Tuesday 6 March

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 16:17 on Mon 5 Mar to 16:57 on Tue 6 Mar.

   1928-03-05T10:47:18Z → 1928-03-06T11:26:48Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:23–18:45 on the 5th, 16:23–18:45 on the 6th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 142 of 142 minutes on the 5th and 34 of 142 on the 6th.

   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 330 s

5. 05

   Counted

   Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 5 March is the day taken above.

   follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

6. 06

   Ruling

   Holī, Thāne, 1928: Tuesday 6 March.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Thāne, Holī 1928 falls on Tuesday 6 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 5 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:17 on Mon 5 Mar to 16:57 on Tue 6 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 5th. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 34 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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