Late afternoon of Wednesday 24 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
15:42 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:09
15:1815:4216:0616:3016:5417:1817:4218:0618:30
147 of 147 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1948
Determinatein Cairo, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Wed 24 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 443 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Wednesday 24 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
147 of 147 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Thursday 25 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 147 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 08:19 on Wed 24 Mar to 05:10 on Thu 25 Mar.
1948-03-24T06:18:38Z → 1948-03-25T03:10:07Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:42–18:09 on the 24th, 15:42–18:09 on the 25th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 147 of 147 minutes on the 24th and 0 of 147 on the 25th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 26587 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Wednesday 24 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Cairo, 1948: Thursday 25 March.
confidence: determinate
In Cairo, Holī 1948 falls on Thursday 25 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Wednesday 24 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 08:19 on Wed 24 Mar to 05:10 on Thu 25 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 24th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 25 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 25 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 25 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Cairo. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/holi · 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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Sāyāhna 24th | Covered | Sāyāhna 25th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:19 → 20:10 | 16:40 | 147 min | 16:41 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Chicago | 00:19 → 21:10 | 15:39 | 148 min | 15:40 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Jersey City | 01:19 → 22:10 | 15:45 | 148 min | 15:45 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 02:19 → 23:10 | 15:51 | 146 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| London | 07:19 → 04:10 | 16:51 | 149 min | 16:52 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Durban | 08:19 → 05:10 | 15:38 | 144 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Dubai | 10:19 → 07:10 | 16:05 | 146 min | 16:05 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Delhi | 11:49 → 08:40 | 16:08 | 147 min | 16:08 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Kolkata | 11:49 → 08:40 | 15:23 | 146 min | 15:23 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Singapore | 13:49 → 10:40 | 16:19 | 145 min | 16:19 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Sydney | 16:19 → 13:10 | 15:37 | 103 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Suva | 18:19 → 15:10 | 15:50 | 0 min | 15:49 | 0 min | 25 Mar |