Late afternoon of Friday 1 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:35 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:54
15:1115:3515:5916:2316:4717:1117:3517:5918:23
0 of 138 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2075
Determinatein Cairo, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sat 2 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 253 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Friday 1 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 138 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Saturday 2 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
139 of 139 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 22:13 on Fri 1 Mar to 22:07 on Sat 2 Mar.
2075-03-01T20:12:49Z → 2075-03-02T20:07:12Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:35–17:54 on the 1st, 15:36–17:55 on the 2nd.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 138 minutes on the 1st and 139 of 139 on the 2nd.
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 15159 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Saturday 2 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Cairo, 2075: Sunday 3 March.
confidence: determinate
In Cairo, Holī 2075 falls on Sunday 3 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Saturday 2 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 22:13 on Fri 1 Mar to 22:07 on Sat 2 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 2nd.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 3 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 3 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 3 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 1st | Covered | Sāyāhna 2nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:13 → 12:07 | 15:32 | 138 min | 15:32 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Chicago | 14:13 → 14:07 | 15:26 | 135 min | 15:27 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Jersey City | 15:13 → 15:07 | 15:32 | 135 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 16:13 → 16:07 | 15:53 | 123 min | 15:53 | 14 min | 2 Mar |
| London | 20:13 → 20:07 | 15:30 | 0 min | 15:31 | 132 min | 3 Mar |
| Durban | 22:13 → 22:07 | 15:57 | 0 min | 15:56 | 152 min | 3 Mar |
| Dubai | 00:13 → 00:07 | 16:01 | 0 min | 16:01 | 140 min | 3 Mar |
| Delhi | 01:43 → 01:37 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:02 | 139 min | 3 Mar |
| Kolkata | 01:43 → 01:37 | 15:20 | 0 min | 15:20 | 141 min | 3 Mar |
| Singapore | 04:13 → 04:07 | 16:55 | 0 min | 16:54 | 145 min | 3 Mar |
| Sydney | 07:13 → 07:07 | 16:58 | 0 min | 16:57 | 153 min | 3 Mar |
| Suva | 08:13 → 08:07 | 16:03 | 0 min | 16:02 | 149 min | 3 Mar |