Late afternoon of Friday 4 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:59 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:26
15:3515:5916:2316:4717:1117:3517:5918:2318:47
0 of 147 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1977
Determinatein Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sat 5 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 12 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Friday 4 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 147 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Saturday 5 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
135 of 147 minutes covered, the first 135
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 19:57 on Fri 4 Mar to 18:13 on Sat 5 Mar.
1977-03-04T18:57:15Z → 1977-03-05T17:13:12Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:59–18:26 on the 4th, 15:59–18:25 on the 5th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 147 minutes on the 4th and 135 of 147 on the 5th.
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 732 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Saturday 5 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Luanda, 1977: Sunday 6 March.
confidence: determinate
In Luanda, Holī 1977 falls on Sunday 6 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Saturday 5 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:57 on Fri 4 Mar to 18:13 on Sat 5 Mar and covers 135 of 147 minutes of sāyāhna on the 5th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 6 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 6 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 6 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 4th | Covered | Sāyāhna 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:57 → 09:13 | 15:33 | 139 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Chicago | 12:57 → 11:13 | 15:28 | 137 min | 15:28 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Jersey City | 13:57 → 12:13 | 15:34 | 137 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 14:57 → 13:13 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| London | 18:57 → 17:13 | 15:32 | 0 min | 15:33 | 100 min | 6 Mar |
| Durban | 20:57 → 19:13 | 15:54 | 0 min | 15:54 | 151 min | 6 Mar |
| Dubai | 22:57 → 21:13 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:02 | 141 min | 6 Mar |
| Delhi | 00:27 → 22:43 | 16:03 | 0 min | 16:03 | 140 min | 6 Mar |
| Kolkata | 00:27 → 22:43 | 15:20 | 0 min | 15:20 | 141 min | 6 Mar |
| Singapore | 02:27 → 00:43 | 16:24 | 0 min | 16:24 | 145 min | 6 Mar |
| Sydney | 05:57 → 03:13 | 16:56 | 0 min | 16:55 | 152 min | 6 Mar |
| Suva | 06:57 → 05:13 | 16:01 | 0 min | 16:01 | 149 min | 6 Mar |