Late afternoon of Wednesday 7 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:58 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:17
15:3415:5816:2216:4617:1017:3417:5818:2218:46
0 of 139 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2012
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 38 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Wednesday 7 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 139 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Thursday 8 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
101 of 139 minutes covered, the first 101
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 20:23 on Wed 7 Mar to 17:39 on Thu 8 Mar.
2012-03-07T12:22:53Z → 2012-03-08T09:39:29Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:58–18:17 on the 7th, 15:58–18:18 on the 8th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 139 minutes on the 7th and 101 of 139 on the 8th.
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 2301 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2012: Thursday 8 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2012 falls on Thursday 8 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 20:23 on Wed 7 Mar to 17:39 on Thu 8 Mar and covers 101 of 139 minutes of sāyāhna that late afternoon.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 8 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 8 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 8 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 7th | Covered | Sāyāhna 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 04:23 → 01:39 | 15:34 | 140 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Chicago | 06:23 → 03:39 | 15:30 | 139 min | 15:30 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Jersey City | 07:23 → 04:39 | 15:36 | 139 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 08:23 → 05:39 | 15:53 | 144 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| London | 12:23 → 09:39 | 15:36 | 136 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Durban | 14:23 → 11:39 | 15:52 | 150 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Dubai | 16:23 → 13:39 | 16:02 | 121 min | 16:02 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Delhi | 17:53 → 15:09 | 16:04 | 32 min | 16:04 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Kolkata | 17:53 → 15:09 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:21 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Singapore | 20:23 → 17:39 | 16:53 | 0 min | 16:53 | 47 min | 8 Mar |
| Sydney | 23:23 → 20:39 | 16:52 | 0 min | 16:52 | 151 min | 8 Mar |
| Suva | 00:23 → 21:39 | 15:59 | 0 min | 15:59 | 148 min | 8 Mar |