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 · Holikā Dahana · 1954
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. 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. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
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
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1954: Friday 19 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1954 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 that late afternoon.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 19 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 19 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 19 Mar |
| 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 18th | Covered | Sāyāhna 19th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:36 → 04:42 | 15:38 | 144 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Chicago | 04:36 → 06:42 | 15:36 | 144 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Jersey City | 05:36 → 07:42 | 15:41 | 144 min | 15:42 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 06:36 → 08:42 | 15:52 | 145 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| London | 10:36 → 12:42 | 15:45 | 144 min | 15:46 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Durban | 12:36 → 14:42 | 15:44 | 146 min | 15:43 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Dubai | 14:36 → 16:42 | 16:04 | 145 min | 16:04 | 38 min | 18 Mar |
| Delhi | 16:06 → 18:12 | 16:06 | 144 min | 16:06 | 126 min | 18 Mar |
| Kolkata | 16:06 → 18:12 | 15:22 | 101 min | 15:22 | 145 min | 19 Mar |
| Singapore | 18:06 → 20:12 | 16:21 | 40 min | 16:20 | 145 min | 19 Mar |
| Sydney | 20:36 → 22:42 | 15:43 | 0 min | 15:43 | 146 min | 19 Mar |
| Suva | 22:36 → 00:42 | 15:53 | 0 min | 15:53 | 146 min | 19 Mar |