Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2006

Tuesday 14 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 506 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Tuesday 14 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:01 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:23
15:3716:0116:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:49

142 of 142 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Wednesday 15 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:02 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:24
15:3816:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:50

0 of 143 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 05:02 on Tue 14 Mar to 07:35 on Wed 15 Mar.

    2006-03-13T21:02:02Z → 2006-03-14T23:35:26Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:01–18:23 on the 14th, 16:02–18:24 on the 15th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 142 of 142 minutes on the 14th and 0 of 143 on the 15th.

    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 30370 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2006: Tuesday 14 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2006 falls on Tuesday 14 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:02 on Tue 14 Mar to 07:35 on Wed 15 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2006/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 14 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 14 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 14 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 13thCoveredSāyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:02 → 15:3515:36143 min15:370 min13 Mar
Chicago15:02 → 17:3515:33142 min15:33122 min13 Mar
Jersey City16:02 → 18:3515:39119 min15:39142 min14 Mar
Port of Spain17:02 → 19:3515:5275 min15:52145 min14 Mar
London21:02 → 23:3515:410 min15:42141 min14 Mar
Durban23:02 → 01:3515:470 min15:46148 min14 Mar
Dubai01:02 → 03:3516:030 min16:03143 min14 Mar
Delhi02:32 → 05:0516:050 min16:05143 min14 Mar
Kolkata02:32 → 05:0515:210 min15:21144 min14 Mar
Singapore05:02 → 07:3516:520 min16:52145 min14 Mar
Sydney08:02 → 10:3516:480 min16:47148 min14 Mar
Suva09:02 → 11:3515:560 min15:56147 min14 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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