Sunday 20 March

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 15:44 on Sat 19 Mar to 18:12 on Sun 20 Mar.

   2095-03-19T22:44:29Z → 2095-03-21T01:12:11Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:14–18:40 on the 19th, 16:15–18:40 on the 20th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 145 of 145 minutes on the 19th and 118 of 146 on the 20th.

   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 1686 s

5. 05

   Counted

   Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Saturday 19 March is the day taken above.

   follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

6. 06

   Ruling

   Holī, Phoenix, 2095: Sunday 20 March.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Phoenix, Holī 2095 falls on Sunday 20 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Saturday 19 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 15:44 on Sat 19 Mar to 18:12 on Sun 20 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 19th. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 118 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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