Late afternoon of Saturday 20 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:14 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:40
15:5016:1416:3817:0217:2617:5018:1418:3819:02
0 of 145 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2027
Determinatein Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sun 21 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 543 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Saturday 20 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 145 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Sunday 21 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
146 of 146 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 05:52 on Sun 21 Mar to 03:44 on Mon 22 Mar.
2027-03-21T12:52:01Z → 2027-03-22T10:43:48Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:14–18:40 on the 20th, 16:15–18:40 on the 21st.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 145 minutes on the 20th and 146 of 146 on the 21st.
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 32605 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Sunday 21 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Phoenix, 2027: Monday 22 March.
confidence: determinate
In Phoenix, Holī 2027 falls on Monday 22 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Sunday 21 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:52 on Sun 21 Mar to 03:44 on Mon 22 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 21st.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 22 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 22 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 22 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 21st | Covered | Sāyāhna 22nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:52 → 03:44 | 16:39 | 146 min | 16:40 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Chicago | 07:52 → 05:44 | 16:37 | 146 min | 16:38 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Jersey City | 08:52 → 06:44 | 16:43 | 146 min | 16:43 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 08:52 → 06:44 | 15:51 | 145 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| London | 12:52 → 10:44 | 15:48 | 146 min | 15:49 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Durban | 14:52 → 12:44 | 15:41 | 145 min | 15:40 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Dubai | 16:52 → 14:44 | 16:04 | 98 min | 16:05 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Delhi | 18:22 → 16:14 | 16:07 | 10 min | 16:07 | 7 min | 22 Mar |
| Kolkata | 18:22 → 16:14 | 15:22 | 0 min | 15:22 | 52 min | 23 Mar |
| Singapore | 20:52 → 18:44 | 16:50 | 0 min | 16:49 | 114 min | 23 Mar |
| Sydney | 23:52 → 21:44 | 16:40 | 0 min | 16:39 | 145 min | 23 Mar |
| Suva | 00:52 → 22:44 | 15:51 | 0 min | 15:51 | 145 min | 23 Mar |