Wednesday 27 March

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 16:41 on Tue 26 Mar to 16:30 on Wed 27 Mar.

   2097-03-26T21:41:19Z → 2097-03-27T21:30:22Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:50–18:14 on the 26th, 15:50–18:14 on the 27th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 93 of 144 minutes on the 26th and 41 of 144 on the 27th.

   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 2442 s

5. 05

   Counted

   Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 26 March is the day taken above.

   follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

6. 06

   Ruling

   Holī, Lima, 2097: Wednesday 27 March.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Lima, Holī 2097 falls on Wednesday 27 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 26 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:41 on Tue 26 Mar to 16:30 on Wed 27 Mar and covers 93 of 144 minutes of sāyāhna on the 26th. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 41 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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