Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2044

Sunday 13 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 558 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Saturday 12 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:01 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:22
15:3716:0116:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:49

0 of 142 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Sunday 13 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:01 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:23
15:3716:0116:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:49

142 of 142 minutes covered

Pūrṇimā presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 04:39 on Sun 13 Mar to 03:41 on Mon 14 Mar.

    2044-03-12T20:38:56Z → 2044-03-13T19:41:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:01–18:22 on the 12th, 16:01–18:23 on the 13th.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 142 minutes on the 12th and 142 of 142 on the 13th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 33486 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2044: Sunday 13 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2044 falls on Sunday 13 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 04:39 on Sun 13 Mar to 03:41 on Mon 14 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2044/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 13 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 13 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 13 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/holika-dahana · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Phālguna, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāSāyāhna 12thCoveredSāyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:39 → 12:4115:36142 min16:370 min12 Mar
Chicago14:39 → 14:4115:33142 min16:330 min12 Mar
Jersey City15:39 → 15:4115:39141 min16:390 min12 Mar
Port of Spain16:39 → 15:4115:5298 min15:520 min12 Mar
London20:39 → 19:4115:410 min15:42141 min13 Mar
Durban22:39 → 21:4115:470 min15:47148 min13 Mar
Dubai00:39 → 23:4116:030 min16:03143 min13 Mar
Delhi02:09 → 01:1116:050 min16:05143 min13 Mar
Kolkata02:09 → 01:1115:210 min15:21144 min13 Mar
Singapore04:39 → 03:4116:520 min16:52145 min13 Mar
Sydney07:39 → 06:4116:480 min16:47148 min13 Mar
Suva08:39 → 07:4115:560 min15:56147 min13 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
holika-dahana@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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