Ruling · Holī · 1957

Saturday 16 March

Determinatein Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 15 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 537 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Friday 15 March

Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.

15:55 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:20
15:3115:5516:1916:4317:0717:3117:5518:1918:43

146 of 146 minutes covered

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

Pūrṇimā presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 06:57 on Fri 15 Mar to 03:22 on Sat 16 Mar.

    1957-03-15T05:57:17Z → 1957-03-16T02:21:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:55–18:20 on the 15th, 15:54–18:20 on the 16th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 146 of 146 minutes on the 15th and 0 of 146 on the 16th.

    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 32245 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 15 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Luanda, 1957: Saturday 16 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Luanda, Holī 1957 falls on Saturday 16 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 15 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:57 on Fri 15 Mar to 03:22 on Sat 16 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 15th.

ahargana.org/luanda/festivals/1957/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 16 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 16 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 16 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Luanda.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/holi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Phālguna, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Kept
The day after Holikā Dahana

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāSāyāhna 15thCoveredSāyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:57 → 18:2215:37143 min15:380 min16 Mar
Chicago23:57 → 20:2215:34143 min15:350 min16 Mar
Jersey City00:57 → 21:2215:40143 min15:400 min16 Mar
Port of Spain01:57 → 22:2215:52145 min15:520 min16 Mar
London05:57 → 02:2215:43142 min15:430 min16 Mar
Durban07:57 → 04:2215:46147 min15:450 min16 Mar
Dubai09:57 → 06:2216:04144 min16:040 min16 Mar
Delhi11:27 → 07:5216:06143 min16:060 min16 Mar
Kolkata11:27 → 07:5215:22144 min15:220 min16 Mar
Singapore13:27 → 09:5216:21145 min16:210 min16 Mar
Sydney15:57 → 12:2215:46137 min15:450 min16 Mar
Suva17:57 → 14:2215:5524 min15:550 min16 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
holi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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