Tuesday 7 March

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 16:18 on Mon 6 Mar to 18:10 on Tue 7 Mar.

   2023-03-06T10:47:49Z → 2023-03-07T12:40:22Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:23–18:45 on the 6th, 16:23–18:45 on the 7th.

   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 6th and 108 of 142 on the 7th.

   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 296 s < 300 s

5. 05

   Counted

   Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 6 March is the day taken above.

   follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

6. 06

   Ruling

   Holī, Thāne, 2023: Tuesday 7 March.

   confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Thāne, Holī 2023 falls on Tuesday 7 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 6 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:18 on Mon 6 Mar to 18:10 on Tue 7 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 6th. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 108 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 4 min 56 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested. Rashtriya Panchang recorded 8 March (Principal festivals, 2022-23).

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