Late afternoon of Wednesday 11 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:53 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:20
15:2915:5316:1716:4117:0517:2917:5318:1718:41
0 of 147 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1914
Determinatein Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 12 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 21 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Wednesday 11 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 147 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Thursday 12 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
21 of 147 minutes covered, the first 21
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 19:43 on Wed 11 Mar to 16:13 on Thu 12 Mar.
1914-03-11T07:47:39Z → 1914-03-12T04:18:13Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:53–18:20 on the 11th, 15:52–18:19 on the 12th.
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 11th and 21 of 147 on the 12th.
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 1259 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Thursday 12 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Suva, 1914: Friday 13 March.
confidence: determinate
In Suva, Holī 1914 falls on Friday 13 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 12 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:43 on Wed 11 Mar to 16:13 on Thu 12 Mar and covers 21 of 147 minutes of sāyāhna on the 12th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 13 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 13 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 13 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Suva. | ||
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 11th | Covered | Sāyāhna 12th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:48 → 20:18 | 15:36 | 141 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 12 Mar |
| Chicago | 01:48 → 22:18 | 15:31 | 140 min | 15:32 | 0 min | 12 Mar |
| Jersey City | 02:48 → 23:18 | 15:37 | 140 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 12 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 03:48 → 00:18 | 15:53 | 144 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 12 Mar |
| London | 07:48 → 04:18 | 15:38 | 138 min | 15:39 | 0 min | 12 Mar |
| Durban | 09:48 → 06:18 | 15:50 | 149 min | 15:49 | 0 min | 12 Mar |
| Dubai | 11:29 → 07:59 | 15:44 | 142 min | 15:44 | 0 min | 12 Mar |
| Delhi | 13:18 → 09:48 | 16:05 | 142 min | 16:05 | 0 min | 12 Mar |
| Kolkata | 13:18 → 09:48 | 15:21 | 143 min | 15:21 | 0 min | 12 Mar |
| Singapore | 14:48 → 11:18 | 15:53 | 145 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 12 Mar |
| Sydney | 17:48 → 14:18 | 15:50 | 32 min | 15:49 | 0 min | 12 Mar |
| Suva | 19:43 → 16:13 | 15:53 | 0 min | 15:52 | 21 min | 13 Mar |