Late afternoon of Sunday 4 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:09 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:27
15:4516:0916:3316:5717:2117:4518:0918:3318:57
0 of 139 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1928
Determinatein Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 5 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 560 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Sunday 4 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 139 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Monday 5 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 03:47 on Mon 5 Mar to 04:27 on Tue 6 Mar.
1928-03-05T10:47:18Z → 1928-03-06T11:26:48Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:09–18:27 on the 4th, 16:09–18:28 on the 5th.
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 4th and 139 of 139 on the 5th.
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 33598 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 5 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Phoenix, 1928: Tuesday 6 March.
confidence: determinate
In Phoenix, Holī 1928 falls on Tuesday 6 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 5 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 03:47 on Mon 5 Mar to 04:27 on Tue 6 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 5th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 6 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 6 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 6 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Phoenix. | ||
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 5th | Covered | Sāyāhna 6th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:47 → 03:27 | 15:33 | 139 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 6 Mar |
| Chicago | 04:47 → 05:27 | 15:28 | 137 min | 15:29 | 0 min | 6 Mar |
| Jersey City | 05:47 → 06:27 | 15:34 | 137 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 6 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 06:47 → 07:27 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 6 Mar |
| London | 10:47 → 11:27 | 15:33 | 134 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 6 Mar |
| Durban | 12:47 → 13:27 | 15:54 | 151 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 6 Mar |
| Dubai | 14:47 → 15:27 | 16:02 | 141 min | 16:02 | 0 min | 6 Mar |
| Delhi | 16:17 → 16:57 | 16:03 | 126 min | 16:03 | 53 min | 6 Mar |
| Kolkata | 16:17 → 16:57 | 15:20 | 84 min | 15:20 | 96 min | 7 Mar |
| Singapore | 17:47 → 18:27 | 15:54 | 32 min | 15:54 | 145 min | 7 Mar |
| Sydney | 20:47 → 21:27 | 15:55 | 0 min | 15:54 | 152 min | 7 Mar |
| Suva | 22:47 → 23:27 | 16:01 | 0 min | 16:00 | 148 min | 7 Mar |