Wednesday 14 March

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 03:05 on Tue 13 Mar to 05:14 on Wed 14 Mar.

   1979-03-12T19:05:01Z → 1979-03-13T21:14:15Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:00–18:21 on the 12th, 16:00–18:22 on the 13th.

   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 141 minutes on the 12th and 141 of 141 on the 13th.

   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 31446 s

5. 05

   Counted

   Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 13 March is the day taken above.

   follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

6. 06

   Ruling

   Holī, Baoding, 1979: Wednesday 14 March.

   confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Holī 1979 falls on Wednesday 14 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 13 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 03:05 on Tue 13 Mar to 05:14 on Wed 14 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 13th.

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