Late afternoon of Thursday 8 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:58 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:17
15:3415:5816:2216:4617:1017:3417:5818:2218:46
0 of 139 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2001
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 425 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Thursday 8 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 139 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Friday 9 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
140 of 140 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 04:51 on Fri 9 Mar to 01:23 on Sat 10 Mar.
2001-03-08T20:50:56Z → 2001-03-09T17:23:04Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:58–18:17 on the 8th, 15:59–18:19 on the 9th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 139 minutes on the 8th and 140 of 140 on the 9th.
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 25473 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2001: Friday 9 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2001 falls on Friday 9 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 04:51 on Fri 9 Mar to 01:23 on Sat 10 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 9 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 9 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 9 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 8th | Covered | Sāyāhna 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:51 → 09:23 | 15:35 | 140 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Chicago | 14:51 → 11:23 | 15:30 | 139 min | 15:31 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Jersey City | 15:51 → 12:23 | 15:36 | 124 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 16:51 → 13:23 | 15:53 | 86 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| London | 20:51 → 17:23 | 15:36 | 0 min | 15:37 | 106 min | 9 Mar |
| Durban | 22:51 → 19:23 | 15:51 | 0 min | 15:50 | 149 min | 9 Mar |
| Dubai | 00:51 → 21:23 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:03 | 142 min | 9 Mar |
| Delhi | 02:21 → 22:53 | 16:04 | 0 min | 16:04 | 142 min | 9 Mar |
| Kolkata | 02:21 → 22:53 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:21 | 142 min | 9 Mar |
| Singapore | 04:51 → 01:23 | 16:53 | 0 min | 16:53 | 145 min | 9 Mar |
| Sydney | 07:51 → 04:23 | 16:52 | 0 min | 16:51 | 150 min | 9 Mar |
| Suva | 08:51 → 05:23 | 15:59 | 0 min | 15:58 | 148 min | 9 Mar |