Late afternoon of Tuesday 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
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2036
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 69 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Tuesday 11 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 141 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Wednesday 12 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
69 of 142 minutes covered, the first 69
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 19:53 on Tue 11 Mar to 17:10 on Wed 12 Mar.
2036-03-11T11:52:39Z → 2036-03-12T09:09:31Z
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′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 141 minutes on the 11th and 69 of 142 on the 12th.
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 4143 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2036: Wednesday 12 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2036 falls on Wednesday 12 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:53 on Tue 11 Mar to 17:10 on Wed 12 Mar and covers 69 of 142 minutes of sāyāhna that late afternoon.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 12 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 12 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 12 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 11th | Covered | Sāyāhna 12th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 04:53 → 02:10 | 16:36 | 142 min | 16:36 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Chicago | 06:53 → 04:10 | 16:32 | 141 min | 16:33 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Jersey City | 07:53 → 05:10 | 16:38 | 141 min | 16:39 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 07:53 → 05:10 | 15:52 | 144 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| London | 11:53 → 09:10 | 15:40 | 139 min | 15:41 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Durban | 13:53 → 11:10 | 15:48 | 149 min | 15:48 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Dubai | 15:53 → 13:10 | 16:03 | 143 min | 16:03 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Delhi | 17:23 → 14:40 | 16:05 | 64 min | 16:05 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Kolkata | 17:23 → 14:40 | 15:21 | 22 min | 15:21 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Singapore | 19:53 → 17:10 | 16:52 | 0 min | 16:52 | 18 min | 12 Mar |
| Sydney | 22:53 → 20:10 | 16:49 | 0 min | 16:48 | 149 min | 12 Mar |
| Suva | 23:53 → 21:10 | 15:57 | 0 min | 15:56 | 147 min | 12 Mar |