Late afternoon of Tuesday 16 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:02 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:25
15:3816:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:50
0 of 143 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1965
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 58 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Tuesday 16 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 143 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Wednesday 17 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
144 of 144 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 21:45 on Tue 16 Mar to 19:24 on Wed 17 Mar.
1965-03-16T13:44:47Z → 1965-03-17T11:23:48Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:02–18:25 on the 16th, 16:03–18:26 on the 17th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 143 minutes on the 16th and 144 of 144 on the 17th.
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 3451 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1965: Wednesday 17 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1965 falls on Wednesday 17 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:45 on Tue 16 Mar to 19:24 on Wed 17 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 17 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 17 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 17 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 16th | Covered | Sāyāhna 17th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:45 → 03:24 | 15:38 | 144 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Chicago | 07:45 → 05:24 | 15:35 | 143 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Jersey City | 08:45 → 06:24 | 15:40 | 143 min | 15:41 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 09:45 → 07:24 | 15:52 | 145 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| London | 13:45 → 11:24 | 15:44 | 143 min | 15:44 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Durban | 15:45 → 13:24 | 15:45 | 147 min | 15:44 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Dubai | 17:45 → 15:24 | 16:04 | 43 min | 16:04 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Delhi | 19:15 → 16:54 | 16:06 | 0 min | 16:06 | 48 min | 17 Mar |
| Kolkata | 19:15 → 16:54 | 15:22 | 0 min | 15:22 | 92 min | 17 Mar |
| Singapore | 21:15 → 18:54 | 16:21 | 0 min | 16:21 | 145 min | 17 Mar |
| Sydney | 23:45 → 21:24 | 15:45 | 0 min | 15:44 | 147 min | 17 Mar |
| Suva | 01:45 → 23:24 | 15:54 | 0 min | 15:54 | 146 min | 17 Mar |