Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2094

Monday 1 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 19 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 Monday 1 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

15:55 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:11
15:3115:5516:1916:4317:0717:3117:5518:1918:43

136 of 136 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Tuesday 2 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:55 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:12
Pūrṇimā ends 15:36:35
15:3115:5516:1916:4317:0717:3117:5518:1918:43

0 of 136 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 13:20 on Mon 1 Mar to 15:37 on Tue 2 Mar.

    2094-03-01T05:19:44Z → 2094-03-02T07:36:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:55–18:11 on the 1st, 15:55–18:12 on the 2nd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 136 of 136 minutes on the 1st and 0 of 136 on the 2nd.

    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 1132 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2094: Monday 1 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2094 falls on Monday 1 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 13:20 on Mon 1 Mar to 15:37 on Tue 2 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2094/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 1 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 1 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 1 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 1stCoveredSāyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:20 → 23:3715:32138 min15:330 min1 Mar
Chicago23:20 → 01:3715:26135 min15:270 min1 Mar
Jersey City00:20 → 02:3715:32136 min15:330 min1 Mar
Port of Spain01:20 → 03:3715:53143 min15:530 min1 Mar
London05:20 → 07:3715:30131 min15:310 min1 Mar
Durban07:20 → 09:3715:56152 min15:560 min1 Mar
Dubai09:20 → 11:3716:01140 min16:010 min1 Mar
Delhi10:50 → 13:0716:02139 min16:020 min1 Mar
Kolkata10:50 → 13:0715:20140 min15:200 min1 Mar
Singapore13:20 → 15:3716:55145 min16:540 min1 Mar
Sydney16:20 → 18:3716:58154 min16:57100 min1 Mar
Suva17:20 → 19:3716:0372 min16:02149 min2 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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