Wednesday 23 March

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 15:13 on Tue 22 Mar to 17:31 on Wed 23 Mar.

   2016-03-22T09:42:50Z → 2016-03-23T12:00:50Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:24–18:50 on the 22nd, 16:24–18:51 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 146 of 146 minutes on the 22nd and 66 of 146 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 3984 s

5. 05

   Counted

   Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 22 March is the day taken above.

   follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

6. 06

   Ruling

   Holī, Surat, 2016: Wednesday 23 March.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Surat, Holī 2016 falls on Wednesday 23 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 22 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 15:13 on Tue 22 Mar to 17:31 on Wed 23 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 22nd. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 66 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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