Late afternoon of Sunday 5 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
16:01 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:30
15:3716:0116:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:49
149 of 149 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1939
Determinatein Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sun 5 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 389 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Sunday 5 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
149 of 149 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Monday 6 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 149 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 09:32 on Sun 5 Mar to 06:00 on Mon 6 Mar.
1939-03-04T21:31:44Z → 1939-03-05T18:00:23Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:01–18:30 on the 5th, 16:01–18:29 on the 6th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 149 of 149 minutes on the 5th and 0 of 149 on the 6th.
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 23363 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Sunday 5 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Suva, 1939: Monday 6 March.
confidence: determinate
In Suva, Holī 1939 falls on Monday 6 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Sunday 5 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 09:32 on Sun 5 Mar to 06:00 on Mon 6 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 5th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 6 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 6 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 6 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 4th | Covered | Sāyāhna 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:32 → 10:00 | 15:33 | 138 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Chicago | 15:32 → 12:00 | 15:27 | 132 min | 15:28 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Jersey City | 16:32 → 13:00 | 15:33 | 78 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 17:32 → 14:00 | 15:53 | 45 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| London | 21:32 → 18:00 | 15:32 | 0 min | 15:33 | 133 min | 6 Mar |
| Durban | 23:32 → 20:00 | 15:55 | 0 min | 15:54 | 151 min | 6 Mar |
| Dubai | 01:32 → 22:00 | 16:01 | 0 min | 16:02 | 141 min | 6 Mar |
| Delhi | 03:02 → 23:30 | 16:03 | 0 min | 16:03 | 140 min | 6 Mar |
| Kolkata | 03:02 → 23:30 | 15:20 | 0 min | 15:20 | 141 min | 6 Mar |
| Singapore | 04:52 → 01:20 | 16:14 | 0 min | 16:14 | 145 min | 6 Mar |
| Sydney | 07:32 → 04:00 | 15:56 | 0 min | 15:55 | 152 min | 6 Mar |
| Suva | 09:32 → 06:00 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:01 | 149 min | 6 Mar |