Ruling · Holī · 1968

Friday 15 March

Determinatein Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 14 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 91 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 Wednesday 13 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:55 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:21
15:3115:5516:1916:4317:0717:3117:5518:1918:43

0 of 146 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Thursday 14 March

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

15:55 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:21
15:3115:5516:1916:4317:0717:3117:5518:1918:43

146 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 22:15 on Wed 13 Mar to 19:52 on Thu 14 Mar.

    1968-03-13T21:15:30Z → 1968-03-14T18:52:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:55–18:21 on the 13th, 15:55–18:21 on the 14th.

    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 146 minutes on the 13th and 146 of 146 on the 14th.

    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 5488 s

  5. 05

    Counted

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

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Luanda, 1968: Friday 15 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Luanda, Holī 1968 falls on Friday 15 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 14 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 22:15 on Wed 13 Mar to 19:52 on Thu 14 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 14th.

ahargana.org/luanda/festivals/1968/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 15 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 15 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 15 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 13thCoveredSāyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:15 → 10:5215:37143 min15:370 min14 Mar
Chicago15:15 → 12:5215:33142 min15:340 min14 Mar
Jersey City16:15 → 13:5215:39105 min15:390 min14 Mar
Port of Spain17:15 → 14:5215:5261 min15:520 min14 Mar
London22:15 → 19:5216:410 min16:42141 min15 Mar
Durban23:15 → 20:5215:470 min15:46148 min15 Mar
Dubai01:15 → 22:5216:030 min16:03144 min15 Mar
Delhi02:45 → 00:2216:050 min16:05143 min15 Mar
Kolkata02:45 → 00:2215:210 min15:22144 min15 Mar
Singapore04:45 → 02:2216:220 min16:22145 min15 Mar
Sydney07:15 → 04:5215:470 min15:47148 min15 Mar
Suva09:15 → 06:5215:560 min15:55147 min15 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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