Late afternoon of Friday 3 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:36 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:55
15:1215:3616:0016:2416:4817:1217:3618:0018:24
0 of 139 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2034
Determinatein Cairo, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sat 4 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 548 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Friday 3 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 139 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Saturday 4 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
140 of 140 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 03:03 on Sat 4 Mar to 04:10 on Sun 5 Mar.
2034-03-04T01:03:12Z → 2034-03-05T02:10:11Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:36–17:55 on the 3rd, 15:36–17:56 on the 4th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 139 minutes on the 3rd and 140 of 140 on the 4th.
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 32888 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Saturday 4 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Cairo, 2034: Sunday 5 March.
confidence: determinate
In Cairo, Holī 2034 falls on Sunday 5 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Saturday 4 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 03:03 on Sat 4 Mar to 04:10 on Sun 5 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 4th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 5 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 5 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 5 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 4th | Covered | Sāyāhna 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:03 → 18:10 | 15:33 | 139 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Chicago | 19:03 → 20:10 | 15:28 | 137 min | 15:28 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Jersey City | 20:03 → 21:10 | 15:34 | 137 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 21:03 → 22:10 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| London | 01:03 → 02:10 | 15:32 | 133 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Durban | 03:03 → 04:10 | 15:54 | 151 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Dubai | 05:03 → 06:10 | 16:02 | 141 min | 16:02 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Delhi | 06:33 → 07:40 | 16:03 | 140 min | 16:03 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Kolkata | 06:33 → 07:40 | 15:20 | 141 min | 15:20 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Singapore | 09:03 → 10:10 | 16:54 | 145 min | 16:54 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Sydney | 12:03 → 13:10 | 16:55 | 152 min | 16:54 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Suva | 13:03 → 14:10 | 16:01 | 149 min | 16:00 | 0 min | 5 Mar |