Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2074

Tuesday 13 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 61 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two late afternoons

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

Late afternoon of Monday 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

Late afternoon of Tuesday 13 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:01 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:23
Pūrṇimā ends 17:02:08
15:3716:0116:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:49

61 of 142 minutes covered, the first 61

Pūrṇimā presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 19:43 on Mon 12 Mar to 17:02 on Tue 13 Mar.

    2074-03-12T11:43:01Z → 2074-03-13T09:02:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:00–18:22 on the 12th, 16:01–18:23 on the 13th.

    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 141 minutes on the 12th and 61 of 142 on the 13th.

    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 3670 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2074: Tuesday 13 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2074 falls on Tuesday 13 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:43 on Mon 12 Mar to 17:02 on Tue 13 Mar and covers 61 of 142 minutes of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2074/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 13 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 13 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 13 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 12thCoveredSāyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:43 → 02:0216:36142 min16:370 min12 Mar
Chicago06:43 → 04:0216:33141 min16:330 min12 Mar
Jersey City07:43 → 05:0216:39142 min16:390 min12 Mar
Port of Spain07:43 → 05:0215:52144 min15:520 min12 Mar
London11:43 → 09:0215:40140 min15:410 min12 Mar
Durban13:43 → 11:0215:48148 min15:470 min12 Mar
Dubai15:43 → 13:0216:03143 min16:030 min12 Mar
Delhi17:13 → 14:3216:0575 min16:050 min12 Mar
Kolkata17:13 → 14:3215:2132 min15:210 min12 Mar
Singapore19:43 → 17:0216:520 min16:5210 min13 Mar
Sydney22:43 → 20:0216:480 min16:47149 min13 Mar
Suva23:43 → 21:0215:570 min15:56147 min13 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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