Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2048

Saturday 29 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 268 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 Friday 28 February

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:54 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:09
15:3015:5416:1816:4217:0617:3017:5418:1818:42

0 of 135 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Saturday 29 February

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

15:54 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:10
15:3015:5416:1816:4217:0617:3017:5418:1818:42

136 of 136 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 23:45 on Fri 28 Feb to 22:38 on Sat 29 Feb.

    2048-02-28T15:44:56Z → 2048-02-29T14:38:13Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:54–18:09 on the 28th, 15:54–18:10 on the 29th.

    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 135 minutes on the 28th and 136 of 136 on the 29th.

    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 16103 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2048: Saturday 29 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2048 falls on Saturday 29 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:45 on Fri 28 Feb to 22:38 on Sat 29 Feb and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2048/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 29 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 29 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 29 Feb
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 28thCoveredSāyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:45 → 06:3815:31137 min15:320 min28 Feb
Chicago09:45 → 08:3815:25134 min15:260 min28 Feb
Jersey City10:45 → 09:3815:31135 min15:320 min28 Feb
Port of Spain11:45 → 10:3815:53143 min15:530 min28 Feb
London15:45 → 14:3815:28113 min15:290 min28 Feb
Durban17:45 → 16:3815:5845 min15:5741 min28 Feb
Dubai19:45 → 18:3816:010 min16:01140 min29 Feb
Delhi21:15 → 20:0816:010 min16:02139 min29 Feb
Kolkata21:15 → 20:0815:190 min15:19140 min29 Feb
Singapore23:45 → 22:3816:550 min16:54145 min29 Feb
Sydney02:45 → 01:3816:590 min16:58154 min29 Feb
Suva03:45 → 02:3816:030 min16:03149 min29 Feb
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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