Late afternoon of Saturday 14 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 · 1987
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 141 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Saturday 14 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 142 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Sunday 15 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
143 of 143 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 20:44 on Sat 14 Mar to 21:13 on Sun 15 Mar.
1987-03-14T12:44:20Z → 1987-03-15T13:12:41Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:01–18:23 on the 14th, 16:01–18:24 on the 15th.
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 14th and 143 of 143 on the 15th.
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 8481 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1987: Sunday 15 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1987 falls on Sunday 15 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 20:44 on Sat 14 Mar to 21:13 on Sun 15 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 15 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 15 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 15 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 14th | Covered | Sāyāhna 15th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 04:44 → 05:13 | 15:37 | 143 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 14 Mar |
| Chicago | 06:44 → 07:13 | 15:33 | 142 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 14 Mar |
| Jersey City | 07:44 → 08:13 | 15:39 | 142 min | 15:40 | 0 min | 14 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 08:44 → 09:13 | 15:52 | 144 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 14 Mar |
| London | 12:44 → 13:13 | 15:41 | 141 min | 15:42 | 0 min | 14 Mar |
| Durban | 14:44 → 15:13 | 15:47 | 148 min | 15:46 | 0 min | 14 Mar |
| Dubai | 16:44 → 17:13 | 16:03 | 102 min | 16:04 | 69 min | 14 Mar |
| Delhi | 18:14 → 18:43 | 16:05 | 14 min | 16:05 | 143 min | 15 Mar |
| Kolkata | 18:14 → 18:43 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:22 | 144 min | 15 Mar |
| Singapore | 20:44 → 21:13 | 16:52 | 0 min | 16:51 | 145 min | 15 Mar |
| Sydney | 23:44 → 23:13 | 16:47 | 0 min | 15:46 | 148 min | 15 Mar |
| Suva | 00:44 → 01:13 | 15:56 | 0 min | 15:55 | 147 min | 15 Mar |