Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2068

Sunday 18 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 547 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 Sunday 18 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:04 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:28
15:4016:0416:2816:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:52

145 of 145 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Monday 19 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:04 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:29
15:4016:0416:2816:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:52

0 of 145 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 04:35 on Sun 18 Mar to 06:57 on Mon 19 Mar.

    2068-03-17T20:35:15Z → 2068-03-18T22:56:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:04–18:28 on the 18th, 16:04–18:29 on the 19th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 145 of 145 minutes on the 18th and 0 of 145 on the 19th.

    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 32849 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2068: Sunday 18 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2068 falls on Sunday 18 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 04:35 on Sun 18 Mar to 06:57 on Mon 19 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2068/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 18 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 18 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 18 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 17thCoveredSāyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:35 → 15:5716:38145 min16:390 min17 Mar
Chicago15:35 → 17:5716:36144 min16:3680 min17 Mar
Jersey City16:35 → 18:5716:42144 min16:42135 min17 Mar
Port of Spain16:35 → 18:5715:52102 min15:52145 min18 Mar
London20:35 → 22:5715:450 min15:46145 min18 Mar
Durban22:35 → 00:5715:430 min15:42146 min18 Mar
Dubai00:35 → 02:5716:040 min16:04145 min18 Mar
Delhi02:05 → 04:2716:060 min16:07145 min18 Mar
Kolkata02:05 → 04:2715:220 min15:22145 min18 Mar
Singapore04:35 → 06:5716:510 min16:50145 min18 Mar
Sydney07:35 → 09:5716:430 min16:42146 min18 Mar
Suva08:35 → 10:5715:530 min15:53146 min18 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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