Late afternoon of Thursday 19 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:04 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:28
15:4016:0416:2816:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:52
0 of 145 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1981
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 202 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Thursday 19 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 145 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Friday 20 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
145 of 145 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 21:51 on Thu 19 Mar to 23:22 on Fri 20 Mar.
1981-03-19T13:50:39Z → 1981-03-20T15:22:28Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:04–18:28 on the 19th, 16:04–18:29 on the 20th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 145 minutes on the 19th and 145 of 145 on the 20th.
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 12137 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1981: Friday 20 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1981 falls on Friday 20 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:51 on Thu 19 Mar to 23:22 on Fri 20 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 20 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 20 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 20 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 19th | Covered | Sāyāhna 20th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:51 → 07:22 | 15:39 | 145 min | 15:39 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| Chicago | 07:51 → 09:22 | 15:36 | 145 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| Jersey City | 08:51 → 10:22 | 15:42 | 145 min | 15:43 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 09:51 → 11:22 | 15:52 | 145 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| London | 13:51 → 15:22 | 15:46 | 145 min | 15:47 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| Durban | 15:51 → 17:22 | 15:42 | 138 min | 15:41 | 101 min | 19 Mar |
| Dubai | 17:51 → 19:22 | 16:04 | 39 min | 16:04 | 145 min | 20 Mar |
| Delhi | 19:21 → 20:52 | 16:07 | 0 min | 16:07 | 145 min | 20 Mar |
| Kolkata | 19:21 → 20:52 | 15:22 | 0 min | 15:22 | 145 min | 20 Mar |
| Singapore | 21:21 → 22:52 | 16:20 | 0 min | 16:20 | 145 min | 20 Mar |
| Sydney | 23:51 → 01:22 | 15:42 | 0 min | 15:41 | 146 min | 20 Mar |
| Suva | 01:51 → 03:22 | 15:53 | 0 min | 15:52 | 145 min | 20 Mar |