Saturday 24 March

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 17:52 on Thu 22 Mar to 17:42 on Fri 23 Mar.

   2035-03-22T22:52:07Z → 2035-03-23T22:42:10Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:52–18:17 on the 22nd, 15:52–18:17 on the 23rd.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 25 of 145 minutes on the 22nd and 110 of 145 on the 23rd.

   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 1514 s

5. 05

   Counted

   Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 23 March is the day taken above.

   follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

6. 06

   Ruling

   Holī, Lima, 2035: Saturday 24 March.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Lima, Holī 2035 falls on Saturday 24 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 23 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 17:52 on Thu 22 Mar to 17:42 on Fri 23 Mar and covers 110 of 145 minutes of sāyāhna on the 23rd. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 25 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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