Sunday 7 March

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 18:06 on Fri 5 Mar to 17:14 on Sat 6 Mar.

   2004-03-06T00:05:43Z → 2004-03-06T23:14:16Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:18–18:40 on the 5th, 16:18–18:40 on the 6th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 34 of 142 minutes on the 5th and 57 of 142 on the 6th.

   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 2038 s

5. 05

   Counted

   Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Saturday 6 March is the day taken above.

   follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

6. 06

   Ruling

   Holī, Puebla, 2004: Sunday 7 March.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Puebla, Holī 2004 falls on Sunday 7 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Saturday 6 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:06 on Fri 5 Mar to 17:14 on Sat 6 Mar and covers 57 of 142 minutes of sāyāhna on the 6th. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 34 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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