Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1993

Monday 8 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 32 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two late afternoons

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

Late afternoon of Sunday 7 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:58 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:16
15:3415:5816:2216:4617:1017:3417:5818:2218:46

0 of 139 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Monday 8 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

15:58 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:17
Pūrṇimā ends 17:45:53
15:3415:5816:2216:4617:1017:3417:5818:2218:46

108 of 139 minutes covered, the first 108

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 21:43 on Sun 7 Mar to 17:46 on Mon 8 Mar.

    1993-03-07T13:43:10Z → 1993-03-08T09:45:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:58–18:16 on the 7th, 15:58–18:17 on the 8th.

    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 139 minutes on the 7th and 108 of 139 on the 8th.

    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 1895 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1993: Monday 8 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1993 falls on Monday 8 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:43 on Sun 7 Mar to 17:46 on Mon 8 Mar and covers 108 of 139 minutes of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1993/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 8 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 8 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 8 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 7thCoveredSāyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:43 → 01:4615:34140 min15:350 min7 Mar
Chicago07:43 → 03:4615:29138 min15:300 min7 Mar
Jersey City08:43 → 04:4615:36139 min15:360 min7 Mar
Port of Spain09:43 → 05:4615:53144 min15:530 min7 Mar
London13:43 → 09:4615:35136 min15:360 min7 Mar
Durban15:43 → 11:4615:52150 min15:510 min7 Mar
Dubai17:43 → 13:4616:0240 min16:020 min7 Mar
Delhi19:13 → 15:1616:040 min16:040 min7 Mar
Kolkata19:13 → 15:1615:210 min15:210 min7 Mar
Singapore21:43 → 17:4616:530 min16:5353 min8 Mar
Sydney23:43 → 19:4615:530 min15:52151 min8 Mar
Suva01:43 → 21:4615:590 min15:59148 min8 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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