Late afternoon of Sunday 24 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
15:50 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:15
15:2615:5016:1416:3817:0217:2617:5018:1418:38
145 of 145 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2024
Determinatein Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sun 24 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 470 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Sunday 24 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
145 of 145 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Monday 25 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 145 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 05:26 on Sun 24 Mar to 08:00 on Mon 25 Mar.
2024-03-24T04:25:35Z → 2024-03-25T07:00:20Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:50–18:15 on the 24th, 15:50–18:15 on the 25th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 145 of 145 minutes on the 24th and 0 of 145 on the 25th.
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 28173 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Sunday 24 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Luanda, 2024: Monday 25 March.
confidence: determinate
In Luanda, Holī 2024 falls on Monday 25 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Sunday 24 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:26 on Sun 24 Mar to 08:00 on Mon 25 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 24th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 25 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 25 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 25 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 24th | Covered | Sāyāhna 25th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:26 → 00:00 | 16:40 | 147 min | 16:41 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Chicago | 23:26 → 02:00 | 16:39 | 148 min | 16:40 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Jersey City | 00:26 → 03:00 | 16:45 | 148 min | 16:45 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 00:26 → 03:00 | 15:51 | 146 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| London | 04:26 → 07:00 | 15:51 | 149 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Durban | 06:26 → 09:00 | 15:38 | 144 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Dubai | 08:26 → 11:00 | 16:05 | 147 min | 16:05 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Delhi | 09:56 → 12:30 | 16:08 | 147 min | 16:08 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Kolkata | 09:56 → 12:30 | 15:23 | 146 min | 15:23 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Singapore | 12:26 → 15:00 | 16:49 | 145 min | 16:48 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Sydney | 15:26 → 18:00 | 16:37 | 144 min | 16:36 | 84 min | 25 Mar |
| Suva | 16:26 → 19:00 | 15:49 | 108 min | 15:49 | 144 min | 26 Mar |