Late afternoon of Wednesday 28 February
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:04 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:33
15:4016:0416:2816:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:52
0 of 150 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1934
Determinatein Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 1 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 153 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Wednesday 28 February
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 150 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Thursday 1 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
149 of 149 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 21:06 on Wed 28 Feb to 22:26 on Thu 1 Mar.
1934-02-28T09:06:04Z → 1934-03-01T10:25:35Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:04–18:33 on the 28th, 16:03–18:33 on the 1st.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 150 minutes on the 28th and 149 of 149 on the 1st.
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 9169 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Thursday 1 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Suva, 1934: Friday 2 March.
confidence: determinate
In Suva, Holī 1934 falls on Friday 2 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 1 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:06 on Wed 28 Feb to 22:26 on Thu 1 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 1st.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 2 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 2 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 2 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 28th | Covered | Sāyāhna 1st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 01:06 → 02:26 | 15:31 | 137 min | 15:32 | 0 min | 1 Mar |
| Chicago | 03:06 → 04:26 | 15:25 | 134 min | 15:25 | 0 min | 1 Mar |
| Jersey City | 04:06 → 05:26 | 15:31 | 134 min | 15:32 | 0 min | 1 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 05:06 → 06:26 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 1 Mar |
| London | 09:06 → 10:26 | 15:28 | 130 min | 15:29 | 0 min | 1 Mar |
| Durban | 11:06 → 12:26 | 15:58 | 153 min | 15:57 | 0 min | 1 Mar |
| Dubai | 13:06 → 14:26 | 16:01 | 139 min | 16:01 | 0 min | 1 Mar |
| Delhi | 14:36 → 15:56 | 16:01 | 138 min | 16:02 | 0 min | 1 Mar |
| Kolkata | 14:36 → 15:56 | 15:19 | 140 min | 15:19 | 36 min | 1 Mar |
| Singapore | 16:26 → 17:46 | 16:15 | 134 min | 16:15 | 91 min | 1 Mar |
| Sydney | 19:06 → 20:26 | 15:59 | 0 min | 15:59 | 154 min | 2 Mar |
| Suva | 21:06 → 22:26 | 16:04 | 0 min | 16:03 | 149 min | 2 Mar |