Late afternoon of Thursday 18 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:03 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:27
Pūrṇimā begins 18:35:54
15:3916:0316:2716:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:51
0 of 144 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1954
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 19 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 8 min 58 s.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Thursday 18 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 144 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Friday 19 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
145 of 145 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 18:36 on Thu 18 Mar to 20:42 on Fri 19 Mar.
1954-03-18T10:35:55Z → 1954-03-19T12:42:24Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:03–18:27 on the 18th, 16:03–18:28 on the 19th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 144 minutes on the 18th and 145 of 145 on the 19th.
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 538 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 19 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Baoding, 1954: Saturday 20 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holī 1954 falls on Saturday 20 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 19 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:36 on Thu 18 Mar to 20:42 on Fri 19 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 19th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 20 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 20 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 20 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/holi · 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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Sāyāhna 18th | Covered | Sāyāhna 19th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:36 → 04:42 | 15:38 | 144 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| Chicago | 04:36 → 06:42 | 15:36 | 144 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| Jersey City | 05:36 → 07:42 | 15:41 | 144 min | 15:42 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 06:36 → 08:42 | 15:52 | 145 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| London | 10:36 → 12:42 | 15:45 | 144 min | 15:46 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| Durban | 12:36 → 14:42 | 15:44 | 146 min | 15:43 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| Dubai | 14:36 → 16:42 | 16:04 | 145 min | 16:04 | 38 min | 19 Mar |
| Delhi | 16:06 → 18:12 | 16:06 | 144 min | 16:06 | 126 min | 19 Mar |
| Kolkata | 16:06 → 18:12 | 15:22 | 101 min | 15:22 | 145 min | 20 Mar |
| Singapore | 18:06 → 20:12 | 16:21 | 40 min | 16:20 | 145 min | 20 Mar |
| Sydney | 20:36 → 22:42 | 15:43 | 0 min | 15:43 | 146 min | 20 Mar |
| Suva | 22:36 → 00:42 | 15:53 | 0 min | 15:53 | 146 min | 20 Mar |