Sunday 24 March

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 00:20 on Sat 23 Mar to 20:33 on Sat 23 Mar.

   1940-03-22T23:20:02Z → 1940-03-23T19:33:15Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:52–18:17 on the 22nd, 15:51–18:16 on the 23rd.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 145 minutes on the 22nd and 145 of 145 on the 23rd.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

4. 04

   Tie-break

   Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

   priority: unstated → only-day · margin 8229 s

5. 05

   Counted

   Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Saturday 23 March is the day taken above.

   follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

6. 06

   Ruling

   Holī, Luanda, 1940: Sunday 24 March.

   confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Luanda, Holī 1940 falls on Sunday 24 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Saturday 23 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 00:20 on Sat 23 Mar to 20:33 on Sat 23 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 23rd.

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