Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2011

Saturday 19 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 462 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 Friday 18 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:03 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:27
15:3916:0316:2716:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:51

0 of 144 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Saturday 19 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:03 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:28
15:3916:0316:2716:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:51

145 of 145 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 06:07 on Sat 19 Mar to 02:10 on Sun 20 Mar.

    2011-03-18T22:06:54Z → 2011-03-19T18:10:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:03–18:27 on the 18th, 16:03–18:28 on the 19th.

    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 144 minutes on the 18th and 145 of 145 on the 19th.

    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 27718 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2011: Saturday 19 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2011 falls on Saturday 19 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:07 on Sat 19 Mar to 02:10 on Sun 20 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2011/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 19 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 19 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 19 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 18thCoveredSāyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:07 → 11:1016:38145 min16:390 min18 Mar
Chicago17:07 → 13:1016:36113 min16:360 min18 Mar
Jersey City18:07 → 14:1016:4159 min16:420 min18 Mar
Port of Spain18:07 → 14:1015:5210 min15:520 min18 Mar
London22:07 → 18:1015:450 min15:46144 min19 Mar
Durban00:07 → 20:1015:430 min15:43146 min19 Mar
Dubai02:07 → 22:1016:040 min16:04145 min19 Mar
Delhi03:37 → 23:4016:060 min16:06145 min19 Mar
Kolkata03:37 → 23:4015:220 min15:22145 min19 Mar
Singapore06:07 → 02:1016:510 min16:50145 min19 Mar
Sydney09:07 → 05:1016:430 min16:42146 min19 Mar
Suva10:07 → 06:1015:530 min15:53146 min19 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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