Late afternoon of Thursday 2 March
Taken. Pūrṇimā reaches neither late afternoon; this is the day it falls on.
15:55 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:12
15:3115:5516:1916:4317:0717:3117:5518:1918:43
0 of 136 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2045
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Pūrṇimā reaches sāyāhna on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Thursday 2 March
Taken. Pūrṇimā reaches neither late afternoon; this is the day it falls on.
0 of 136 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Friday 3 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 137 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 19:05 on Thu 2 Mar to 15:53 on Fri 3 Mar.
2045-03-02T11:04:32Z → 2045-03-03T07:52:45Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:55–18:12 on the 2nd, 15:56–18:13 on the 3rd.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 136 minutes on the 2nd and 0 of 137 on the 3rd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Neither late afternoon qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.
priority: unstated → tithi-day · margin 181 s < 300 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2045: Thursday 2 March.
confidence: boundary (margin, absent-unstated)
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2045 falls on Thursday 2 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:05 on Thu 2 Mar to 15:53 on Fri 3 Mar, and reaches sāyāhna on neither day. It is 3 min 01 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 2 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 2 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 2 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 2nd | Covered | Sāyāhna 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 03:05 → 23:53 | 15:32 | 138 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Chicago | 05:05 → 01:53 | 15:27 | 136 min | 15:27 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Jersey City | 06:05 → 02:53 | 15:33 | 136 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 07:05 → 03:53 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| London | 11:05 → 07:53 | 15:31 | 132 min | 15:32 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Durban | 13:05 → 09:53 | 15:56 | 152 min | 15:55 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Dubai | 15:05 → 11:53 | 16:01 | 140 min | 16:01 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Delhi | 16:35 → 13:23 | 16:02 | 107 min | 16:03 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Kolkata | 16:35 → 13:23 | 15:20 | 66 min | 15:20 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Singapore | 19:05 → 15:53 | 16:54 | 15 min | 16:54 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Sydney | 22:05 → 18:53 | 16:57 | 0 min | 16:56 | 117 min | 3 Mar |
| Suva | 23:05 → 19:53 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:01 | 149 min | 3 Mar |