Tuesday 27 February

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 01:26 on Mon 26 Feb to 03:13 on Tue 27 Feb.

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

2. 02

   Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:40–17:59 on the 25th, 15:41–17:59 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 0 of 139 minutes on the 25th and 139 of 139 on the 26th.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

4. 04

   Tie-break

   Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

   priority: unstated → only-day · margin 26823 s

5. 05

   Counted

   Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 26 February is the day taken above.

   follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

6. 06

   Ruling

   Holī, Riyadh, 1945: Tuesday 27 February.

   confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Riyadh, Holī 1945 falls on Tuesday 27 February. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 26 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 01:26 on Mon 26 Feb to 03:13 on Tue 27 Feb and covers all of sāyāhna on the 26th.

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