Late afternoon of Wednesday 26 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:07 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:35
15:4316:0716:3116:5517:1917:4318:0718:3118:55
0 of 148 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1975
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 25 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Wednesday 26 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 148 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Thursday 27 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
149 of 149 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 22:15 on Wed 26 Mar to 18:36 on Thu 27 Mar.
1975-03-26T14:15:23Z → 1975-03-27T10:36:02Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:07–18:35 on the 26th, 16:07–18:36 on the 27th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 148 minutes on the 26th and 149 of 149 on the 27th.
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 25 s < 300 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1975: Thursday 27 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1975 falls on Thursday 27 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 22:15 on Wed 26 Mar to 18:36 on Thu 27 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon. It is 0 min 25 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 27 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 27 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 27 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 26th | Covered | Sāyāhna 27th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 07:15 → 03:36 | 16:41 | 148 min | 16:41 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Chicago | 09:15 → 05:36 | 16:40 | 149 min | 16:40 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Jersey City | 10:15 → 06:36 | 16:45 | 149 min | 16:46 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 10:15 → 06:36 | 15:51 | 146 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| London | 15:15 → 11:36 | 16:52 | 150 min | 16:53 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Durban | 16:15 → 12:36 | 15:37 | 105 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Dubai | 18:15 → 14:36 | 16:05 | 17 min | 16:05 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Delhi | 19:45 → 16:06 | 16:08 | 0 min | 16:08 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Kolkata | 19:45 → 16:06 | 15:23 | 0 min | 15:23 | 43 min | 27 Mar |
| Singapore | 21:45 → 18:06 | 16:18 | 0 min | 16:18 | 108 min | 27 Mar |
| Sydney | 00:15 → 20:36 | 15:36 | 0 min | 15:35 | 143 min | 27 Mar |
| Suva | 02:15 → 22:36 | 15:49 | 0 min | 15:48 | 144 min | 27 Mar |