Tuesday 15 March

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 16:01 on Mon 14 Mar to 18:37 on Tue 15 Mar.

   2033-03-14T23:01:20Z → 2033-03-16T01:37:27Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:32–18:55 on the 14th, 16:32–18:56 on the 15th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 143 of 143 minutes on the 14th and 125 of 144 on the 15th.

   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 1120 s

5. 05

   Counted

   Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 14 March is the day taken above.

   follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

6. 06

   Ruling

   Holī, Tijuana, 2033: Tuesday 15 March.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Tijuana, Holī 2033 falls on Tuesday 15 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 14 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:01 on Mon 14 Mar to 18:37 on Tue 15 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 14th. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 125 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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