Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2002

Thursday 28 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 468 minutes.

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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 Wednesday 27 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:07 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:36
15:4316:0716:3116:5517:1917:4318:0718:3118:55

0 of 149 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Thursday 28 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:08 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:37
15:4416:0816:3216:5617:2017:4418:0818:3218:56

149 of 149 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 06:20 on Thu 28 Mar to 02:25 on Fri 29 Mar.

    2002-03-27T22:20:28Z → 2002-03-28T18:24:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:07–18:36 on the 27th, 16:08–18:37 on the 28th.

    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 149 minutes on the 27th and 149 of 149 on the 28th.

    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 28074 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2002: Thursday 28 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2002 falls on Thursday 28 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:20 on Thu 28 Mar to 02:25 on Fri 29 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2002/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 28 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 28 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 28 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 27thCoveredSāyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:20 → 10:2515:41148 min15:420 min27 Mar
Chicago16:20 → 12:2515:41110 min15:410 min27 Mar
Jersey City17:20 → 13:2515:4655 min15:470 min27 Mar
Port of Spain18:20 → 14:2515:510 min15:500 min27 Mar
London22:20 → 18:2515:530 min15:54151 min28 Mar
Durban00:20 → 20:2515:360 min15:35143 min28 Mar
Dubai02:20 → 22:2516:050 min16:05148 min28 Mar
Delhi03:50 → 23:5516:080 min16:08148 min28 Mar
Kolkata03:50 → 23:5515:230 min15:23147 min28 Mar
Singapore06:20 → 02:2516:480 min16:48145 min28 Mar
Sydney09:20 → 05:2516:350 min16:34142 min28 Mar
Suva10:20 → 06:2515:480 min15:47144 min28 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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