Friday 28 February

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 17:10 on Wed 26 Feb to 16:09 on Thu 27 Feb.

   1964-02-26T13:39:34Z → 1964-02-27T12:39:12Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:07–17:22 on the 26th, 15:08–17:23 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 12 of 135 minutes on the 26th and 61 of 135 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 750 s

5. 05

   Counted

   Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Thursday 27 February is the day taken above.

   follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

6. 06

   Ruling

   Holī, Mashhad, 1964: Friday 28 February.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Mashhad, Holī 1964 falls on Friday 28 February. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 27 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 17:10 on Wed 26 Feb to 16:09 on Thu 27 Feb and covers 61 of 135 minutes of sāyāhna on the 27th. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 12 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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