Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2087

Tuesday 18 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 113 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 Tuesday 18 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:03 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:28
15:3916:0316:2716:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:51

144 of 144 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Wednesday 19 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:04 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:29
15:4016:0416:2816:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:52

0 of 145 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 12:29 on Tue 18 Mar to 14:11 on Wed 19 Mar.

    2087-03-18T04:28:46Z → 2087-03-19T06:10:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:03–18:28 on the 18th, 16:04–18:29 on the 19th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 144 of 144 minutes on the 18th and 0 of 145 on the 19th.

    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 6796 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2087: Tuesday 18 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2087 falls on Tuesday 18 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 12:29 on Tue 18 Mar to 14:11 on Wed 19 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2087/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 18 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 18 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 18 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 18thCoveredSāyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:29 → 23:1116:39145 min16:390 min18 Mar
Chicago23:29 → 01:1116:36145 min16:370 min18 Mar
Jersey City00:29 → 02:1116:42145 min16:420 min18 Mar
Port of Spain00:29 → 02:1115:52145 min15:520 min18 Mar
London04:29 → 06:1115:46144 min15:470 min18 Mar
Durban06:29 → 08:1115:43146 min15:420 min18 Mar
Dubai08:29 → 10:1116:04145 min16:040 min18 Mar
Delhi09:59 → 11:4116:07145 min16:070 min18 Mar
Kolkata09:59 → 11:4115:22145 min15:220 min18 Mar
Singapore12:29 → 14:1116:51145 min16:500 min18 Mar
Sydney15:29 → 17:1116:43146 min16:4229 min18 Mar
Suva16:29 → 18:1115:53110 min15:53138 min19 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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