Late afternoon of Friday 9 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:10 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:31
15:4616:1016:3416:5817:2217:4618:1018:3418:58
0 of 141 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1990
Determinatein Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sat 10 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 513 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Friday 9 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 141 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Saturday 10 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
141 of 141 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 03:04 on Sat 10 Mar to 03:58 on Sun 11 Mar.
1990-03-10T10:04:30Z → 1990-03-11T10:58:30Z
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′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 141 minutes on the 9th and 141 of 141 on the 10th.
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 30797 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Saturday 10 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Phoenix, 1990: Sunday 11 March.
confidence: determinate
In Phoenix, Holī 1990 falls on Sunday 11 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Saturday 10 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 03:04 on Sat 10 Mar to 03:58 on Sun 11 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 10th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 11 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 11 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 11 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 10th | Covered | Sāyāhna 11th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:04 → 02:58 | 15:35 | 141 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Chicago | 04:04 → 04:58 | 15:31 | 140 min | 15:32 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Jersey City | 05:04 → 05:58 | 15:37 | 140 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 06:04 → 06:58 | 15:52 | 144 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| London | 10:04 → 10:58 | 15:38 | 138 min | 15:39 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Durban | 12:04 → 12:58 | 15:50 | 149 min | 15:49 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Dubai | 14:04 → 14:58 | 16:03 | 142 min | 16:03 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Delhi | 15:34 → 16:28 | 16:04 | 142 min | 16:05 | 24 min | 11 Mar |
| Kolkata | 15:34 → 16:28 | 15:21 | 129 min | 15:21 | 67 min | 11 Mar |
| Singapore | 18:04 → 18:58 | 16:53 | 73 min | 16:52 | 126 min | 12 Mar |
| Sydney | 20:04 → 20:58 | 15:50 | 0 min | 15:50 | 150 min | 12 Mar |
| Suva | 22:04 → 22:58 | 15:58 | 0 min | 15:57 | 147 min | 12 Mar |