Late afternoon of Wednesday 7 March
Qualifies with 55 of 141 minutes. Not taken.
16:10 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:31
Pūrṇimā begins 17:36:20
15:4616:1016:3416:5817:2217:4618:1018:3418:58
55 of 141 minutes covered, the last 55
Ruling · Holī · 2096
Boundaryin Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 8 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 Wednesday 7 March
Qualifies with 55 of 141 minutes. Not taken.
55 of 141 minutes covered, the last 55
Late afternoon of Thursday 8 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer. Holī is the day after.
141 of 141 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 17:36 on Wed 7 Mar to 18:39 on Thu 8 Mar.
2096-03-08T00:36:20Z → 2096-03-09T01:38:48Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:10–18:31 on the 7th, 16:11–18:32 on the 8th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 55 of 141 minutes on the 7th and 141 of 141 on the 8th.
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 428 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Thursday 8 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Phoenix, 2096: Friday 9 March.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Phoenix, Holī 2096 falls on Friday 9 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 8 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 17:36 on Wed 7 Mar to 18:39 on Thu 8 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 8th. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 55 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 | Fri 9 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 9 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 9 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 8th | Covered | Sāyāhna 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 16:36 → 17:39 | 15:35 | 124 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Chicago | 18:36 → 19:39 | 15:31 | 140 min | 15:32 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Jersey City | 19:36 → 20:39 | 15:37 | 140 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 20:36 → 21:39 | 15:53 | 144 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| London | 00:36 → 01:39 | 15:37 | 137 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Durban | 02:36 → 03:39 | 15:51 | 149 min | 15:50 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Dubai | 04:36 → 05:39 | 16:03 | 142 min | 16:03 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Delhi | 06:06 → 07:09 | 16:04 | 142 min | 16:05 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Kolkata | 06:06 → 07:09 | 15:21 | 142 min | 15:21 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Singapore | 08:36 → 09:39 | 16:53 | 145 min | 16:53 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Sydney | 11:36 → 12:39 | 16:51 | 150 min | 16:50 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Suva | 12:36 → 13:39 | 15:59 | 148 min | 15:58 | 0 min | 9 Mar |