Tuesday 15 March

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 06:52 on Mon 14 Mar to 03:03 on Tue 15 Mar.

   1949-03-13T22:52:10Z → 1949-03-14T19:02:49Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:01–18:22 on the 13th, 16:01–18:23 on the 14th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 142 minutes on the 13th and 142 of 142 on the 14th.

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

4. 04

   Tie-break

   Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

   priority: unstated → only-day · margin 31174 s

5. 05

   Counted

   Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 14 March is the day taken above.

   follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

6. 06

   Ruling

   Holī, Baoding, 1949: Tuesday 15 March.

   confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holī 1949 falls on Tuesday 15 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 14 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:52 on Mon 14 Mar to 03:03 on Tue 15 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 14th.

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