Late afternoon of Friday 27 February
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:53 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:08
15:2915:5316:1716:4117:0517:2917:5318:1718:41
0 of 135 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1953
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 371 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Friday 27 February
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 135 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Saturday 28 February
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
135 of 135 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 00:19 on Sat 28 Feb to 02:59 on Sun 1 Mar.
1953-02-27T16:19:08Z → 1953-02-28T18:58:42Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:53–18:08 on the 27th, 15:54–18:09 on the 28th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 135 minutes on the 27th and 135 of 135 on the 28th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 22279 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1953: Saturday 28 February.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1953 falls on Saturday 28 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 00:19 on Sat 28 Feb to 02:59 on Sun 1 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 28 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 28 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 28 Feb |
| 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 27th | Covered | Sāyāhna 28th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:19 → 10:59 | 15:31 | 137 min | 15:31 | 0 min | 27 Feb |
| Chicago | 10:19 → 12:59 | 15:24 | 134 min | 15:25 | 0 min | 27 Feb |
| Jersey City | 11:19 → 13:59 | 15:31 | 134 min | 15:31 | 0 min | 27 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 12:19 → 14:59 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 27 Feb |
| London | 16:19 → 18:59 | 15:27 | 77 min | 15:28 | 130 min | 28 Feb |
| Durban | 18:19 → 20:59 | 15:58 | 12 min | 15:58 | 153 min | 28 Feb |
| Dubai | 20:19 → 22:59 | 16:00 | 0 min | 16:01 | 139 min | 28 Feb |
| Delhi | 21:49 → 00:29 | 16:01 | 0 min | 16:01 | 138 min | 28 Feb |
| Kolkata | 21:49 → 00:29 | 15:19 | 0 min | 15:19 | 140 min | 28 Feb |
| Singapore | 23:49 → 02:29 | 16:25 | 0 min | 16:25 | 145 min | 28 Feb |
| Sydney | 02:19 → 04:59 | 16:00 | 0 min | 15:59 | 154 min | 28 Feb |
| Suva | 04:19 → 06:59 | 16:04 | 0 min | 16:03 | 150 min | 28 Feb |