Late afternoon of Tuesday 26 February
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:06 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:23
15:4216:0616:3016:5417:1817:4218:0618:3018:54
0 of 137 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2086
Determinatein Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Wed 27 Feb. Clear of every threshold by 516 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Tuesday 26 February
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 137 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Wednesday 27 February
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
137 of 137 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 02:59 on Wed 27 Feb to 05:22 on Thu 28 Feb.
2086-02-27T09:58:53Z → 2086-02-28T12:22:28Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:06–18:23 on the 26th, 16:07–18:24 on the 27th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 137 minutes on the 26th and 137 of 137 on the 27th.
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 30952 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Wednesday 27 February is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Phoenix, 2086: Thursday 28 February.
confidence: determinate
In Phoenix, Holī 2086 falls on Thursday 28 February. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Wednesday 27 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 02:59 on Wed 27 Feb to 05:22 on Thu 28 Feb and covers all of sāyāhna on the 27th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 28 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 28 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 28 Feb |
| 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 27th | Covered | Sāyāhna 28th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 01:59 → 04:22 | 15:31 | 137 min | 15:32 | 0 min | 28 Feb |
| Chicago | 03:59 → 06:22 | 15:25 | 134 min | 15:26 | 0 min | 28 Feb |
| Jersey City | 04:59 → 07:22 | 15:31 | 135 min | 15:32 | 0 min | 28 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 05:59 → 08:22 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 28 Feb |
| London | 09:59 → 12:22 | 15:28 | 130 min | 15:29 | 0 min | 28 Feb |
| Durban | 11:59 → 14:22 | 15:58 | 153 min | 15:57 | 0 min | 28 Feb |
| Dubai | 13:59 → 16:22 | 16:01 | 139 min | 16:01 | 22 min | 28 Feb |
| Delhi | 15:29 → 17:52 | 16:01 | 138 min | 16:02 | 111 min | 28 Feb |
| Kolkata | 15:29 → 17:52 | 15:19 | 130 min | 15:20 | 140 min | 1 Mar |
| Singapore | 17:59 → 20:22 | 16:55 | 81 min | 16:55 | 145 min | 1 Mar |
| Sydney | 20:59 → 23:22 | 16:59 | 0 min | 16:59 | 154 min | 1 Mar |
| Suva | 21:59 → 00:22 | 16:04 | 0 min | 16:03 | 149 min | 1 Mar |