Late afternoon of Tuesday 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
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2040
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 274 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Tuesday 27 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 149 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Wednesday 28 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
150 of 150 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 23:46 on Tue 27 Mar to 23:12 on Wed 28 Mar.
2040-03-27T15:45:39Z → 2040-03-28T15:11:46Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:08–18:37 on the 27th, 16:08–18:38 on the 28th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 149 minutes on the 27th and 150 of 150 on the 28th.
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 16438 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2040: Wednesday 28 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2040 falls on Wednesday 28 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:46 on Tue 27 Mar to 23:12 on Wed 28 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 28 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 28 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 28 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 27th | Covered | Sāyāhna 28th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:46 → 08:12 | 16:42 | 149 min | 16:42 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Chicago | 10:46 → 10:12 | 16:41 | 150 min | 16:42 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Jersey City | 11:46 → 11:12 | 16:46 | 150 min | 16:47 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 11:46 → 11:12 | 15:51 | 146 min | 15:50 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| London | 16:46 → 16:12 | 16:54 | 152 min | 16:55 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Durban | 17:46 → 17:12 | 15:35 | 12 min | 15:34 | 98 min | 28 Mar |
| Dubai | 19:46 → 19:12 | 16:05 | 0 min | 16:06 | 148 min | 28 Mar |
| Delhi | 21:16 → 20:42 | 16:08 | 0 min | 16:09 | 148 min | 28 Mar |
| Kolkata | 21:16 → 20:42 | 15:23 | 0 min | 15:23 | 147 min | 28 Mar |
| Singapore | 23:46 → 23:12 | 16:48 | 0 min | 16:48 | 145 min | 28 Mar |
| Sydney | 02:46 → 02:12 | 16:34 | 0 min | 16:33 | 142 min | 28 Mar |
| Suva | 03:46 → 03:12 | 15:47 | 0 min | 15:47 | 144 min | 28 Mar |