Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1945

Monday 26 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 466 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 Monday 26 February

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:53 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:07
16:2916:5317:1717:4118:0518:2918:5319:1719:41

134 of 134 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Tuesday 27 February

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:53 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:08
16:2916:5317:1717:4118:0518:2918:5319:1719:41

0 of 135 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 07:20 on Mon 26 Feb to 09:07 on Tue 27 Feb.

    1945-02-25T22:20:00Z → 1945-02-27T00:06:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:53–19:07 on the 26th, 16:53–19:08 on the 27th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 134 of 134 minutes on the 26th and 0 of 135 on the 27th.

    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 27988 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1945: Monday 26 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1945 falls on Monday 26 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 07:20 on Mon 26 Feb to 09:07 on Tue 27 Feb and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1945/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 26 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 26 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 26 Feb
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 25thCoveredSāyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:20 → 17:0716:30136 min16:310 min25 Feb
Chicago17:20 → 19:0716:2376 min16:240 min26 Feb
Jersey City18:20 → 20:0716:2922 min16:310 min26 Feb
Port of Spain19:20 → 21:0716:530 min16:530 min26 Feb
London23:20 → 01:0716:250 min16:270 min26 Feb
Durban00:20 → 02:0716:000 min15:580 min26 Feb
Dubai02:20 → 04:0716:000 min16:000 min26 Feb
Delhi04:50 → 06:3717:000 min17:010 min26 Feb
Kolkata04:50 → 06:3716:190 min16:190 min26 Feb
Singapore07:20 → 09:0717:550 min17:550 min26 Feb
Sydney08:20 → 10:0716:020 min16:000 min26 Feb
Suva10:20 → 12:0716:050 min16:040 min26 Feb
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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