Late afternoon of Monday 24 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
16:06 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:34
15:4216:0616:3016:5417:1817:4218:0618:3018:54
148 of 148 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2081
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 24 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 255 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Monday 24 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
148 of 148 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Tuesday 25 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 148 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 11:52 on Mon 24 Mar to 08:31 on Tue 25 Mar.
2081-03-24T03:51:56Z → 2081-03-25T00:30:42Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:06–18:34 on the 24th, 16:07–18:35 on the 25th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 148 of 148 minutes on the 24th and 0 of 148 on the 25th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 15270 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 24 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Baoding, 2081: Tuesday 25 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holī 2081 falls on Tuesday 25 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 24 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 11:52 on Mon 24 Mar to 08:31 on Tue 25 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 24th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 25 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 25 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 25 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/holi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Sāyāhna 24th | Covered | Sāyāhna 25th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:52 → 17:31 | 16:41 | 50 min | 16:41 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Chicago | 22:52 → 19:31 | 16:40 | 148 min | 16:40 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Jersey City | 23:52 → 20:31 | 16:45 | 148 min | 16:46 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 23:52 → 20:31 | 15:51 | 146 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| London | 03:52 → 00:31 | 15:52 | 150 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Durban | 05:52 → 02:31 | 15:38 | 144 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Dubai | 07:52 → 04:31 | 16:05 | 147 min | 16:05 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Delhi | 09:22 → 06:01 | 16:08 | 147 min | 16:08 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Kolkata | 09:22 → 06:01 | 15:23 | 146 min | 15:23 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Singapore | 11:52 → 08:31 | 16:49 | 145 min | 16:49 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Sydney | 14:52 → 11:31 | 16:37 | 144 min | 16:36 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Suva | 15:52 → 12:31 | 15:49 | 142 min | 15:49 | 0 min | 25 Mar |