Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2071

Sunday 15 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 290 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 15 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:02 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:25
15:3816:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:50

143 of 143 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Monday 16 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:02 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:26
15:3816:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:50

0 of 143 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 11:12 on Sun 15 Mar to 09:19 on Mon 16 Mar.

    2071-03-15T03:12:02Z → 2071-03-16T01:18:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:02–18:25 on the 15th, 16:02–18:26 on the 16th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 143 of 143 minutes on the 15th and 0 of 143 on the 16th.

    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 17387 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2071: Sunday 15 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2071 falls on Sunday 15 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 11:12 on Sun 15 Mar to 09:19 on Mon 16 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2071/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 15 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 15 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 15 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 15thCoveredSāyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:12 → 18:1916:37101 min16:380 min15 Mar
Chicago22:12 → 20:1916:34143 min16:350 min15 Mar
Jersey City23:12 → 21:1916:40143 min16:410 min15 Mar
Port of Spain23:12 → 21:1915:52145 min15:520 min15 Mar
London03:12 → 01:1915:43142 min15:440 min15 Mar
Durban05:12 → 03:1915:46147 min15:450 min15 Mar
Dubai07:12 → 05:1916:04144 min16:040 min15 Mar
Delhi08:42 → 06:4916:06144 min16:060 min15 Mar
Kolkata08:42 → 06:4915:22144 min15:220 min15 Mar
Singapore11:12 → 09:1916:51145 min16:510 min15 Mar
Sydney14:12 → 12:1916:46148 min16:450 min15 Mar
Suva15:12 → 13:1915:55146 min15:540 min15 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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