Monday 11 March

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 18:09 on Sat 9 Mar to 19:49 on Sun 10 Mar.

   1963-03-09T06:09:02Z → 1963-03-10T07:48:34Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:59–18:27 on the 9th, 15:58–18:26 on the 10th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 18 of 148 minutes on the 9th and 148 of 148 on the 10th.

   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 1058 s

5. 05

   Counted

   Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Sunday 10 March is the day taken above.

   follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

6. 06

   Ruling

   Holī, Suva, 1963: Monday 11 March.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Suva, Holī 1963 falls on Monday 11 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Sunday 10 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:09 on Sat 9 Mar to 19:49 on Sun 10 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 10th. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 18 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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