Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2023

Tuesday 7 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 33 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 Monday 6 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:57 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:15
15:3315:5716:2116:4517:0917:3317:5718:2118:45

0 of 138 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Tuesday 7 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

15:57 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:16
15:3315:5716:2116:4517:0917:3317:5718:2118:45

139 of 139 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 18:48 on Mon 6 Mar to 20:40 on Tue 7 Mar.

    2023-03-06T10:47:49Z → 2023-03-07T12:40:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:57–18:15 on the 6th, 15:57–18:16 on the 7th.

    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 138 minutes on the 6th and 139 of 139 on the 7th.

    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 1965 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2023: Tuesday 7 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2023 falls on Tuesday 7 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:48 on Mon 6 Mar to 20:40 on Tue 7 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2023/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 7 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 7 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 7 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 6thCoveredSāyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:48 → 04:4015:34139 min15:340 min6 Mar
Chicago04:48 → 06:4015:29138 min15:290 min6 Mar
Jersey City05:48 → 07:4015:35138 min15:350 min6 Mar
Port of Spain06:48 → 08:4015:53144 min15:530 min6 Mar
London10:48 → 12:4015:34135 min15:350 min6 Mar
Durban12:48 → 14:4015:53151 min15:520 min6 Mar
Dubai14:48 → 16:4016:02141 min16:0238 min6 Mar
Delhi16:18 → 18:1016:03126 min16:03127 min7 Mar
Kolkata16:18 → 18:1015:2084 min15:20142 min7 Mar
Singapore18:48 → 20:4016:5331 min16:53145 min7 Mar
Sydney21:48 → 23:4016:540 min16:53151 min7 Mar
Suva22:48 → 00:4016:000 min16:00148 min7 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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