Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2017

Sunday 12 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 272 minutes.

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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 Saturday 11 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:00 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:21
15:3616:0016:2416:4817:1217:3618:0018:2418:48

0 of 141 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Sunday 12 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:00 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:22
15:3616:0016:2416:4817:1217:3618:0018:2418:48

141 of 141 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 22:54 on Sat 11 Mar to 22:54 on Sun 12 Mar.

    2017-03-11T14:53:56Z → 2017-03-12T14:53:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:00–18:21 on the 11th, 16:00–18:22 on the 12th.

    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 141 minutes on the 11th and 141 of 141 on the 12th.

    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 16327 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2017: Sunday 12 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2017 falls on Sunday 12 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 22:54 on Sat 11 Mar to 22:54 on Sun 12 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2017/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 12 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 12 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 12 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 11thCoveredSāyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:54 → 07:5415:36142 min16:360 min11 Mar
Chicago08:54 → 09:5415:32141 min16:320 min11 Mar
Jersey City09:54 → 10:5415:38141 min16:380 min11 Mar
Port of Spain10:54 → 10:5415:52144 min15:520 min11 Mar
London14:54 → 14:5415:39139 min15:400 min11 Mar
Durban16:54 → 16:5415:4983 min15:4866 min11 Mar
Dubai18:54 → 18:5416:030 min16:03143 min12 Mar
Delhi20:24 → 20:2416:050 min16:05143 min12 Mar
Kolkata20:24 → 20:2415:210 min15:21143 min12 Mar
Singapore22:54 → 22:5416:520 min16:52145 min12 Mar
Sydney01:54 → 01:5416:490 min16:48149 min12 Mar
Suva02:54 → 02:5415:570 min15:57147 min12 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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