Late afternoon of Thursday 6 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
15:59 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:25
15:3515:5916:2316:4717:1117:3517:5918:2318:47
147 of 147 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1947
Determinatein Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 6 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 571 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Thursday 6 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
147 of 147 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Friday 7 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 147 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 06:28 on Thu 6 Mar to 04:15 on Fri 7 Mar.
1947-03-06T05:28:00Z → 1947-03-07T03:15:05Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:59–18:25 on the 6th, 15:58–18:25 on the 7th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 147 of 147 minutes on the 6th and 0 of 147 on the 7th.
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 34237 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Thursday 6 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Luanda, 1947: Friday 7 March.
confidence: determinate
In Luanda, Holī 1947 falls on Friday 7 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 6 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:28 on Thu 6 Mar to 04:15 on Fri 7 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 6th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 7 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 7 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 7 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 6th | Covered | Sāyāhna 7th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:28 → 19:15 | 15:34 | 139 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Chicago | 23:28 → 21:15 | 15:28 | 137 min | 15:29 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Jersey City | 00:28 → 22:15 | 15:35 | 138 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 01:28 → 23:15 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| London | 05:28 → 03:15 | 15:34 | 134 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Durban | 07:28 → 05:15 | 15:54 | 151 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Dubai | 09:28 → 07:15 | 16:02 | 141 min | 16:02 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Delhi | 10:58 → 08:45 | 16:03 | 140 min | 16:03 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Kolkata | 10:58 → 08:45 | 15:20 | 141 min | 15:20 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Singapore | 12:58 → 10:45 | 16:24 | 145 min | 16:24 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Sydney | 15:28 → 13:15 | 15:55 | 152 min | 15:54 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Suva | 17:28 → 15:15 | 16:01 | 61 min | 16:00 | 0 min | 7 Mar |