Late afternoon of Saturday 16 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:54 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:20
15:3015:5416:1816:4217:0617:3017:5418:1818:42
0 of 146 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1946
Determinatein Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sun 17 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 81 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Saturday 16 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 146 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Sunday 17 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
146 of 146 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 19:41 on Sat 16 Mar to 20:11 on Sun 17 Mar.
1946-03-16T18:40:47Z → 1946-03-17T19:10:57Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:54–18:20 on the 16th, 15:54–18:20 on the 17th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 146 minutes on the 16th and 146 of 146 on the 17th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 4839 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Sunday 17 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Luanda, 1946: Monday 18 March.
confidence: determinate
In Luanda, Holī 1946 falls on Monday 18 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Sunday 17 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:41 on Sat 16 Mar to 20:11 on Sun 17 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 17th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 18 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 18 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 18 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Luanda. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/holi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 15 Holika-dahana (Sayahnavyapini — it should be observed on second half of purnima at night), Dolayatra (Bengal & Orissa) (covering 4 ghatikas before sunrise of the day of festival), Holi — on the day after Holikadahana.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Sāyāhna 16th | Covered | Sāyāhna 17th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:41 → 11:11 | 15:37 | 144 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Chicago | 12:41 → 13:11 | 15:34 | 143 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Jersey City | 13:41 → 14:11 | 15:40 | 143 min | 15:41 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 14:41 → 15:11 | 15:52 | 145 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| London | 18:41 → 19:11 | 15:43 | 0 min | 15:44 | 143 min | 18 Mar |
| Durban | 20:41 → 21:11 | 15:45 | 0 min | 15:44 | 147 min | 18 Mar |
| Dubai | 22:41 → 23:11 | 16:04 | 0 min | 16:04 | 144 min | 18 Mar |
| Delhi | 00:11 → 00:41 | 16:06 | 0 min | 16:06 | 144 min | 18 Mar |
| Kolkata | 00:11 → 00:41 | 15:22 | 0 min | 15:22 | 144 min | 18 Mar |
| Singapore | 02:11 → 02:41 | 16:21 | 0 min | 16:21 | 145 min | 18 Mar |
| Sydney | 04:41 → 05:11 | 15:45 | 0 min | 15:44 | 147 min | 18 Mar |
| Suva | 06:41 → 07:11 | 15:55 | 0 min | 15:54 | 146 min | 18 Mar |