Late afternoon of Thursday 10 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
15:58 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:25
15:3415:5816:2216:4617:1017:3417:5818:2218:46
148 of 148 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2039
Determinatein Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 10 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 568 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Thursday 10 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
148 of 148 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Friday 11 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 147 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 06:30 on Thu 10 Mar to 04:35 on Fri 11 Mar.
2039-03-09T18:30:12Z → 2039-03-10T16:35:03Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:58–18:25 on the 10th, 15:57–18:25 on the 11th.
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 10th and 0 of 147 on the 11th.
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 34059 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Thursday 10 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Suva, 2039: Friday 11 March.
confidence: determinate
In Suva, Holī 2039 falls on Friday 11 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 10 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:30 on Thu 10 Mar to 04:35 on Fri 11 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 10th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 11 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 11 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 11 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 9th | Covered | Sāyāhna 10th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:30 → 08:35 | 15:35 | 141 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Chicago | 12:30 → 10:35 | 15:31 | 139 min | 15:31 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Jersey City | 13:30 → 11:35 | 15:37 | 140 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 14:30 → 12:35 | 15:53 | 144 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| London | 18:30 → 16:35 | 15:37 | 0 min | 15:38 | 57 min | 11 Mar |
| Durban | 20:30 → 18:35 | 15:51 | 0 min | 15:50 | 149 min | 11 Mar |
| Dubai | 22:30 → 20:35 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:03 | 142 min | 11 Mar |
| Delhi | 00:00 → 22:05 | 16:04 | 0 min | 16:04 | 142 min | 11 Mar |
| Kolkata | 00:00 → 22:05 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:21 | 143 min | 11 Mar |
| Singapore | 02:30 → 00:35 | 16:53 | 0 min | 16:53 | 145 min | 11 Mar |
| Sydney | 05:30 → 03:35 | 16:51 | 0 min | 16:50 | 150 min | 11 Mar |
| Suva | 06:30 → 04:35 | 15:58 | 0 min | 15:58 | 148 min | 11 Mar |