Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2073

Thursday 23 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 405 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Wednesday 22 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:05 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:32
15:4116:0516:2916:5317:1717:4118:0518:2918:53

0 of 147 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Thursday 23 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:06 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:33
15:4216:0616:3016:5417:1817:4218:0618:3018:54

147 of 147 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 05:07 on Thu 23 Mar to 01:18 on Fri 24 Mar.

    2073-03-22T21:06:35Z → 2073-03-23T17:18:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:05–18:32 on the 22nd, 16:06–18:33 on the 23rd.

    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 147 minutes on the 22nd and 147 of 147 on the 23rd.

    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 24303 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2073: Thursday 23 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2073 falls on Thursday 23 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:07 on Thu 23 Mar to 01:18 on Fri 24 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2073/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 23 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 23 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 23 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 22ndCoveredSāyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:07 → 10:1816:40147 min16:400 min22 Mar
Chicago16:07 → 12:1816:38147 min16:390 min22 Mar
Jersey City17:07 → 13:1816:44125 min16:450 min22 Mar
Port of Spain17:07 → 13:1815:5170 min15:510 min22 Mar
London21:07 → 17:1815:500 min15:5187 min23 Mar
Durban23:07 → 19:1815:390 min15:38144 min23 Mar
Dubai01:07 → 21:1816:050 min16:05146 min23 Mar
Delhi02:37 → 22:4816:070 min16:08147 min23 Mar
Kolkata02:37 → 22:4815:220 min15:23146 min23 Mar
Singapore05:07 → 01:1816:490 min16:49145 min23 Mar
Sydney08:07 → 04:1816:390 min16:38144 min23 Mar
Suva09:07 → 05:1815:500 min15:50145 min23 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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