Late afternoon of Tuesday 15 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
16:02 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:25
15:3816:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:50
143 of 143 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2033
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 385 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Tuesday 15 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
143 of 143 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Wednesday 16 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 143 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 07:01 on Tue 15 Mar to 09:37 on Wed 16 Mar.
2033-03-14T23:01:20Z → 2033-03-16T01:37:27Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:02–18:25 on the 15th, 16:02–18:26 on the 16th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 143 of 143 minutes on the 15th and 0 of 143 on the 16th.
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 23091 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2033: Tuesday 15 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2033 falls on Tuesday 15 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 07:01 on Tue 15 Mar to 09:37 on Wed 16 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 15 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 15 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 15 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 14th | Covered | Sāyāhna 16th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 16:01 → 18:37 | 16:37 | 143 min | 16:38 | 0 min | 14 Mar |
| Chicago | 18:01 → 20:37 | 16:34 | 55 min | 16:35 | 0 min | 15 Mar |
| Jersey City | 19:01 → 21:37 | 16:40 | 1 min | 16:41 | 0 min | 15 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 19:01 → 21:37 | 15:52 | 0 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 15 Mar |
| London | 23:01 → 01:37 | 15:42 | 0 min | 15:44 | 0 min | 15 Mar |
| Durban | 01:01 → 03:37 | 15:46 | 0 min | 15:44 | 0 min | 15 Mar |
| Dubai | 03:01 → 05:37 | 16:03 | 0 min | 16:04 | 0 min | 15 Mar |
| Delhi | 04:31 → 07:07 | 16:05 | 0 min | 16:06 | 0 min | 15 Mar |
| Kolkata | 04:31 → 07:07 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:22 | 0 min | 15 Mar |
| Singapore | 07:01 → 09:37 | 16:51 | 0 min | 16:51 | 0 min | 15 Mar |
| Sydney | 10:01 → 12:37 | 16:46 | 0 min | 16:44 | 0 min | 15 Mar |
| Suva | 11:01 → 13:37 | 15:55 | 0 min | 15:54 | 0 min | 15 Mar |