Ruling · Holī · 1999

Wednesday 3 March

Determinatein Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 2 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 17 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Monday 1 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:03 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:32
Pūrṇimā begins 18:48:58
15:3916:0316:2716:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:51

0 of 149 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Tuesday 2 March

Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.

16:02 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:32
15:3816:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:50

149 of 149 minutes covered

Pūrṇimā presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 18:49 on Mon 1 Mar to 18:58 on Tue 2 Mar.

    1999-03-01T06:48:59Z → 1999-03-02T06:58:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:03–18:32 on the 1st, 16:02–18:32 on the 2nd.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 149 minutes on the 1st and 149 of 149 on the 2nd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 1003 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 2 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Suva, 1999: Wednesday 3 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Suva, Holī 1999 falls on Wednesday 3 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 2 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:49 on Mon 1 Mar to 18:58 on Tue 2 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 2nd.

ahargana.org/suva/festivals/1999/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 3 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 3 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 3 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Suva.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/holi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Phālguna, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Kept
The day after Holikā Dahana

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāSāyāhna 1stCoveredSāyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:49 → 22:5815:32137 min15:320 min2 Mar
Chicago00:49 → 00:5815:25135 min15:260 min2 Mar
Jersey City01:49 → 01:5815:32135 min15:320 min2 Mar
Port of Spain02:49 → 02:5815:53143 min15:530 min2 Mar
London06:49 → 06:5815:29130 min15:300 min2 Mar
Durban08:49 → 08:5815:57153 min15:560 min2 Mar
Dubai10:49 → 10:5816:01140 min16:010 min2 Mar
Delhi12:19 → 12:2816:02139 min16:020 min2 Mar
Kolkata12:19 → 12:2815:19140 min15:200 min2 Mar
Singapore14:49 → 14:5816:55145 min16:540 min2 Mar
Sydney17:49 → 17:5816:58103 min16:5761 min2 Mar
Suva18:49 → 18:5816:030 min16:02149 min3 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
holi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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