Ruling · Holī · 2092

Monday 24 March

Determinatein Cairo, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sun 23 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 69 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 Saturday 22 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:42 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:08
15:1815:4216:0616:3016:5417:1817:4218:0618:30

0 of 146 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Sunday 23 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

Pūrṇimā presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 21:52 on Sat 22 Mar to 19:17 on Sun 23 Mar.

    2092-03-22T19:51:35Z → 2092-03-23T17:17:24Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:42–18:08 on the 22nd, 15:42–18:09 on the 23rd.

    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 146 minutes on the 22nd and 147 of 147 on the 23rd.

    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 4115 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Sunday 23 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Cairo, 2092: Monday 24 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Cairo, Holī 2092 falls on Monday 24 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Sunday 23 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:52 on Sat 22 Mar to 19:17 on Sun 23 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 23rd.

ahargana.org/cairo/festivals/2092/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 24 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 24 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 24 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 22ndCoveredSāyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:52 → 10:1716:40147 min16:410 min23 Mar
Chicago14:52 → 12:1716:39147 min16:390 min23 Mar
Jersey City15:52 → 13:1716:44147 min16:450 min23 Mar
Port of Spain15:52 → 13:1715:51145 min15:510 min23 Mar
London19:52 → 17:1715:500 min15:5186 min24 Mar
Durban21:52 → 19:1715:390 min15:38144 min24 Mar
Dubai23:52 → 21:1716:050 min16:05146 min24 Mar
Delhi01:22 → 22:4716:080 min16:08147 min24 Mar
Kolkata01:22 → 22:4715:230 min15:23146 min24 Mar
Singapore03:52 → 01:1716:490 min16:49145 min24 Mar
Sydney06:52 → 04:1716:390 min16:38144 min24 Mar
Suva07:52 → 05:1715:500 min15:50145 min24 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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