Late afternoon of Monday 24 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:15 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:43
15:5116:1516:3917:0317:2717:5118:1518:3919:03
0 of 147 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1986
Determinatein Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 25 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 78 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Monday 24 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 147 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Tuesday 25 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
148 of 148 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 22:18 on Mon 24 Mar to 20:02 on Tue 25 Mar.
1986-03-25T05:17:47Z → 1986-03-26T03:01:47Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:15–18:43 on the 24th, 16:16–18:43 on the 25th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 147 minutes on the 24th and 148 of 148 on the 25th.
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 4709 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 25 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Phoenix, 1986: Wednesday 26 March.
confidence: determinate
In Phoenix, Holī 1986 falls on Wednesday 26 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 25 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 22:18 on Mon 24 Mar to 20:02 on Tue 25 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 25th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 26 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 26 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 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 | 21:18 → 19:02 | 15:41 | 148 min | 15:41 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Chicago | 23:18 → 21:02 | 15:40 | 148 min | 15:40 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Jersey City | 00:18 → 22:02 | 15:45 | 148 min | 15:46 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 01:18 → 23:02 | 15:51 | 146 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| London | 05:18 → 03:02 | 15:52 | 150 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Durban | 07:18 → 05:02 | 15:37 | 144 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Dubai | 09:18 → 07:02 | 16:05 | 147 min | 16:05 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Delhi | 10:48 → 08:32 | 16:08 | 147 min | 16:08 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Kolkata | 10:48 → 08:32 | 15:23 | 146 min | 15:23 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Singapore | 13:18 → 11:02 | 16:49 | 145 min | 16:48 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Sydney | 15:18 → 13:02 | 15:37 | 144 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Suva | 17:18 → 15:02 | 15:49 | 56 min | 15:48 | 0 min | 26 Mar |