Late afternoon of Wednesday 13 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:01 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:23
15:3716:0116:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:49
0 of 142 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1968
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 509 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Wednesday 13 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 142 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Thursday 14 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
142 of 142 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 05:15 on Thu 14 Mar to 02:52 on Fri 15 Mar.
1968-03-13T21:15:30Z → 1968-03-14T18:52:18Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:01–18:23 on the 13th, 16:01–18:24 on the 14th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 142 minutes on the 13th and 142 of 142 on the 14th.
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 30522 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1968: Thursday 14 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1968 falls on Thursday 14 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:15 on Thu 14 Mar to 02:52 on Fri 15 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 14 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 14 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 14 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 13th | Covered | Sāyāhna 14th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:15 → 10:52 | 15:37 | 143 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| Chicago | 15:15 → 12:52 | 15:33 | 142 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| Jersey City | 16:15 → 13:52 | 15:39 | 105 min | 15:39 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 17:15 → 14:52 | 15:52 | 61 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| London | 22:15 → 19:52 | 16:41 | 0 min | 16:42 | 141 min | 14 Mar |
| Durban | 23:15 → 20:52 | 15:47 | 0 min | 15:46 | 148 min | 14 Mar |
| Dubai | 01:15 → 22:52 | 16:03 | 0 min | 16:03 | 144 min | 14 Mar |
| Delhi | 02:45 → 00:22 | 16:05 | 0 min | 16:05 | 143 min | 14 Mar |
| Kolkata | 02:45 → 00:22 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:22 | 144 min | 14 Mar |
| Singapore | 04:45 → 02:22 | 16:22 | 0 min | 16:22 | 145 min | 14 Mar |
| Sydney | 07:15 → 04:52 | 15:47 | 0 min | 15:47 | 148 min | 14 Mar |
| Suva | 09:15 → 06:52 | 15:56 | 0 min | 15:55 | 147 min | 14 Mar |