Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2000

Sunday 19 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 120 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 19 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:04 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:29
15:4016:0416:2816:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:52

145 of 145 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Monday 20 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:04 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:30
15:4016:0416:2816:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:52

0 of 146 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 14:03 on Sun 19 Mar to 12:44 on Mon 20 Mar.

    2000-03-19T06:03:17Z → 2000-03-20T04:44:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:04–18:29 on the 19th, 16:04–18:30 on the 20th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 145 of 145 minutes on the 19th and 0 of 146 on the 20th.

    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 7227 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2000: Sunday 19 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2000 falls on Sunday 19 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 14:03 on Sun 19 Mar to 12:44 on Mon 20 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2000/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 19 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 19 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 19 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 19thCoveredSāyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:03 → 20:4415:39145 min15:390 min19 Mar
Chicago00:03 → 22:4415:37145 min15:370 min19 Mar
Jersey City01:03 → 23:4415:42145 min15:430 min19 Mar
Port of Spain02:03 → 00:4415:52145 min15:510 min19 Mar
London06:03 → 04:4415:47145 min15:480 min19 Mar
Durban08:03 → 06:4415:42146 min15:410 min19 Mar
Dubai10:03 → 08:4416:04145 min16:040 min19 Mar
Delhi11:33 → 10:1416:07145 min16:070 min19 Mar
Kolkata11:33 → 10:1415:22145 min15:220 min19 Mar
Singapore14:03 → 12:4416:50145 min16:500 min19 Mar
Sydney17:03 → 15:4416:42124 min16:410 min19 Mar
Suva18:03 → 16:4415:5215 min15:5253 min20 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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