Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2025

Thursday 13 March

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 227 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 13 March

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:12 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:35
15:4816:1216:3617:0017:2417:4818:1218:3619:00

143 of 143 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Friday 14 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:12 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:35
15:4816:1216:3617:0017:2417:4818:1218:3619:00

0 of 144 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 10:36 on Thu 13 Mar to 12:25 on Fri 14 Mar.

    2025-03-13T05:06:23Z → 2025-03-14T06:54:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:12–18:35 on the 13th, 16:12–18:35 on the 14th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 143 of 143 minutes on the 13th and 0 of 144 on the 14th.

    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 13625 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Holikā Dahana, Ujjain, 2025: Thursday 13 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Holikā Dahana 2025 falls on Thursday 13 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 10:36 on Thu 13 Mar to 12:25 on Fri 14 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2025/holika-dahana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 13 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 13 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 13 Mar
Rashtriya PanchangPrincipal festivals, 2024-25Thu 13 Mar

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 13thCoveredSāyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:06 → 23:5516:37143 min16:370 min13 Mar
Chicago00:06 → 01:5516:33142 min16:340 min13 Mar
Jersey City01:06 → 02:5516:39142 min16:390 min13 Mar
Port of Spain01:06 → 02:5515:52144 min15:520 min13 Mar
London05:06 → 06:5515:41141 min15:420 min13 Mar
Durban07:06 → 08:5515:47148 min15:460 min13 Mar
Dubai09:06 → 10:5516:03143 min16:030 min13 Mar
Delhi10:36 → 12:2516:05143 min16:050 min13 Mar
Kolkata10:36 → 12:2515:21143 min15:210 min13 Mar
Singapore13:06 → 14:5516:52145 min16:510 min13 Mar
Sydney16:06 → 17:5516:47149 min16:4668 min13 Mar
Suva17:06 → 18:5515:5676 min15:55147 min14 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