Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2032

Friday 26 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 441 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 Friday 26 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:07 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:36
15:4316:0716:3116:5517:1917:4318:0718:3118:55

149 of 149 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Saturday 27 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:08 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:37
15:4416:0816:3216:5617:2017:4418:0818:3218:56

0 of 149 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 07:21 on Fri 26 Mar to 08:46 on Sat 27 Mar.

    2032-03-25T23:20:53Z → 2032-03-27T00:46:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:07–18:36 on the 26th, 16:08–18:37 on the 27th.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 149 of 149 minutes on the 26th and 0 of 149 on the 27th.

    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 26475 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2032: Friday 26 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2032 falls on Friday 26 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 07:21 on Fri 26 Mar to 08:46 on Sat 27 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2032/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 26 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 26 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 26 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 25thCoveredSāyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:21 → 17:4616:41148 min16:420 min25 Mar
Chicago18:21 → 19:4616:4048 min16:410 min26 Mar
Jersey City19:21 → 20:4616:450 min16:460 min26 Mar
Port of Spain19:21 → 20:4615:510 min15:510 min26 Mar
London23:21 → 00:4615:520 min15:540 min26 Mar
Durban01:21 → 02:4615:370 min15:350 min26 Mar
Dubai03:21 → 04:4616:050 min16:050 min26 Mar
Delhi04:51 → 06:1616:080 min16:080 min26 Mar
Kolkata04:51 → 06:1615:230 min15:230 min26 Mar
Singapore07:21 → 08:4616:480 min16:480 min26 Mar
Sydney10:21 → 11:4616:360 min16:340 min26 Mar
Suva11:21 → 12:4615:490 min15:470 min26 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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