Late afternoon of Monday 7 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:57 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:16
15:3315:5716:2116:4517:0917:3317:5718:2118:45
0 of 138 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1955
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 325 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Monday 7 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 138 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Tuesday 8 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
139 of 139 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 23:56 on Mon 7 Mar to 23:41 on Tue 8 Mar.
1955-03-07T15:56:20Z → 1955-03-08T15:41:13Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:57–18:16 on the 7th, 15:58–18:17 on the 8th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 138 minutes on the 7th and 139 of 139 on the 8th.
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 19470 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1955: Tuesday 8 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1955 falls on Tuesday 8 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:56 on Mon 7 Mar to 23:41 on Tue 8 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 8 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 8 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 8 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 7th | Covered | Sāyāhna 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 07:56 → 07:41 | 15:34 | 140 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Chicago | 09:56 → 09:41 | 15:29 | 138 min | 15:30 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Jersey City | 10:56 → 10:41 | 15:35 | 138 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 11:56 → 11:41 | 15:53 | 144 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| London | 15:56 → 15:41 | 15:35 | 113 min | 15:36 | 6 min | 7 Mar |
| Durban | 17:56 → 17:41 | 15:53 | 27 min | 15:52 | 109 min | 8 Mar |
| Dubai | 19:56 → 19:41 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:02 | 142 min | 8 Mar |
| Delhi | 21:26 → 21:11 | 16:03 | 0 min | 16:04 | 141 min | 8 Mar |
| Kolkata | 21:26 → 21:11 | 15:20 | 0 min | 15:21 | 142 min | 8 Mar |
| Singapore | 23:26 → 23:11 | 16:23 | 0 min | 16:23 | 145 min | 8 Mar |
| Sydney | 01:56 → 01:41 | 15:54 | 0 min | 15:53 | 151 min | 8 Mar |
| Suva | 03:56 → 03:41 | 16:00 | 0 min | 15:59 | 148 min | 8 Mar |