Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2082

Saturday 14 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 383 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 Friday 13 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:01 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:23
15:3716:0116:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:49

0 of 142 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Saturday 14 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:02 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:24
15:3816:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:50

143 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 04:25 on Sat 14 Mar to 00:47 on Sun 15 Mar.

    2082-03-13T20:25:00Z → 2082-03-14T16:46:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:01–18:23 on the 13th, 16:02–18:24 on the 14th.

    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 142 minutes on the 13th and 143 of 143 on the 14th.

    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 22952 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2082: Saturday 14 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2082 falls on Saturday 14 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 04:25 on Sat 14 Mar to 00:47 on Sun 15 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2082/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 14 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 14 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 14 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 13thCoveredSāyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:25 → 09:4716:37143 min16:370 min13 Mar
Chicago15:25 → 11:4716:33142 min16:340 min13 Mar
Jersey City16:25 → 12:4716:39142 min16:400 min13 Mar
Port of Spain16:25 → 12:4715:52112 min15:520 min13 Mar
London20:25 → 16:4715:410 min15:4264 min14 Mar
Durban22:25 → 18:4715:470 min15:46148 min14 Mar
Dubai00:25 → 20:4716:030 min16:04144 min14 Mar
Delhi01:55 → 22:1716:050 min16:06143 min14 Mar
Kolkata01:55 → 22:1715:220 min15:22144 min14 Mar
Singapore04:25 → 00:4716:520 min16:52145 min14 Mar
Sydney07:25 → 03:4716:470 min16:46148 min14 Mar
Suva08:25 → 04:4715:560 min15:55147 min14 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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