Monday 26 February

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 15:20 on Sun 25 Feb to 17:07 on Mon 26 Feb.

   1945-02-25T22:20:00Z → 1945-02-27T00:06:44Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:06–18:21 on the 25th, 16:06–18:22 on the 26th.

   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 136 minutes on the 25th and 61 of 136 on the 26th.

   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 2732 s

5. 05

   Counted

   Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Sunday 25 February is the day taken above.

   follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

6. 06

   Ruling

   Holī, Phoenix, 1945: Monday 26 February.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Phoenix, Holī 1945 falls on Monday 26 February. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Sunday 25 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 15:20 on Sun 25 Feb to 17:07 on Mon 26 Feb and covers all of sāyāhna on the 25th. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 61 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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