Late afternoon of Saturday 10 March
Qualifies with 15 of 140 minutes. Not taken.
15:59 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:19
Pūrṇimā begins 18:04:29
15:3515:5916:2316:4717:1117:3517:5918:2318:47
15 of 140 minutes covered, the last 15
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1990
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both late afternoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Saturday 10 March
Qualifies with 15 of 140 minutes. Not taken.
15 of 140 minutes covered, the last 15
Late afternoon of Sunday 11 March
Taken. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
141 of 141 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 18:04 on Sat 10 Mar to 18:58 on Sun 11 Mar.
1990-03-10T10:04:30Z → 1990-03-11T10:58:30Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:59–18:19 on the 10th, 16:00–18:20 on the 11th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 15 of 140 minutes on the 10th and 141 of 141 on the 11th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Both late afternoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 883 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1990: Sunday 11 March.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1990 falls on Sunday 11 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:04 on Sat 10 Mar to 18:58 on Sun 11 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 15 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 11 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 11 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 11 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 10th | Covered | Sāyāhna 11th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:04 → 02:58 | 15:35 | 141 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Chicago | 04:04 → 04:58 | 15:31 | 140 min | 15:32 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Jersey City | 05:04 → 05:58 | 15:37 | 140 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 06:04 → 06:58 | 15:52 | 144 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| London | 10:04 → 10:58 | 15:38 | 138 min | 15:39 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Durban | 12:04 → 12:58 | 15:50 | 149 min | 15:49 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Dubai | 14:04 → 14:58 | 16:03 | 142 min | 16:03 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Delhi | 15:34 → 16:28 | 16:04 | 142 min | 16:05 | 24 min | 10 Mar |
| Kolkata | 15:34 → 16:28 | 15:21 | 129 min | 15:21 | 67 min | 10 Mar |
| Singapore | 18:04 → 18:58 | 16:53 | 73 min | 16:52 | 126 min | 11 Mar |
| Sydney | 20:04 → 20:58 | 15:50 | 0 min | 15:50 | 150 min | 11 Mar |
| Suva | 22:04 → 22:58 | 15:58 | 0 min | 15:57 | 147 min | 11 Mar |