Ruling · Holī · 2046

Thursday 22 March

Determinatein Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Wed 21 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 97 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 Wednesday 21 March

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

15:52 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:17
15:2815:5216:1616:4017:0417:2817:5218:1618:40

145 of 145 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Thursday 22 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:51 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:16
15:2715:5116:1516:3917:0317:2717:5118:1518:39

0 of 145 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 14:14 on Wed 21 Mar to 10:27 on Thu 22 Mar.

    2046-03-21T13:14:28Z → 2046-03-22T09:27:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:52–18:17 on the 21st, 15:51–18:16 on the 22nd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 145 of 145 minutes on the 21st and 0 of 145 on the 22nd.

    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 5843 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Wednesday 21 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Luanda, 2046: Thursday 22 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Luanda, Holī 2046 falls on Thursday 22 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Wednesday 21 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 14:14 on Wed 21 Mar to 10:27 on Thu 22 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 21st.

ahargana.org/luanda/festivals/2046/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 22 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 22 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 22 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 21stCoveredSāyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:14 → 02:2716:39146 min16:400 min22 Mar
Chicago08:14 → 04:2716:38146 min16:380 min22 Mar
Jersey City09:14 → 05:2716:43146 min16:440 min22 Mar
Port of Spain09:14 → 05:2715:51145 min15:510 min22 Mar
London13:14 → 09:2715:48147 min15:490 min22 Mar
Durban15:14 → 11:2715:40145 min15:400 min22 Mar
Dubai17:14 → 13:2716:0576 min16:050 min22 Mar
Delhi18:44 → 14:5716:070 min16:070 min22 Mar
Kolkata18:44 → 14:5715:220 min15:220 min22 Mar
Singapore21:14 → 17:2716:500 min16:4938 min23 Mar
Sydney00:14 → 20:2716:400 min16:39145 min23 Mar
Suva01:14 → 21:2715:510 min15:51145 min23 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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