Late afternoon of Sunday 26 March
Taken. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
16:07 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:35
15:4316:0716:3116:5517:1917:4318:0718:3118:55
148 of 148 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2051
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both late afternoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Sunday 26 March
Taken. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
148 of 148 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Monday 27 March
Qualifies with 53 of 149 minutes. Not taken.
53 of 149 minutes covered, the first 53
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 14:26 on Sun 26 Mar to 17:00 on Mon 27 Mar.
2051-03-26T06:26:04Z → 2051-03-27T09:00:12Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:07–18:35 on the 26th, 16:07–18:36 on the 27th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 148 of 148 minutes on the 26th and 53 of 149 on the 27th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Both late afternoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 3172 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2051: Sunday 26 March.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2051 falls on Sunday 26 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 14:26 on Sun 26 Mar to 17:00 on Mon 27 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 53 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 26 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 26 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 26 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 26th | Covered | Sāyāhna 27th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:26 → 02:00 | 16:41 | 148 min | 16:41 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Chicago | 01:26 → 04:00 | 16:40 | 149 min | 16:41 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Jersey City | 02:26 → 05:00 | 16:46 | 149 min | 16:46 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 02:26 → 05:00 | 15:51 | 146 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| London | 07:26 → 10:00 | 16:53 | 151 min | 16:54 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Durban | 08:26 → 11:00 | 15:36 | 143 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Dubai | 10:26 → 13:00 | 16:05 | 147 min | 16:05 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Delhi | 11:56 → 14:30 | 16:08 | 147 min | 16:08 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Kolkata | 11:56 → 14:30 | 15:23 | 147 min | 15:23 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Singapore | 14:26 → 17:00 | 16:48 | 145 min | 16:48 | 12 min | 26 Mar |
| Sydney | 17:26 → 20:00 | 16:36 | 93 min | 16:35 | 143 min | 27 Mar |
| Suva | 18:26 → 21:00 | 15:48 | 0 min | 15:48 | 144 min | 27 Mar |