Thursday 23 March

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 16:22 on Tue 21 Mar to 18:58 on Wed 22 Mar.

   1989-03-21T07:21:56Z → 1989-03-22T09:57:56Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:12–18:38 on the 21st, 16:12–18:38 on the 22nd.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 136 of 146 minutes on the 21st and 146 of 146 on the 22nd.

   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 609 s

5. 05

   Counted

   Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Wednesday 22 March is the day taken above.

   follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

6. 06

   Ruling

   Holī, Daegu, 1989: Thursday 23 March.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Daegu, Holī 1989 falls on Thursday 23 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Wednesday 22 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:22 on Tue 21 Mar to 18:58 on Wed 22 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 22nd. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 136 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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