Late afternoon of Wednesday 9 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
15:36 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:55
15:1215:3616:0016:2416:4817:1217:3618:0018:24
140 of 140 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2039
Determinatein Queens, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Wed 9 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 125 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Wednesday 9 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
140 of 140 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Thursday 10 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 140 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 13:30 on Wed 9 Mar to 11:35 on Thu 10 Mar.
2039-03-09T18:30:12Z → 2039-03-10T16:35:03Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:36–17:55 on the 9th, 15:36–17:56 on the 10th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 140 of 140 minutes on the 9th and 0 of 140 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 7523 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Wednesday 9 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Queens, 2039: Thursday 10 March.
confidence: determinate
In Queens, Holī 2039 falls on Thursday 10 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Wednesday 9 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 13:30 on Wed 9 Mar to 11:35 on Thu 10 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 9th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 10 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 10 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 10 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Queens. | ||
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 9th | Covered | Sāyāhna 10th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:30 → 08:35 | 15:35 | 141 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Chicago | 12:30 → 10:35 | 15:31 | 139 min | 15:31 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Jersey City | 13:30 → 11:35 | 15:37 | 140 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 14:30 → 12:35 | 15:53 | 144 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| London | 18:30 → 16:35 | 15:37 | 0 min | 15:38 | 57 min | 11 Mar |
| Durban | 20:30 → 18:35 | 15:51 | 0 min | 15:50 | 149 min | 11 Mar |
| Dubai | 22:30 → 20:35 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:03 | 142 min | 11 Mar |
| Delhi | 00:00 → 22:05 | 16:04 | 0 min | 16:04 | 142 min | 11 Mar |
| Kolkata | 00:00 → 22:05 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:21 | 143 min | 11 Mar |
| Singapore | 02:30 → 00:35 | 16:53 | 0 min | 16:53 | 145 min | 11 Mar |
| Sydney | 05:30 → 03:35 | 16:51 | 0 min | 16:50 | 150 min | 11 Mar |
| Suva | 06:30 → 04:35 | 15:58 | 0 min | 15:58 | 148 min | 11 Mar |