Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2060

Tuesday 16 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 262 minutes.

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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 Tuesday 16 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:03 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:26
15:3916:0316:2716:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:51

144 of 144 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Wednesday 17 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:03 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:27
15:3916:0316:2716:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:51

0 of 144 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 09:24 on Tue 16 Mar to 11:41 on Wed 17 Mar.

    2060-03-16T01:23:41Z → 2060-03-17T03:41:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:03–18:26 on the 16th, 16:03–18:27 on the 17th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 144 of 144 minutes on the 16th and 0 of 144 on the 17th.

    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 15693 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2060: Tuesday 16 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2060 falls on Tuesday 16 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 09:24 on Tue 16 Mar to 11:41 on Wed 17 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2060/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 16 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 16 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 16 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 16thCoveredSāyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:24 → 20:4116:38144 min16:380 min16 Mar
Chicago20:24 → 22:4116:35144 min16:360 min16 Mar
Jersey City21:24 → 23:4116:41144 min16:410 min16 Mar
Port of Spain21:24 → 23:4115:52145 min15:520 min16 Mar
London01:24 → 03:4115:44143 min15:450 min16 Mar
Durban03:24 → 05:4115:44147 min15:430 min16 Mar
Dubai05:24 → 07:4116:04144 min16:040 min16 Mar
Delhi06:54 → 09:1116:06144 min16:060 min16 Mar
Kolkata06:54 → 09:1115:22144 min15:220 min16 Mar
Singapore09:24 → 11:4116:51145 min16:510 min16 Mar
Sydney12:24 → 14:4116:44147 min16:430 min16 Mar
Suva13:24 → 15:4115:54146 min15:530 min16 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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