Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2062

Friday 24 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 203 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 Friday 24 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:06 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:34
15:4216:0616:3016:5417:1817:4218:0618:3018:54

148 of 148 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Saturday 25 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:07 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:35
15:4316:0716:3116:5517:1917:4318:0718:3118:55

0 of 148 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 12:43 on Fri 24 Mar to 11:36 on Sat 25 Mar.

    2062-03-24T04:43:22Z → 2062-03-25T03:36:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:06–18:34 on the 24th, 16:07–18:35 on the 25th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 148 of 148 minutes on the 24th and 0 of 148 on the 25th.

    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 12165 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2062: Friday 24 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2062 falls on Friday 24 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 12:43 on Fri 24 Mar to 11:36 on Sat 25 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2062/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 24 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 24 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 24 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 24thCoveredSāyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:43 → 20:3616:40147 min16:410 min24 Mar
Chicago23:43 → 22:3616:39148 min16:400 min24 Mar
Jersey City00:43 → 23:3616:45148 min16:450 min24 Mar
Port of Spain00:43 → 23:3615:51146 min15:510 min24 Mar
London04:43 → 03:3615:51149 min15:520 min24 Mar
Durban06:43 → 05:3615:38144 min15:370 min24 Mar
Dubai08:43 → 07:3616:05147 min16:050 min24 Mar
Delhi10:13 → 09:0616:08147 min16:080 min24 Mar
Kolkata10:13 → 09:0615:23146 min15:230 min24 Mar
Singapore12:43 → 11:3616:49145 min16:490 min24 Mar
Sydney15:43 → 14:3616:37144 min16:360 min24 Mar
Suva16:43 → 15:3615:4991 min15:490 min24 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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