Late afternoon of Tuesday 26 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:07 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:35
Pūrṇimā begins 18:54:53
15:4316:0716:3116:5517:1917:4318:0718:3118:55
0 of 148 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2013
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 20 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Tuesday 26 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 148 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Wednesday 27 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
80 of 149 minutes covered, the first 80
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 18:55 on Tue 26 Mar to 17:27 on Wed 27 Mar.
2013-03-26T10:54:53Z → 2013-03-27T09:27:18Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:07–18:35 on the 26th, 16:07–18:36 on the 27th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 148 minutes on the 26th and 80 of 149 on the 27th.
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 1170 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2013: Wednesday 27 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2013 falls on Wednesday 27 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:55 on Tue 26 Mar to 17:27 on Wed 27 Mar and covers 80 of 149 minutes of sāyāhna that late afternoon.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 27 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 27 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 27 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 26th | Covered | Sāyāhna 27th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 03:55 → 02:27 | 16:41 | 148 min | 16:41 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Chicago | 05:55 → 04:27 | 16:40 | 149 min | 16:41 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Jersey City | 06:55 → 05:27 | 16:46 | 149 min | 16:46 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 06:55 → 05:27 | 15:51 | 146 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| London | 10:55 → 09:27 | 15:53 | 151 min | 15:54 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Durban | 12:55 → 11:27 | 15:36 | 143 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Dubai | 14:55 → 13:27 | 16:05 | 147 min | 16:05 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Delhi | 16:25 → 14:57 | 16:08 | 131 min | 16:08 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Kolkata | 16:25 → 14:57 | 15:23 | 85 min | 15:23 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Singapore | 18:55 → 17:27 | 16:48 | 19 min | 16:48 | 39 min | 27 Mar |
| Sydney | 21:55 → 20:27 | 16:35 | 0 min | 16:34 | 143 min | 27 Mar |
| Suva | 22:55 → 21:27 | 15:48 | 0 min | 15:48 | 144 min | 27 Mar |