Ruling · Holī · 2023

Tuesday 7 March

Determinatein Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 6 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 138 minutes.

Decide it for

8°50′ S 13°14′ E · Africa/Luanda · GeoNames 2240449

The two late afternoons

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

Late afternoon of Monday 6 March

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

15:58 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:25
15:3415:5816:2216:4617:1017:3417:5818:2218:46

147 of 147 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Tuesday 7 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:58 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:24
15:3415:5816:2216:4617:1017:3417:5818:2218:46

0 of 147 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 11:48 on Mon 6 Mar to 13:40 on Tue 7 Mar.

    2023-03-06T10:47:49Z → 2023-03-07T12:40:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:58–18:25 on the 6th, 15:58–18:24 on the 7th.

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

  3. 03

    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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 8252 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 6 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Luanda, 2023: Tuesday 7 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Luanda, Holī 2023 falls on Tuesday 7 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 6 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 11:48 on Mon 6 Mar to 13:40 on Tue 7 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 6th.

ahargana.org/luanda/festivals/2023/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 7 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 7 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 7 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 6thCoveredSāyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:48 → 04:4015:34139 min15:340 min7 Mar
Chicago04:48 → 06:4015:29138 min15:290 min7 Mar
Jersey City05:48 → 07:4015:35138 min15:350 min7 Mar
Port of Spain06:48 → 08:4015:53144 min15:530 min7 Mar
London10:48 → 12:4015:34135 min15:350 min7 Mar
Durban12:48 → 14:4015:53151 min15:520 min7 Mar
Dubai14:48 → 16:4016:02141 min16:0238 min7 Mar
Delhi16:18 → 18:1016:03126 min16:03127 min8 Mar
Kolkata16:18 → 18:1015:2084 min15:20142 min8 Mar
Singapore18:48 → 20:4016:5331 min16:53145 min8 Mar
Sydney21:48 → 23:4016:540 min16:53151 min8 Mar
Suva22:48 → 00:4016:000 min16:00148 min8 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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