Late afternoon of Monday 17 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:02 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:26
15:3816:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:50
0 of 144 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2003
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 7 min 31 s.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Monday 17 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 144 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Tuesday 18 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
144 of 144 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 21:49 on Mon 17 Mar to 18:35 on Tue 18 Mar.
2003-03-17T13:49:12Z → 2003-03-18T10:34:34Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:02–18:26 on the 17th, 16:03–18:27 on the 18th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 144 minutes on the 17th and 144 of 144 on the 18th.
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 451 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2003: Tuesday 18 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2003 falls on Tuesday 18 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:49 on Mon 17 Mar to 18:35 on Tue 18 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 18 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 18 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 18 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 17th | Covered | Sāyāhna 18th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:49 → 02:35 | 15:38 | 144 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Chicago | 07:49 → 04:35 | 15:35 | 144 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Jersey City | 08:49 → 05:35 | 15:41 | 144 min | 15:41 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 09:49 → 06:35 | 15:52 | 145 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| London | 13:49 → 10:35 | 15:44 | 143 min | 15:45 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Durban | 15:49 → 12:35 | 15:44 | 142 min | 15:43 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Dubai | 17:49 → 14:35 | 16:04 | 39 min | 16:04 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Delhi | 19:19 → 16:05 | 16:06 | 0 min | 16:06 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Kolkata | 19:19 → 16:05 | 15:22 | 0 min | 15:22 | 43 min | 18 Mar |
| Singapore | 21:49 → 18:35 | 16:51 | 0 min | 16:51 | 104 min | 18 Mar |
| Sydney | 00:49 → 21:35 | 16:44 | 0 min | 16:43 | 147 min | 18 Mar |
| Suva | 01:49 → 22:35 | 15:54 | 0 min | 15:53 | 146 min | 18 Mar |