Late afternoon of Sunday 19 March
Qualifies with 15 of 146 minutes. Not taken.
15:52 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:18
Pūrṇimā begins 18:03:17
15:2815:5216:1616:4017:0417:2817:5218:1618:40
15 of 146 minutes covered, the last 15
Ruling · Holī · 2000
Boundaryin Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 20 Mar. Both late afternoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Sunday 19 March
Qualifies with 15 of 146 minutes. Not taken.
15 of 146 minutes covered, the last 15
Late afternoon of Monday 20 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer. Holī is the day after.
53 of 145 minutes covered, the first 53
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 18:03 on Sun 19 Mar to 16:44 on Mon 20 Mar.
2000-03-19T06:03:17Z → 2000-03-20T04:44:21Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:52–18:18 on the 19th, 15:52–18:17 on the 20th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 15 of 146 minutes on the 19th and 53 of 145 on the 20th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Both late afternoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 875 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 20 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Suva, 2000: Tuesday 21 March.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Suva, Holī 2000 falls on Tuesday 21 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 20 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:03 on Sun 19 Mar to 16:44 on Mon 20 Mar and covers 53 of 145 minutes of sāyāhna on the 20th. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 15 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 21 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 21 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 21 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 19th | Covered | Sāyāhna 20th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 22:03 → 20:44 | 15:39 | 145 min | 15:39 | 0 min | 20 Mar |
| Chicago | 00:03 → 22:44 | 15:37 | 145 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 20 Mar |
| Jersey City | 01:03 → 23:44 | 15:42 | 145 min | 15:43 | 0 min | 20 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 02:03 → 00:44 | 15:52 | 145 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 20 Mar |
| London | 06:03 → 04:44 | 15:47 | 145 min | 15:48 | 0 min | 20 Mar |
| Durban | 08:03 → 06:44 | 15:42 | 146 min | 15:41 | 0 min | 20 Mar |
| Dubai | 10:03 → 08:44 | 16:04 | 145 min | 16:04 | 0 min | 20 Mar |
| Delhi | 11:33 → 10:14 | 16:07 | 145 min | 16:07 | 0 min | 20 Mar |
| Kolkata | 11:33 → 10:14 | 15:22 | 145 min | 15:22 | 0 min | 20 Mar |
| Singapore | 14:03 → 12:44 | 16:50 | 145 min | 16:50 | 0 min | 20 Mar |
| Sydney | 17:03 → 15:44 | 16:42 | 124 min | 16:41 | 0 min | 20 Mar |
| Suva | 18:03 → 16:44 | 15:52 | 15 min | 15:52 | 53 min | 21 Mar |