Late afternoon of Monday 2 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:02 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:31
15:3816:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:50
0 of 149 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2026
Determinatein Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 307 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Monday 2 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 149 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Tuesday 3 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
149 of 149 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 00:26 on Tue 3 Mar to 23:38 on Tue 3 Mar.
2026-03-02T12:26:09Z → 2026-03-03T11:37:54Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:02–18:31 on the 2nd, 16:02–18:30 on the 3rd.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 149 minutes on the 2nd and 149 of 149 on the 3rd.
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 18444 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Suva, 2026: Tuesday 3 March.
confidence: determinate
In Suva, Holikā Dahana 2026 falls on Tuesday 3 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 00:26 on Tue 3 Mar to 23:38 on Tue 3 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 3 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 3 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 3 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Suva. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/holika-dahana · 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. The hour the row gives for the rite ("it should be observed on second half of purnima at night") is not tested: sāyāhna alone settles the day.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Sāyāhna 2nd | Covered | Sāyāhna 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 04:26 → 03:38 | 15:32 | 138 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Chicago | 06:26 → 05:38 | 15:26 | 136 min | 15:27 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Jersey City | 07:26 → 06:38 | 15:33 | 136 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 08:26 → 07:38 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| London | 12:26 → 11:38 | 15:30 | 132 min | 15:31 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Durban | 14:26 → 13:38 | 15:56 | 152 min | 15:55 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Dubai | 16:26 → 15:38 | 16:01 | 115 min | 16:01 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Delhi | 17:56 → 17:08 | 16:02 | 25 min | 16:02 | 66 min | 3 Mar |
| Kolkata | 17:56 → 17:08 | 15:20 | 0 min | 15:20 | 108 min | 3 Mar |
| Singapore | 20:26 → 19:38 | 16:54 | 0 min | 16:54 | 145 min | 3 Mar |
| Sydney | 23:26 → 22:38 | 16:57 | 0 min | 16:56 | 153 min | 3 Mar |
| Suva | 00:26 → 23:38 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:02 | 149 min | 3 Mar |