Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2063

Wednesday 14 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 351 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 Tuesday 13 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:01 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:23
15:3716:0116:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:49

0 of 142 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Wednesday 14 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:01 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:24
15:3716:0116:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:49

142 of 142 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 03:31 on Wed 14 Mar to 00:15 on Thu 15 Mar.

    2063-03-13T19:31:29Z → 2063-03-14T16:14:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:01–18:23 on the 13th, 16:01–18:24 on the 14th.

    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 142 minutes on the 13th and 142 of 142 on the 14th.

    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 21076 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2063: Wednesday 14 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2063 falls on Wednesday 14 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 03:31 on Wed 14 Mar to 00:15 on Thu 15 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2063/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 14 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 14 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 14 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 13thCoveredSāyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:31 → 09:1516:37143 min16:370 min13 Mar
Chicago14:31 → 11:1516:33142 min16:340 min13 Mar
Jersey City15:31 → 12:1516:39142 min16:390 min13 Mar
Port of Spain15:31 → 12:1515:52144 min15:520 min13 Mar
London19:31 → 16:1515:410 min15:4233 min14 Mar
Durban21:31 → 18:1515:470 min15:46148 min14 Mar
Dubai23:31 → 20:1516:030 min16:03144 min14 Mar
Delhi01:01 → 21:4516:050 min16:05143 min14 Mar
Kolkata01:01 → 21:4515:210 min15:22144 min14 Mar
Singapore03:31 → 00:1516:520 min16:52145 min14 Mar
Sydney06:31 → 03:1516:480 min16:47148 min14 Mar
Suva07:31 → 04:1515:560 min15:56147 min14 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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