Late afternoon of Friday 9 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
15:58 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:26
15:3415:5816:2216:4617:1017:3417:5818:2218:46
148 of 148 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2001
Determinatein Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 9 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 427 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Friday 9 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
148 of 148 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Saturday 10 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 147 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 08:51 on Fri 9 Mar to 05:23 on Sat 10 Mar.
2001-03-08T20:50:56Z → 2001-03-09T17:23:04Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:58–18:26 on the 9th, 15:58–18:25 on the 10th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 148 of 148 minutes on the 9th and 0 of 147 on the 10th.
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 25643 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 9 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Suva, 2001: Saturday 10 March.
confidence: determinate
In Suva, Holī 2001 falls on Saturday 10 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 9 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 08:51 on Fri 9 Mar to 05:23 on Sat 10 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 9th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 10 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 10 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 10 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 8th | Covered | Sāyāhna 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:51 → 09:23 | 15:35 | 140 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Chicago | 14:51 → 11:23 | 15:30 | 139 min | 15:31 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Jersey City | 15:51 → 12:23 | 15:36 | 124 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 16:51 → 13:23 | 15:53 | 86 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| London | 20:51 → 17:23 | 15:36 | 0 min | 15:37 | 106 min | 10 Mar |
| Durban | 22:51 → 19:23 | 15:51 | 0 min | 15:50 | 149 min | 10 Mar |
| Dubai | 00:51 → 21:23 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:03 | 142 min | 10 Mar |
| Delhi | 02:21 → 22:53 | 16:04 | 0 min | 16:04 | 142 min | 10 Mar |
| Kolkata | 02:21 → 22:53 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:21 | 142 min | 10 Mar |
| Singapore | 04:51 → 01:23 | 16:53 | 0 min | 16:53 | 145 min | 10 Mar |
| Sydney | 07:51 → 04:23 | 16:52 | 0 min | 16:51 | 150 min | 10 Mar |
| Suva | 08:51 → 05:23 | 15:59 | 0 min | 15:58 | 148 min | 10 Mar |