Late afternoon of Tuesday 27 February
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:01 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:28
15:3716:0116:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:49
0 of 147 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2029
Determinatein Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Wed 28 Feb. Clear of every threshold by 17 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Tuesday 27 February
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 147 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Wednesday 28 February
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
130 of 147 minutes covered, the first 130
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 21:35 on Tue 27 Feb to 18:10 on Wed 28 Feb.
2029-02-27T20:35:10Z → 2029-02-28T17:10:16Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:01–18:28 on the 27th, 16:00–18:27 on the 28th.
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 27th and 130 of 147 on the 28th.
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 1031 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Wednesday 28 February is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Luanda, 2029: Thursday 1 March.
confidence: determinate
In Luanda, Holī 2029 falls on Thursday 1 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Wednesday 28 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:35 on Tue 27 Feb to 18:10 on Wed 28 Feb and covers 130 of 147 minutes of sāyāhna on the 28th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 1 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 1 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 1 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 27th | Covered | Sāyāhna 28th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:35 → 09:10 | 15:31 | 137 min | 15:31 | 0 min | 28 Feb |
| Chicago | 14:35 → 11:10 | 15:25 | 134 min | 15:25 | 0 min | 28 Feb |
| Jersey City | 15:35 → 12:10 | 15:31 | 130 min | 15:32 | 0 min | 28 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 16:35 → 13:10 | 15:53 | 101 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 28 Feb |
| London | 20:35 → 17:10 | 15:28 | 0 min | 15:29 | 101 min | 1 Mar |
| Durban | 22:35 → 19:10 | 15:58 | 0 min | 15:57 | 153 min | 1 Mar |
| Dubai | 00:35 → 21:10 | 16:00 | 0 min | 16:01 | 139 min | 1 Mar |
| Delhi | 02:05 → 22:40 | 16:01 | 0 min | 16:02 | 139 min | 1 Mar |
| Kolkata | 02:05 → 22:40 | 15:19 | 0 min | 15:19 | 140 min | 1 Mar |
| Singapore | 04:35 → 01:10 | 16:55 | 0 min | 16:55 | 145 min | 1 Mar |
| Sydney | 07:35 → 04:10 | 16:59 | 0 min | 16:59 | 154 min | 1 Mar |
| Suva | 08:35 → 05:10 | 16:03 | 0 min | 16:03 | 149 min | 1 Mar |