Late afternoon of Thursday 17 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:54 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:21
15:3015:5416:1816:4217:0617:3017:5418:1818:42
0 of 146 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1927
Determinatein Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 18 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 98 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Thursday 17 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 146 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Friday 18 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
146 of 146 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 19:59 on Thu 17 Mar to 22:24 on Fri 18 Mar.
1927-03-17T07:58:45Z → 1927-03-18T10:24:01Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:54–18:21 on the 17th, 15:54–18:20 on the 18th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 146 minutes on the 17th and 146 of 146 on the 18th.
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 5888 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 18 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Suva, 1927: Saturday 19 March.
confidence: determinate
In Suva, Holī 1927 falls on Saturday 19 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 18 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:59 on Thu 17 Mar to 22:24 on Fri 18 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 18th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 19 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 19 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 19 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 17th | Covered | Sāyāhna 18th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:59 → 02:24 | 15:38 | 144 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Chicago | 01:59 → 04:24 | 15:35 | 143 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Jersey City | 02:59 → 05:24 | 15:41 | 143 min | 15:41 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 03:59 → 06:24 | 15:52 | 145 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| London | 07:59 → 10:24 | 15:44 | 143 min | 15:45 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Durban | 09:59 → 12:24 | 15:45 | 147 min | 15:44 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Dubai | 11:59 → 14:24 | 16:04 | 144 min | 16:04 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Delhi | 13:29 → 15:54 | 16:06 | 144 min | 16:06 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Kolkata | 13:29 → 15:54 | 15:22 | 144 min | 15:22 | 32 min | 18 Mar |
| Singapore | 14:59 → 17:24 | 15:51 | 145 min | 15:51 | 93 min | 18 Mar |
| Sydney | 17:59 → 20:24 | 15:45 | 13 min | 15:44 | 147 min | 19 Mar |
| Suva | 19:59 → 22:24 | 15:54 | 0 min | 15:54 | 146 min | 19 Mar |