Late afternoon of Tuesday 14 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:40 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:03
15:1615:4016:0416:2816:5217:1617:4018:0418:28
0 of 143 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2090
Determinatein Cairo, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Wed 15 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 460 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Tuesday 14 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 143 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Wednesday 15 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
144 of 144 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 05:22 on Wed 15 Mar to 01:44 on Thu 16 Mar.
2090-03-15T03:22:23Z → 2090-03-15T23:43:35Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:40–18:03 on the 14th, 15:40–18:03 on the 15th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 143 minutes on the 14th and 144 of 144 on the 15th.
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 27607 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Wednesday 15 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Cairo, 2090: Thursday 16 March.
confidence: determinate
In Cairo, Holī 2090 falls on Thursday 16 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Wednesday 15 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:22 on Wed 15 Mar to 01:44 on Thu 16 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 15th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 16 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 16 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 16 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 15th | Covered | Sāyāhna 16th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:22 → 16:44 | 16:38 | 6 min | 16:38 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Chicago | 22:22 → 18:44 | 16:35 | 129 min | 16:35 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Jersey City | 23:22 → 19:44 | 16:40 | 143 min | 16:41 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 23:22 → 19:44 | 15:52 | 145 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| London | 03:22 → 23:44 | 15:43 | 142 min | 15:44 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Durban | 05:22 → 01:44 | 15:45 | 147 min | 15:45 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Dubai | 07:22 → 03:44 | 16:04 | 144 min | 16:04 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Delhi | 08:52 → 05:14 | 16:06 | 144 min | 16:06 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Kolkata | 08:52 → 05:14 | 15:22 | 144 min | 15:22 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Singapore | 11:22 → 07:44 | 16:51 | 145 min | 16:51 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Sydney | 14:22 → 10:44 | 16:45 | 148 min | 16:45 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Suva | 15:22 → 11:44 | 15:55 | 146 min | 15:54 | 0 min | 16 Mar |