Late afternoon of Monday 14 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
15:56 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:22
15:3215:5616:2016:4417:0817:3217:5618:2018:44
147 of 147 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1949
Determinatein Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 14 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 304 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Monday 14 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
147 of 147 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Tuesday 15 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 147 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 10:52 on Mon 14 Mar to 07:03 on Tue 15 Mar.
1949-03-13T22:52:10Z → 1949-03-14T19:02:49Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:56–18:22 on the 14th, 15:55–18:22 on the 15th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 147 of 147 minutes on the 14th and 0 of 147 on the 15th.
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 18215 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 14 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Suva, 1949: Tuesday 15 March.
confidence: determinate
In Suva, Holī 1949 falls on Tuesday 15 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 14 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 10:52 on Mon 14 Mar to 07:03 on Tue 15 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 14th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 15 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 15 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 15 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 13th | Covered | Sāyāhna 14th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:52 → 11:03 | 15:36 | 142 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 14 Mar |
| Chicago | 16:52 → 13:03 | 15:33 | 62 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 14 Mar |
| Jersey City | 17:52 → 14:03 | 15:39 | 8 min | 15:39 | 0 min | 14 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 18:52 → 15:03 | 15:52 | 0 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 14 Mar |
| London | 22:52 → 19:03 | 15:41 | 0 min | 15:42 | 141 min | 15 Mar |
| Durban | 00:52 → 21:03 | 15:48 | 0 min | 15:47 | 148 min | 15 Mar |
| Dubai | 02:52 → 23:03 | 16:03 | 0 min | 16:03 | 143 min | 15 Mar |
| Delhi | 04:22 → 00:33 | 16:05 | 0 min | 16:05 | 143 min | 15 Mar |
| Kolkata | 04:22 → 00:33 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:21 | 144 min | 15 Mar |
| Singapore | 06:22 → 02:33 | 16:22 | 0 min | 16:22 | 145 min | 15 Mar |
| Sydney | 08:52 → 05:03 | 15:48 | 0 min | 15:47 | 148 min | 15 Mar |
| Suva | 10:52 → 07:03 | 15:56 | 0 min | 15:56 | 147 min | 15 Mar |