Saturday 24 March

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 18:52 on Thu 22 Mar to 18:42 on Fri 23 Mar.

   2035-03-22T22:52:07Z → 2035-03-23T22:42:10Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:43–19:09 on the 22nd, 16:43–19:10 on the 23rd.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 17 of 147 minutes on the 22nd and 119 of 147 on the 23rd.

   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 1025 s

5. 05

   Counted

   Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 23 March is the day taken above.

   follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

6. 06

   Ruling

   Holī, Queens, 2035: Saturday 24 March.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Queens, Holī 2035 falls on Saturday 24 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 23 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:52 on Thu 22 Mar to 18:42 on Fri 23 Mar and covers 119 of 147 minutes of sāyāhna on the 23rd. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 17 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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