Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1964

Thursday 27 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 152 minutes.

Decide it for

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Wednesday 26 February

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:52 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:06
15:2815:5216:1616:4017:0417:2817:5218:1618:40

0 of 134 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Thursday 27 February

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

15:53 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:07
15:2915:5316:1716:4117:0517:2917:5318:1718:41

134 of 134 minutes covered

Pūrṇimā presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 21:40 on Wed 26 Feb to 20:39 on Thu 27 Feb.

    1964-02-26T13:39:34Z → 1964-02-27T12:39:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:52–18:06 on the 26th, 15:53–18:07 on the 27th.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 134 minutes on the 26th and 134 of 134 on the 27th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 9127 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1964: Thursday 27 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1964 falls on Thursday 27 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:40 on Wed 26 Feb to 20:39 on Thu 27 Feb and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1964/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 27 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 27 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 27 Feb
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/holika-dahana · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Phālguna, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāSāyāhna 26thCoveredSāyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:40 → 04:3915:30136 min15:300 min26 Feb
Chicago07:40 → 06:3915:23133 min15:240 min26 Feb
Jersey City08:40 → 07:3915:30133 min15:300 min26 Feb
Port of Spain09:40 → 08:3915:53143 min15:530 min26 Feb
London13:40 → 12:3915:26128 min15:270 min26 Feb
Durban15:40 → 14:3915:59154 min15:590 min26 Feb
Dubai17:40 → 16:3916:0039 min16:0039 min27 Feb
Delhi19:10 → 18:0916:010 min16:01128 min27 Feb
Kolkata19:10 → 18:0915:190 min15:19140 min27 Feb
Singapore21:10 → 20:0916:250 min16:25145 min27 Feb
Sydney23:40 → 22:3916:010 min16:00155 min27 Feb
Suva01:40 → 00:3916:050 min16:04150 min27 Feb
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
holika-dahana@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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