Late afternoon of Thursday 25 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
16:16 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:43
15:5216:1616:4017:0417:2817:5218:1618:4019:04
147 of 147 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1937
Boundaryin Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 25 Mar. A threshold is only 3 min 56 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Thursday 25 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
147 of 147 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Friday 26 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 148 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 14:59 on Thu 25 Mar to 16:12 on Fri 26 Mar.
1937-03-25T21:59:18Z → 1937-03-26T23:12:11Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:16–18:43 on the 25th, 16:16–18:44 on the 26th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 147 of 147 minutes on the 25th and 0 of 148 on the 26th.
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 236 s < 300 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Thursday 25 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Phoenix, 1937: Friday 26 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Phoenix, Holī 1937 falls on Friday 26 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 25 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 14:59 on Thu 25 Mar to 16:12 on Fri 26 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 25th. It is 3 min 56 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 26 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 26 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 26 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 25th | Covered | Sāyāhna 26th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:59 → 15:12 | 15:41 | 148 min | 15:41 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Chicago | 15:59 → 17:12 | 15:40 | 129 min | 15:40 | 92 min | 26 Mar |
| Jersey City | 16:59 → 18:12 | 15:45 | 74 min | 15:45 | 147 min | 27 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 17:59 → 19:12 | 15:51 | 17 min | 15:51 | 146 min | 27 Mar |
| London | 21:59 → 23:12 | 15:51 | 0 min | 15:52 | 150 min | 27 Mar |
| Durban | 23:59 → 01:12 | 15:38 | 0 min | 15:37 | 143 min | 27 Mar |
| Dubai | 01:59 → 03:12 | 16:05 | 0 min | 16:05 | 147 min | 27 Mar |
| Delhi | 03:29 → 04:42 | 16:08 | 0 min | 16:08 | 147 min | 27 Mar |
| Kolkata | 03:29 → 04:42 | 15:23 | 0 min | 15:23 | 147 min | 27 Mar |
| Singapore | 05:19 → 06:32 | 16:09 | 0 min | 16:08 | 145 min | 27 Mar |
| Sydney | 07:59 → 09:12 | 15:37 | 0 min | 15:36 | 143 min | 27 Mar |
| Suva | 09:59 → 11:12 | 15:49 | 0 min | 15:49 | 144 min | 27 Mar |