Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2066

Thursday 11 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 493 minutes.

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The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Thursday 11 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:00 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:21
15:3616:0016:2416:4817:1217:3618:0018:2418:48

141 of 141 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Friday 12 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:00 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:22
15:3616:0016:2416:4817:1217:3618:0018:2418:48

0 of 141 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 07:47 on Thu 11 Mar to 06:49 on Fri 12 Mar.

    2066-03-10T23:46:39Z → 2066-03-11T22:48:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:00–18:21 on the 11th, 16:00–18:22 on the 12th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 141 of 141 minutes on the 11th and 0 of 141 on the 12th.

    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 29597 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2066: Thursday 11 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2066 falls on Thursday 11 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 07:47 on Thu 11 Mar to 06:49 on Fri 12 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2066/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 11 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 11 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 11 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 10thCoveredSāyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:47 → 14:4915:36130 min15:360 min10 Mar
Chicago17:47 → 16:4915:315 min15:3277 min11 Mar
Jersey City18:47 → 17:4915:370 min15:38131 min11 Mar
Port of Spain19:47 → 18:4915:530 min15:52144 min11 Mar
London23:47 → 22:4915:390 min15:39139 min11 Mar
Durban01:47 → 00:4915:490 min15:49149 min11 Mar
Dubai03:47 → 02:4916:030 min16:03143 min11 Mar
Delhi05:17 → 04:1916:050 min16:05142 min11 Mar
Kolkata05:17 → 04:1915:210 min15:21143 min11 Mar
Singapore07:47 → 06:4916:530 min16:52145 min11 Mar
Sydney10:47 → 09:4916:500 min16:49149 min11 Mar
Suva11:47 → 10:4915:580 min15:57147 min11 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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