Wednesday 25 March

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 14:46 on Tue 24 Mar to 16:26 on Wed 25 Mar.

   2043-03-24T12:45:47Z → 2043-03-25T14:26:22Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:04–18:32 on the 24th, 16:05–18:34 on the 25th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 148 of 148 minutes on the 24th and 21 of 149 on the 25th.

   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 1283 s

5. 05

   Counted

   Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 24 March is the day taken above.

   follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

6. 06

   Ruling

   Holī, Bucharest, 2043: Wednesday 25 March.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Holī 2043 falls on Wednesday 25 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 24 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 14:46 on Tue 24 Mar to 16:26 on Wed 25 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 24th. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 21 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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