Ruling · Holī · 2032

Saturday 27 March

Determinatein Cairo, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 26 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 431 minutes.

Decide it for

30°04′ N 31°15′ E · Africa/Cairo · GeoNames 360630

The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Thursday 25 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:42 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:10
15:1815:4216:0616:3016:5417:1817:4218:0618:30

0 of 147 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Friday 26 March

Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.

15:42 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:10
15:1815:4216:0616:3016:5417:1817:4218:0618:30

148 of 148 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 01:21 on Fri 26 Mar to 02:46 on Sat 27 Mar.

    2032-03-25T23:20:53Z → 2032-03-27T00:46:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:42–18:10 on the 25th, 15:42–18:10 on the 26th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 147 minutes on the 25th and 148 of 148 on the 26th.

    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 25883 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 26 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Cairo, 2032: Saturday 27 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Cairo, Holī 2032 falls on Saturday 27 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 26 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 01:21 on Fri 26 Mar to 02:46 on Sat 27 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 26th.

ahargana.org/cairo/festivals/2032/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 27 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 27 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 27 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Cairo.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/holi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Phālguna, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Kept
The day after Holikā Dahana

“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 same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāSāyāhna 25thCoveredSāyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:21 → 17:4616:41148 min16:420 min26 Mar
Chicago18:21 → 19:4616:4048 min16:410 min27 Mar
Jersey City19:21 → 20:4616:450 min16:460 min27 Mar
Port of Spain19:21 → 20:4615:510 min15:510 min27 Mar
London23:21 → 00:4615:520 min15:540 min27 Mar
Durban01:21 → 02:4615:370 min15:350 min27 Mar
Dubai03:21 → 04:4616:050 min16:050 min27 Mar
Delhi04:51 → 06:1616:080 min16:080 min27 Mar
Kolkata04:51 → 06:1615:230 min15:230 min27 Mar
Singapore07:21 → 08:4616:480 min16:480 min27 Mar
Sydney10:21 → 11:4616:360 min16:340 min27 Mar
Suva11:21 → 12:4615:490 min15:470 min27 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
holi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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