Thursday 28 February

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 15:29 on Wed 27 Feb to 17:52 on Thu 28 Feb.

   2086-02-27T09:58:53Z → 2086-02-28T12:22:28Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:22–18:43 on the 27th, 16:22–18:43 on the 28th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 141 of 141 minutes on the 27th and 90 of 141 on the 28th.

   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 3051 s

5. 05

   Counted

   Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Wednesday 27 February is the day taken above.

   follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

6. 06

   Ruling

   Holī, Thāne, 2086: Thursday 28 February.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Thāne, Holī 2086 falls on Thursday 28 February. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Wednesday 27 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 15:29 on Wed 27 Feb to 17:52 on Thu 28 Feb and covers all of sāyāhna on the 27th. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 90 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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