Late afternoon of Friday 3 March
Qualifies with 23 of 139 minutes. Not taken.
16:08 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:27
Pūrṇimā begins 18:03:11
15:4416:0816:3216:5617:2017:4418:0818:3218:56
23 of 139 minutes covered, the last 23
Ruling · Holī · 2034
Boundaryin Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sat 4 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 Friday 3 March
Qualifies with 23 of 139 minutes. Not taken.
23 of 139 minutes covered, the last 23
Late afternoon of Saturday 4 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer. Holī is the day after.
139 of 139 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 18:03 on Fri 3 Mar to 19:10 on Sat 4 Mar.
2034-03-04T01:03:12Z → 2034-03-05T02:10:11Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:08–18:27 on the 3rd, 16:09–18:27 on the 4th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 23 of 139 minutes on the 3rd and 139 of 139 on the 4th.
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 1406 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Saturday 4 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Phoenix, 2034: Sunday 5 March.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Phoenix, Holī 2034 falls on Sunday 5 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Saturday 4 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:03 on Fri 3 Mar to 19:10 on Sat 4 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 4th. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 23 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 | Sun 5 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 5 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 5 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 4th | Covered | Sāyāhna 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:03 → 18:10 | 15:33 | 139 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Chicago | 19:03 → 20:10 | 15:28 | 137 min | 15:28 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Jersey City | 20:03 → 21:10 | 15:34 | 137 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 21:03 → 22:10 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| London | 01:03 → 02:10 | 15:32 | 133 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Durban | 03:03 → 04:10 | 15:54 | 151 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Dubai | 05:03 → 06:10 | 16:02 | 141 min | 16:02 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Delhi | 06:33 → 07:40 | 16:03 | 140 min | 16:03 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Kolkata | 06:33 → 07:40 | 15:20 | 141 min | 15:20 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Singapore | 09:03 → 10:10 | 16:54 | 145 min | 16:54 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Sydney | 12:03 → 13:10 | 16:55 | 152 min | 16:54 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Suva | 13:03 → 14:10 | 16:01 | 149 min | 16:00 | 0 min | 5 Mar |