Late afternoon of Monday 4 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
15:59 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:26
15:3515:5916:2316:4717:1117:3517:5918:2318:47
147 of 147 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1996
Determinatein Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 4 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 336 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Monday 4 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
147 of 147 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Tuesday 5 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 147 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 09:11 on Mon 4 Mar to 10:23 on Tue 5 Mar.
1996-03-04T08:11:19Z → 1996-03-05T09:22:42Z
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 147 of 147 minutes on the 4th and 0 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 20149 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 4 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Luanda, 1996: Tuesday 5 March.
confidence: determinate
In Luanda, Holī 1996 falls on Tuesday 5 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 4 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 09:11 on Mon 4 Mar to 10:23 on Tue 5 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 4th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 5 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 5 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 5 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 | 00:11 → 01:23 | 15:33 | 139 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Chicago | 02:11 → 03:23 | 15:28 | 137 min | 15:28 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Jersey City | 03:11 → 04:23 | 15:34 | 137 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 04:11 → 05:23 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| London | 08:11 → 09:23 | 15:33 | 133 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Durban | 10:11 → 11:23 | 15:54 | 151 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Dubai | 12:11 → 13:23 | 16:02 | 141 min | 16:02 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Delhi | 13:41 → 14:53 | 16:03 | 140 min | 16:03 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Kolkata | 13:41 → 14:53 | 15:20 | 141 min | 15:20 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Singapore | 16:11 → 17:23 | 16:54 | 145 min | 16:54 | 29 min | 5 Mar |
| Sydney | 19:11 → 20:23 | 16:55 | 16 min | 16:54 | 152 min | 6 Mar |
| Suva | 20:11 → 21:23 | 16:01 | 0 min | 16:00 | 148 min | 6 Mar |