Late afternoon of Friday 4 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:56 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:13
15:3215:5616:2016:4417:0817:3217:5618:2018:44
0 of 137 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1977
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 419 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Friday 4 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 137 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Saturday 5 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
138 of 138 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 02:57 on Sat 5 Mar to 01:13 on Sun 6 Mar.
1977-03-04T18:57:15Z → 1977-03-05T17:13:12Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:56–18:13 on the 4th, 15:57–18:14 on the 5th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 137 minutes on the 4th and 138 of 138 on the 5th.
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 25137 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1977: Saturday 5 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1977 falls on Saturday 5 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 02:57 on Sat 5 Mar to 01:13 on Sun 6 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 5 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 5 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 5 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 4th | Covered | Sāyāhna 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:57 → 09:13 | 15:33 | 139 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 4 Mar |
| Chicago | 12:57 → 11:13 | 15:28 | 137 min | 15:28 | 0 min | 4 Mar |
| Jersey City | 13:57 → 12:13 | 15:34 | 137 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 4 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 14:57 → 13:13 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 4 Mar |
| London | 18:57 → 17:13 | 15:32 | 0 min | 15:33 | 100 min | 5 Mar |
| Durban | 20:57 → 19:13 | 15:54 | 0 min | 15:54 | 151 min | 5 Mar |
| Dubai | 22:57 → 21:13 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:02 | 141 min | 5 Mar |
| Delhi | 00:27 → 22:43 | 16:03 | 0 min | 16:03 | 140 min | 5 Mar |
| Kolkata | 00:27 → 22:43 | 15:20 | 0 min | 15:20 | 141 min | 5 Mar |
| Singapore | 02:27 → 00:43 | 16:24 | 0 min | 16:24 | 145 min | 5 Mar |
| Sydney | 05:57 → 03:13 | 16:56 | 0 min | 16:55 | 152 min | 5 Mar |
| Suva | 06:57 → 05:13 | 16:01 | 0 min | 16:01 | 149 min | 5 Mar |