Tuesday 13 March

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 14:05 on Mon 12 Mar to 16:14 on Tue 13 Mar.

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

2. 02

   Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:57–18:24 on the 12th, 15:57–18:23 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 146 of 146 minutes on the 12th and 17 of 146 on the 13th.

   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 1034 s

5. 05

   Counted

   Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 12 March is the day taken above.

   follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

6. 06

   Ruling

   Holī, Lima, 1979: Tuesday 13 March.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Lima, Holī 1979 falls on Tuesday 13 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 12 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 14:05 on Mon 12 Mar to 16:14 on Tue 13 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 12th. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 17 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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