Tuesday 2 March

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 14:20 on Mon 1 Mar to 16:37 on Tue 2 Mar.

   2094-03-01T05:19:44Z → 2094-03-02T07:36:36Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:14–18:30 on the 1st, 16:14–18:31 on the 2nd.

   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 1st and 22 of 136 on the 2nd.

   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 1343 s

5. 05

   Counted

   Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 1 March is the day taken above.

   follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

6. 06

   Ruling

   Holī, Pyongyang, 2094: Tuesday 2 March.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Pyongyang, Holī 2094 falls on Tuesday 2 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 1 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 14:20 on Mon 1 Mar to 16:37 on Tue 2 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 1st. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 22 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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