Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1992

Wednesday 18 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 470 minutes.

Decide it for

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Tuesday 17 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:03 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:27
15:3916:0316:2716:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:51

0 of 144 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Wednesday 18 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:03 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:28
15:3916:0316:2716:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:51

144 of 144 minutes covered

Pūrṇimā presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 05:21 on Wed 18 Mar to 02:18 on Thu 19 Mar.

    1992-03-17T21:20:46Z → 1992-03-18T18:17:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:03–18:27 on the 17th, 16:03–18:28 on the 18th.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 144 minutes on the 17th and 144 of 144 on the 18th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 28204 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1992: Wednesday 18 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1992 falls on Wednesday 18 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:21 on Wed 18 Mar to 02:18 on Thu 19 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1992/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 18 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 18 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 18 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/holika-dahana · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Phālguna, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāSāyāhna 17thCoveredSāyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:21 → 10:1815:38144 min15:380 min17 Mar
Chicago15:21 → 12:1815:35144 min15:360 min17 Mar
Jersey City16:21 → 13:1815:41105 min15:420 min17 Mar
Port of Spain17:21 → 14:1815:5256 min15:520 min17 Mar
London21:21 → 18:1815:450 min15:46144 min18 Mar
Durban23:21 → 20:1815:440 min15:43146 min18 Mar
Dubai01:21 → 22:1816:040 min16:04145 min18 Mar
Delhi02:51 → 23:4816:060 min16:06145 min18 Mar
Kolkata02:51 → 23:4815:220 min15:22145 min18 Mar
Singapore05:21 → 02:1816:510 min16:50145 min18 Mar
Sydney07:21 → 04:1815:440 min15:43146 min18 Mar
Suva09:21 → 06:1815:540 min15:53146 min18 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
holika-dahana@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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