Friday 11 March

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 18:30 on Wed 9 Mar to 16:35 on Thu 10 Mar.

   2039-03-09T18:30:12Z → 2039-03-10T16:35:03Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:18–18:42 on the 9th, 16:18–18:42 on the 10th.

   sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

3. 03

   Rule

   Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 11 of 144 minutes on the 9th and 17 of 144 on the 10th.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

4. 04

   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 689 s

5. 05

   Counted

   Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Thursday 10 March is the day taken above.

   follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

6. 06

   Ruling

   Holī, Bamako, 2039: Friday 11 March.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Bamako, Holī 2039 falls on Friday 11 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 10 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:30 on Wed 9 Mar to 16:35 on Thu 10 Mar and covers 17 of 144 minutes of sāyāhna on the 10th. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 11 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

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