-03-10T00:27:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:59–19:18 on the 9th, 16:59–19:19 on the 10th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 140 of 140 minutes on the 9th and 0 of 140 on the 10th.

    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 27097 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1944: Thursday 9 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1944 falls on Thursday 9 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:56 on Thu 9 Mar to 09:28 on Fri 10 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1944/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 9 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 9 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 9 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 8thCoveredSāyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:56 → 17:2816:35140 min16:350 min8 Mar
Chicago16:56 → 19:2816:30112 min16:310 min9 Mar
Jersey City17:56 → 20:2816:3659 min16:370 min9 Mar
Port of Spain18:56 → 21:2816:5320 min16:530 min9 Mar
London22:56 → 01:2816:360 min16:380 min9 Mar
Durban00:56 → 03:2816:510 min16:500 min9 Mar
Dubai01:56 → 04:2816:020 min16:030 min9 Mar
Delhi04:26 → 06:5817:040 min17:040 min9 Mar
Kolkata04:26 → 06:5816:210 min16:210 min9 Mar
Singapore06:56 → 09:2817:530 min17:530 min9 Mar
Sydney08:56 → 11:2816:520 min16:500 min9 Mar
Suva09:56 → 12:2815:590 min15:580 min9 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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