Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2093

Thursday 12 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 233 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 Thursday 12 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:01 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:22
15:3716:0116:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:49

142 of 142 minutes covered

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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 12:05 on Thu 12 Mar to 12:08 on Fri 13 Mar.

    2093-03-12T04:05:06Z → 2093-03-13T04:08:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:01–18:22 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 142 of 142 minutes on the 12th and 0 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 13987 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2093: Thursday 12 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2093 falls on Thursday 12 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 12:05 on Thu 12 Mar to 12:08 on Fri 13 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2093/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 12 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 12 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 12 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 Angeles21:05 → 21:0816:37142 min16:370 min12 Mar
Chicago23:05 → 23:0816:33142 min16:340 min12 Mar
Jersey City00:05 → 00:0816:39142 min16:390 min12 Mar
Port of Spain00:05 → 00:0815:52144 min15:520 min12 Mar
London04:05 → 04:0815:41140 min15:420 min12 Mar
Durban06:05 → 06:0815:48148 min15:470 min12 Mar
Dubai08:05 → 08:0816:03143 min16:040 min12 Mar
Delhi09:35 → 09:3816:05143 min16:060 min12 Mar
Kolkata09:35 → 09:3815:22143 min15:220 min12 Mar
Singapore12:05 → 12:0816:52145 min16:520 min12 Mar
Sydney15:05 → 15:0816:48149 min16:470 min12 Mar
Suva16:05 → 16:0815:56138 min15:5612 min12 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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