Late afternoon of Wednesday 9 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:59 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:18
15:3515:5916:2316:4717:1117:3517:5918:2318:47
0 of 140 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2039
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 376 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Wednesday 9 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 140 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Thursday 10 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
140 of 140 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 02:30 on Thu 10 Mar to 00:35 on Fri 11 Mar.
2039-03-09T18:30:12Z → 2039-03-10T16:35:03Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:59–18:18 on the 9th, 15:59–18:19 on the 10th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 140 minutes on the 9th and 140 of 140 on the 10th.
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 22545 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2039: Thursday 10 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2039 falls on Thursday 10 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 02:30 on Thu 10 Mar to 00:35 on Fri 11 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 10 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 10 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 10 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 9th | Covered | Sāyāhna 10th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:30 → 08:35 | 15:35 | 141 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Chicago | 12:30 → 10:35 | 15:31 | 139 min | 15:31 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Jersey City | 13:30 → 11:35 | 15:37 | 140 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 14:30 → 12:35 | 15:53 | 144 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| London | 18:30 → 16:35 | 15:37 | 0 min | 15:38 | 57 min | 10 Mar |
| Durban | 20:30 → 18:35 | 15:51 | 0 min | 15:50 | 149 min | 10 Mar |
| Dubai | 22:30 → 20:35 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:03 | 142 min | 10 Mar |
| Delhi | 00:00 → 22:05 | 16:04 | 0 min | 16:04 | 142 min | 10 Mar |
| Kolkata | 00:00 → 22:05 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:21 | 143 min | 10 Mar |
| Singapore | 02:30 → 00:35 | 16:53 | 0 min | 16:53 | 145 min | 10 Mar |
| Sydney | 05:30 → 03:35 | 16:51 | 0 min | 16:50 | 150 min | 10 Mar |
| Suva | 06:30 → 04:35 | 15:58 | 0 min | 15:58 | 148 min | 10 Mar |