Ruling · Holī · 1944
Boundaryin Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Wed 8 Mar. Both late afternoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Wednesday 8 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer. Holī is the day after.
141 of 141 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Thursday 9 March
Qualifies with 77 of 141 minutes. Not taken.
77 of 141 minutes covered, the first 77
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 14:56 on Wed 8 Mar to 17:28 on Thu 9 Mar.
1944-03-08T21:56:29Z → 1944-03-10T00:27:37Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:10–18:31 on the 8th, 16:10–18:31 on the 9th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 141 of 141 minutes on the 8th and 77 of 141 on the 9th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Both late afternoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 3827 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Wednesday 8 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Phoenix, 1944: Thursday 9 March.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Phoenix, Holī 1944 falls on Thursday 9 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Wednesday 8 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 14:56 on Wed 8 Mar to 17:28 on Thu 9 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 8th. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 77 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 9 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 9 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 9 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 8th | Covered | Sāyāhna 10th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:56 → 17:28 | 16:35 | 140 min | 16:35 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Chicago | 16:56 → 19:28 | 16:30 | 112 min | 16:31 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Jersey City | 17:56 → 20:28 | 16:36 | 59 min | 16:37 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 18:56 → 21:28 | 16:53 | 20 min | 16:53 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| London | 22:56 → 01:28 | 16:36 | 0 min | 16:38 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Durban | 00:56 → 03:28 | 16:51 | 0 min | 16:50 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Dubai | 01:56 → 04:28 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:03 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Delhi | 04:26 → 06:58 | 17:04 | 0 min | 17:04 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Kolkata | 04:26 → 06:58 | 16:21 | 0 min | 16:21 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Singapore | 06:56 → 09:28 | 17:53 | 0 min | 17:53 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Sydney | 08:56 → 11:28 | 16:52 | 0 min | 16:50 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Suva | 09:56 → 12:28 | 15:59 | 0 min | 15:58 | 0 min | 10 Mar |