Late afternoon of Sunday 24 March
Qualifies with 108 of 144 minutes. Not taken.
15:49 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:14
Pūrṇimā begins 16:25:35
15:2515:4916:1316:3717:0117:2517:4918:1318:37
108 of 144 minutes covered, the last 108
Ruling · Holī · 2024
Boundaryin Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 25 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 24 March
Qualifies with 108 of 144 minutes. Not taken.
108 of 144 minutes covered, the last 108
Late afternoon of Monday 25 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer. Holī is the day after.
144 of 144 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 16:26 on Sun 24 Mar to 19:00 on Mon 25 Mar.
2024-03-24T04:25:35Z → 2024-03-25T07:00:20Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:49–18:14 on the 24th, 15:49–18:13 on the 25th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 108 of 144 minutes on the 24th and 144 of 144 on the 25th.
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 2186 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 25 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Suva, 2024: Tuesday 26 March.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Suva, Holī 2024 falls on Tuesday 26 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 25 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:26 on Sun 24 Mar to 19:00 on Mon 25 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 25th. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 108 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 26 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 26 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 26 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 24th | Covered | Sāyāhna 25th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:26 → 00:00 | 16:40 | 147 min | 16:41 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Chicago | 23:26 → 02:00 | 16:39 | 148 min | 16:40 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Jersey City | 00:26 → 03:00 | 16:45 | 148 min | 16:45 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 00:26 → 03:00 | 15:51 | 146 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| London | 04:26 → 07:00 | 15:51 | 149 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Durban | 06:26 → 09:00 | 15:38 | 144 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Dubai | 08:26 → 11:00 | 16:05 | 147 min | 16:05 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Delhi | 09:56 → 12:30 | 16:08 | 147 min | 16:08 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Kolkata | 09:56 → 12:30 | 15:23 | 146 min | 15:23 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Singapore | 12:26 → 15:00 | 16:49 | 145 min | 16:48 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Sydney | 15:26 → 18:00 | 16:37 | 144 min | 16:36 | 84 min | 25 Mar |
| Suva | 16:26 → 19:00 | 15:49 | 108 min | 15:49 | 144 min | 26 Mar |