Thursday 20 March

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 16:29 on Tue 18 Mar to 18:11 on Wed 19 Mar.

   2087-03-18T04:28:46Z → 2087-03-19T06:10:38Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:53–18:19 on the 18th, 15:53–18:18 on the 19th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 110 of 146 minutes on the 18th and 138 of 146 on the 19th.

   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 451 s

5. 05

   Counted

   Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Wednesday 19 March is the day taken above.

   follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

6. 06

   Ruling

   Holī, Suva, 2087: Thursday 20 March.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Suva, Holī 2087 falls on Thursday 20 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Wednesday 19 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:29 on Tue 18 Mar to 18:11 on Wed 19 Mar and covers 138 of 146 minutes of sāyāhna on the 19th. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 110 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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