Late afternoon of Thursday 24 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:06 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:33
15:4216:0616:3016:5417:1817:4218:0618:3018:54
0 of 147 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2005
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 588 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Thursday 24 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 147 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Friday 25 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
148 of 148 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 04:22 on Fri 25 Mar to 04:59 on Sat 26 Mar.
2005-03-24T20:21:50Z → 2005-03-25T20:58:32Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:06–18:33 on the 24th, 16:06–18:34 on the 25th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 147 minutes on the 24th and 148 of 148 on the 25th.
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 35305 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2005: Friday 25 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2005 falls on Friday 25 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 04:22 on Fri 25 Mar to 04:59 on Sat 26 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 25 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 25 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 25 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 24th | Covered | Sāyāhna 25th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:22 → 12:59 | 15:40 | 147 min | 15:41 | 0 min | 24 Mar |
| Chicago | 14:22 → 14:59 | 15:39 | 148 min | 15:40 | 0 min | 24 Mar |
| Jersey City | 15:22 → 15:59 | 15:45 | 148 min | 15:45 | 13 min | 24 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 16:22 → 16:59 | 15:51 | 115 min | 15:51 | 68 min | 24 Mar |
| London | 20:22 → 20:59 | 15:51 | 0 min | 15:52 | 150 min | 25 Mar |
| Durban | 22:22 → 22:59 | 15:38 | 0 min | 15:37 | 144 min | 25 Mar |
| Dubai | 00:22 → 00:59 | 16:05 | 0 min | 16:05 | 147 min | 25 Mar |
| Delhi | 01:52 → 02:29 | 16:08 | 0 min | 16:08 | 147 min | 25 Mar |
| Kolkata | 01:52 → 02:29 | 15:22 | 0 min | 15:23 | 147 min | 25 Mar |
| Singapore | 04:22 → 04:59 | 16:49 | 0 min | 16:49 | 145 min | 25 Mar |
| Sydney | 07:22 → 07:59 | 16:37 | 0 min | 16:36 | 144 min | 25 Mar |
| Suva | 08:22 → 08:59 | 15:49 | 0 min | 15:49 | 144 min | 25 Mar |