Late afternoon of Friday 23 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
16:05 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:32
15:4116:0516:2916:5317:1717:4118:0518:2918:53
147 of 147 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2035
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 553 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Friday 23 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
147 of 147 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Saturday 24 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 147 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 06:52 on Fri 23 Mar to 06:42 on Sat 24 Mar.
2035-03-22T22:52:07Z → 2035-03-23T22:42:10Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:05–18:32 on the 23rd, 16:06–18:33 on the 24th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 147 of 147 minutes on the 23rd and 0 of 147 on the 24th.
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 33196 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2035: Friday 23 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2035 falls on Friday 23 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:52 on Fri 23 Mar to 06:42 on Sat 24 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 23 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 23 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 23 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 22nd | Covered | Sāyāhna 23rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:52 → 15:42 | 16:40 | 146 min | 16:40 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Chicago | 17:52 → 17:42 | 16:38 | 73 min | 16:38 | 64 min | 22 Mar |
| Jersey City | 18:52 → 18:42 | 16:44 | 18 min | 16:44 | 118 min | 23 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 18:52 → 18:42 | 15:51 | 0 min | 15:51 | 146 min | 23 Mar |
| London | 22:52 → 22:42 | 15:49 | 0 min | 15:50 | 148 min | 23 Mar |
| Durban | 00:52 → 00:42 | 15:40 | 0 min | 15:39 | 144 min | 23 Mar |
| Dubai | 02:52 → 02:42 | 16:05 | 0 min | 16:05 | 146 min | 23 Mar |
| Delhi | 04:22 → 04:12 | 16:07 | 0 min | 16:07 | 146 min | 23 Mar |
| Kolkata | 04:22 → 04:12 | 15:22 | 0 min | 15:22 | 146 min | 23 Mar |
| Singapore | 06:52 → 06:42 | 16:49 | 0 min | 16:49 | 145 min | 23 Mar |
| Sydney | 09:52 → 09:42 | 16:39 | 0 min | 16:38 | 145 min | 23 Mar |
| Suva | 10:52 → 10:42 | 15:51 | 0 min | 15:50 | 145 min | 23 Mar |