Late afternoon of Saturday 25 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
16:06 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:34
15:4216:0616:3016:5417:1817:4218:0618:3018:54
148 of 148 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1967
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 57 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Saturday 25 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
148 of 148 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Sunday 26 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 148 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 15:09 on Sat 25 Mar to 11:21 on Sun 26 Mar.
1967-03-25T07:09:08Z → 1967-03-26T03:20:46Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:06–18:34 on the 25th, 16:07–18:35 on the 26th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 148 of 148 minutes on the 25th and 0 of 148 on the 26th.
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 3417 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1967: Saturday 25 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1967 falls on Saturday 25 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 15:09 on Sat 25 Mar to 11:21 on Sun 26 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 25 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 25 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 25 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 25th | Covered | Sāyāhna 26th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:09 → 19:21 | 15:40 | 147 min | 15:41 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Chicago | 01:09 → 21:21 | 15:39 | 148 min | 15:40 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Jersey City | 02:09 → 22:21 | 15:45 | 148 min | 15:45 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 03:09 → 23:21 | 15:51 | 146 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| London | 08:09 → 04:21 | 16:51 | 149 min | 16:52 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Durban | 09:09 → 05:21 | 15:38 | 144 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Dubai | 11:09 → 07:21 | 16:05 | 147 min | 16:05 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Delhi | 12:39 → 08:51 | 16:08 | 147 min | 16:08 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Kolkata | 12:39 → 08:51 | 15:23 | 146 min | 15:23 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Singapore | 14:39 → 10:51 | 16:19 | 145 min | 16:19 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Sydney | 17:09 → 13:21 | 15:37 | 52 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Suva | 19:09 → 15:21 | 15:49 | 0 min | 15:49 | 0 min | 25 Mar |