Late afternoon of Saturday 26 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:07 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:35
15:4316:0716:3116:5517:1917:4318:0718:3118:55
0 of 148 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1994
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 34 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Saturday 26 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 148 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Sunday 27 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
149 of 149 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 22:45 on Sat 26 Mar to 19:10 on Sun 27 Mar.
1994-03-26T14:45:22Z → 1994-03-27T11:09:32Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:07–18:35 on the 26th, 16:07–18:36 on the 27th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 148 minutes on the 26th and 149 of 149 on the 27th.
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 2012 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1994: Sunday 27 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1994 falls on Sunday 27 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 22:45 on Sat 26 Mar to 19:10 on Sun 27 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 27 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 27 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 27 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 26th | Covered | Sāyāhna 27th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 06:45 → 03:10 | 15:41 | 148 min | 15:41 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Chicago | 08:45 → 05:10 | 15:40 | 149 min | 15:41 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Jersey City | 09:45 → 06:10 | 15:46 | 149 min | 15:46 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 10:45 → 07:10 | 15:51 | 146 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| London | 14:45 → 12:10 | 15:52 | 150 min | 16:53 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Durban | 16:45 → 13:10 | 15:37 | 75 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Dubai | 18:45 → 15:10 | 16:05 | 0 min | 16:05 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Delhi | 20:15 → 16:40 | 16:08 | 0 min | 16:08 | 31 min | 27 Mar |
| Kolkata | 20:15 → 16:40 | 15:23 | 0 min | 15:23 | 77 min | 27 Mar |
| Singapore | 22:45 → 19:10 | 16:48 | 0 min | 16:48 | 141 min | 27 Mar |
| Sydney | 00:45 → 21:10 | 15:36 | 0 min | 15:35 | 143 min | 27 Mar |
| Suva | 02:45 → 23:10 | 15:48 | 0 min | 15:48 | 144 min | 27 Mar |