Late afternoon of Sunday 16 March
Taken. Pūrṇimā reaches neither late afternoon; this is the day it falls on.
16:03 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:26
Pūrṇimā begins 18:27:26
15:3916:0316:2716:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:51
0 of 144 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2098
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Pūrṇimā reaches sāyāhna on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Sunday 16 March
Taken. Pūrṇimā reaches neither late afternoon; this is the day it falls on.
0 of 144 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Monday 17 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 144 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 18:27 on Sun 16 Mar to 15:45 on Mon 17 Mar.
2098-03-16T10:27:26Z → 2098-03-17T07:44:51Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:03–18:26 on the 16th, 16:03–18:27 on the 17th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 144 minutes on the 16th and 0 of 144 on the 17th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Neither late afternoon qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.
priority: unstated → tithi-day · margin 69 s < 300 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 2098: Sunday 16 March.
confidence: boundary (margin, absent-unstated)
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 2098 falls on Sunday 16 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:27 on Sun 16 Mar to 15:45 on Mon 17 Mar, and reaches sāyāhna on neither day. It is 1 min 09 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 16 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 16 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 16 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 16th | Covered | Sāyāhna 17th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 03:27 → 00:45 | 16:38 | 144 min | 16:38 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Chicago | 05:27 → 02:45 | 16:35 | 144 min | 16:36 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Jersey City | 06:27 → 03:45 | 16:41 | 144 min | 16:42 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 06:27 → 03:45 | 15:52 | 145 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| London | 10:27 → 07:45 | 15:44 | 143 min | 15:45 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Durban | 12:27 → 09:45 | 15:45 | 147 min | 15:44 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Dubai | 14:27 → 11:45 | 16:04 | 144 min | 16:04 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Delhi | 15:57 → 13:15 | 16:06 | 144 min | 16:06 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Kolkata | 15:57 → 13:15 | 15:22 | 109 min | 15:22 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Singapore | 18:27 → 15:45 | 16:51 | 49 min | 16:51 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Sydney | 21:27 → 18:45 | 16:45 | 0 min | 16:44 | 121 min | 17 Mar |
| Suva | 22:27 → 19:45 | 15:54 | 0 min | 15:54 | 146 min | 17 Mar |