Saturday 29 February

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 16:45 on Fri 28 Feb to 15:38 on Sat 29 Feb.

   2048-02-28T15:44:56Z → 2048-02-29T14:38:13Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:33–17:42 on the 28th, 15:34–17:44 on the 29th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 57 of 129 minutes on the 28th and 4 of 130 on the 29th.

   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 238 s < 300 s

5. 05

   Counted

   Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 28 February is the day taken above.

   follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

6. 06

   Ruling

   Holī, Berlin, 2048: Saturday 29 February.

   confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Berlin, Holī 2048 falls on Saturday 29 February. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 28 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:45 on Fri 28 Feb to 15:38 on Sat 29 Feb and covers 57 of 129 minutes of sāyāhna on the 28th. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 4 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 3 min 58 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

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