Late afternoon of Wednesday 2 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:55 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:11
15:3115:5516:1916:4317:0717:3117:5518:1918:43
0 of 136 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1988
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 198 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Wednesday 2 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 136 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Thursday 3 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
137 of 137 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 21:30 on Wed 2 Mar to 00:01 on Fri 4 Mar.
1988-03-02T13:29:33Z → 1988-03-03T16:01:04Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:55–18:11 on the 2nd, 15:56–18:13 on the 3rd.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 136 minutes on the 2nd and 137 of 137 on the 3rd.
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 11885 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1988: Thursday 3 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1988 falls on Thursday 3 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:30 on Wed 2 Mar to 00:01 on Fri 4 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 3 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 3 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 3 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 2nd | Covered | Sāyāhna 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:30 → 08:01 | 15:32 | 138 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Chicago | 07:30 → 10:01 | 15:27 | 136 min | 15:27 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Jersey City | 08:30 → 11:01 | 15:33 | 136 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 09:30 → 12:01 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| London | 13:30 → 16:01 | 15:31 | 132 min | 15:32 | 29 min | 2 Mar |
| Durban | 15:30 → 18:01 | 15:56 | 152 min | 15:55 | 126 min | 2 Mar |
| Dubai | 17:30 → 20:01 | 16:01 | 52 min | 16:01 | 140 min | 3 Mar |
| Delhi | 19:00 → 21:31 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:02 | 140 min | 3 Mar |
| Kolkata | 19:00 → 21:31 | 15:20 | 0 min | 15:20 | 141 min | 3 Mar |
| Singapore | 21:30 → 00:01 | 16:54 | 0 min | 16:54 | 145 min | 3 Mar |
| Sydney | 00:30 → 03:01 | 16:57 | 0 min | 16:56 | 153 min | 3 Mar |
| Suva | 01:30 → 04:01 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:02 | 149 min | 3 Mar |