Late afternoon of Friday 25 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:07 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:35
15:4316:0716:3116:5517:1917:4318:0718:3118:55
0 of 148 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2089
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 48 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Friday 25 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 148 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Saturday 26 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
74 of 149 minutes covered, the first 74
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 19:23 on Fri 25 Mar to 17:21 on Sat 26 Mar.
2089-03-25T11:23:22Z → 2089-03-26T09:21:28Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:07–18:35 on the 25th, 16:07–18:36 on the 26th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 148 minutes on the 25th and 74 of 149 on the 26th.
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 2887 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2089: Saturday 26 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2089 falls on Saturday 26 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:23 on Fri 25 Mar to 17:21 on Sat 26 Mar and covers 74 of 149 minutes of sāyāhna that late afternoon.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 26 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 26 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 26 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/holika-dahana · 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. 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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Sāyāhna 25th | Covered | Sāyāhna 26th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 04:23 → 02:21 | 16:41 | 148 min | 16:41 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Chicago | 06:23 → 04:21 | 16:40 | 149 min | 16:41 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Jersey City | 07:23 → 05:21 | 16:46 | 149 min | 16:46 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 07:23 → 05:21 | 15:51 | 146 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| London | 11:23 → 09:21 | 15:53 | 150 min | 15:54 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Durban | 13:23 → 11:21 | 15:37 | 143 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Dubai | 15:23 → 13:21 | 16:05 | 147 min | 16:06 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Delhi | 16:53 → 14:51 | 16:08 | 102 min | 16:08 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Kolkata | 16:53 → 14:51 | 15:23 | 56 min | 15:23 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Singapore | 19:23 → 17:21 | 16:49 | 0 min | 16:48 | 33 min | 26 Mar |
| Sydney | 22:23 → 20:21 | 16:36 | 0 min | 16:35 | 143 min | 26 Mar |
| Suva | 23:23 → 21:21 | 15:49 | 0 min | 15:48 | 144 min | 26 Mar |