Late afternoon of Tuesday 4 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:56 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:13
15:3215:5616:2016:4417:0817:3217:5618:2018:44
0 of 137 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1958
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Wed 5 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 494 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Tuesday 4 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 137 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Wednesday 5 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
137 of 137 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 06:10 on Wed 5 Mar to 02:28 on Thu 6 Mar.
1958-03-04T22:09:54Z → 1958-03-05T18:27:55Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:56–18:13 on the 4th, 15:56–18:14 on the 5th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 137 minutes on the 4th and 137 of 137 on the 5th.
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 29641 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Wednesday 5 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Baoding, 1958: Thursday 6 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holī 1958 falls on Thursday 6 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Wednesday 5 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:10 on Wed 5 Mar to 02:28 on Thu 6 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 5th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 6 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 6 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 6 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 4th | Covered | Sāyāhna 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:10 → 10:28 | 15:33 | 139 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Chicago | 16:10 → 12:28 | 15:27 | 94 min | 15:28 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Jersey City | 17:10 → 13:28 | 15:34 | 40 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 18:10 → 14:28 | 15:53 | 6 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| London | 22:10 → 18:28 | 15:32 | 0 min | 15:33 | 134 min | 6 Mar |
| Durban | 00:10 → 20:28 | 15:55 | 0 min | 15:54 | 151 min | 6 Mar |
| Dubai | 02:10 → 22:28 | 16:01 | 0 min | 16:02 | 141 min | 6 Mar |
| Delhi | 03:40 → 23:58 | 16:03 | 0 min | 16:03 | 140 min | 6 Mar |
| Kolkata | 03:40 → 23:58 | 15:20 | 0 min | 15:20 | 141 min | 6 Mar |
| Singapore | 05:40 → 01:58 | 16:24 | 0 min | 16:24 | 145 min | 6 Mar |
| Sydney | 08:10 → 04:28 | 15:56 | 0 min | 15:55 | 152 min | 6 Mar |
| Suva | 10:10 → 06:28 | 16:01 | 0 min | 16:01 | 149 min | 6 Mar |