Ruling · Holī · 1906

Saturday 10 March

Determinatein Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 9 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 35 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two late afternoons

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

Late afternoon of Friday 9 March

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

16:10 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:31
15:4616:1016:3416:5817:2217:4618:1018:3418:58

141 of 141 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Saturday 10 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:11 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:32
15:4716:1116:3516:5917:2317:4718:1118:3518:59

0 of 141 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 15:36 on Fri 9 Mar to 13:17 on Sat 10 Mar.

    1906-03-09T22:35:43Z → 1906-03-10T20:17:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:10–18:31 on the 9th, 16:11–18:32 on the 10th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 141 of 141 minutes on the 9th and 0 of 141 on the 10th.

    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 2070 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 9 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Phoenix, 1906: Saturday 10 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Phoenix, Holī 1906 falls on Saturday 10 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 9 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 15:36 on Fri 9 Mar to 13:17 on Sat 10 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 9th.

ahargana.org/phoenix/festivals/1906/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 10 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 10 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 10 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Phoenix.

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 9thCoveredSāyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:36 → 12:1715:35140 min15:350 min10 Mar
Chicago16:36 → 14:1715:3073 min15:310 min10 Mar
Jersey City17:36 → 15:1715:3620 min15:370 min10 Mar
Port of Spain18:36 → 16:1715:530 min15:5324 min11 Mar
London22:36 → 20:1715:360 min15:37137 min11 Mar
Durban00:36 → 22:1715:510 min15:50149 min11 Mar
Dubai02:17 → 23:5815:430 min15:44142 min11 Mar
Delhi04:06 → 01:4716:040 min16:04142 min11 Mar
Kolkata04:06 → 01:4715:210 min15:21142 min11 Mar
Singapore05:36 → 03:1715:530 min15:53145 min11 Mar
Sydney08:36 → 06:1715:520 min15:51150 min11 Mar
Suva10:31 → 08:1215:540 min15:53148 min11 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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