Late afternoon of Tuesday 15 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:55 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:22
15:3115:5516:1916:4317:0717:3117:5518:1918:43
0 of 147 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1938
Determinatein Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Wed 16 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 22 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Tuesday 15 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 147 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Wednesday 16 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
80 of 146 minutes covered, the first 80
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 18:44 on Tue 15 Mar to 17:15 on Wed 16 Mar.
1938-03-15T06:43:32Z → 1938-03-16T05:15:06Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:55–18:22 on the 15th, 15:55–18:21 on the 16th.
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 15th and 80 of 146 on the 16th.
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 1296 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Wednesday 16 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Suva, 1938: Thursday 17 March.
confidence: determinate
In Suva, Holī 1938 falls on Thursday 17 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Wednesday 16 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:44 on Tue 15 Mar to 17:15 on Wed 16 Mar and covers 80 of 146 minutes of sāyāhna on the 16th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 17 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 17 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 17 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 15th | Covered | Sāyāhna 16th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 22:44 → 21:15 | 15:37 | 143 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Chicago | 00:44 → 23:15 | 15:34 | 143 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Jersey City | 01:44 → 00:15 | 15:40 | 143 min | 15:40 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 02:44 → 01:15 | 15:52 | 145 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| London | 06:44 → 05:15 | 15:42 | 141 min | 15:43 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Durban | 08:44 → 07:15 | 15:46 | 148 min | 15:45 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Dubai | 10:44 → 09:15 | 16:04 | 144 min | 16:04 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Delhi | 12:14 → 10:45 | 16:06 | 143 min | 16:06 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Kolkata | 12:14 → 10:45 | 15:22 | 144 min | 15:22 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Singapore | 14:04 → 12:35 | 16:12 | 145 min | 16:11 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Sydney | 16:44 → 15:15 | 15:46 | 91 min | 15:45 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Suva | 18:44 → 17:15 | 15:55 | 0 min | 15:55 | 80 min | 17 Mar |