Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2095

Sunday 20 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 413 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 Sunday 20 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:04 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:30
15:4016:0416:2816:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:52

145 of 145 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Monday 21 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:05 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:31
15:4116:0516:2916:5317:1717:4118:0518:2918:53

0 of 146 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 06:44 on Sun 20 Mar to 09:12 on Mon 21 Mar.

    2095-03-19T22:44:29Z → 2095-03-21T01:12:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:04–18:30 on the 20th, 16:05–18:31 on the 21st.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 145 of 145 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 146 on the 21st.

    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 24764 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2095: Sunday 20 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2095 falls on Sunday 20 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:44 on Sun 20 Mar to 09:12 on Mon 21 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2095/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 20 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 20 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 20 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 19thCoveredSāyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:44 → 18:1216:39145 min16:400 min19 Mar
Chicago17:44 → 20:1216:3778 min16:380 min20 Mar
Jersey City18:44 → 21:1216:4223 min16:430 min20 Mar
Port of Spain18:44 → 21:1215:520 min15:520 min20 Mar
London22:44 → 01:1215:470 min15:490 min20 Mar
Durban00:44 → 03:1215:420 min15:410 min20 Mar
Dubai02:44 → 05:1216:050 min16:050 min20 Mar
Delhi04:14 → 06:4216:070 min16:070 min20 Mar
Kolkata04:14 → 06:4215:220 min15:220 min20 Mar
Singapore06:44 → 09:1216:500 min16:500 min20 Mar
Sydney09:44 → 12:1216:420 min16:400 min20 Mar
Suva10:44 → 13:1215:530 min15:510 min20 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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