Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2046

Thursday 22 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 65 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two late afternoons

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

Late afternoon of Wednesday 21 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:05 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:31
15:4116:0516:2916:5317:1717:4118:0518:2918:53

0 of 146 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Thursday 22 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:05 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:32
Pūrṇimā ends 17:27:02
15:4116:0516:2916:5317:1717:4118:0518:2918:53

82 of 146 minutes covered, the first 82

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 21:14 on Wed 21 Mar to 17:27 on Thu 22 Mar.

    2046-03-21T13:14:28Z → 2046-03-22T09:27:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:05–18:31 on the 21st, 16:05–18:32 on the 22nd.

    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 146 minutes on the 21st and 82 of 146 on the 22nd.

    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 3870 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2046: Thursday 22 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2046 falls on Thursday 22 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:14 on Wed 21 Mar to 17:27 on Thu 22 Mar and covers 82 of 146 minutes of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2046/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 22 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 22 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 22 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 21stCoveredSāyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:14 → 02:2716:39146 min16:400 min21 Mar
Chicago08:14 → 04:2716:38146 min16:380 min21 Mar
Jersey City09:14 → 05:2716:43146 min16:440 min21 Mar
Port of Spain09:14 → 05:2715:51145 min15:510 min21 Mar
London13:14 → 09:2715:48147 min15:490 min21 Mar
Durban15:14 → 11:2715:40145 min15:400 min21 Mar
Dubai17:14 → 13:2716:0576 min16:050 min21 Mar
Delhi18:44 → 14:5716:070 min16:070 min21 Mar
Kolkata18:44 → 14:5715:220 min15:220 min21 Mar
Singapore21:14 → 17:2716:500 min16:4938 min22 Mar
Sydney00:14 → 20:2716:400 min16:39145 min22 Mar
Suva01:14 → 21:2715:510 min15:51145 min22 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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