Ruling · Holī · 2073

Friday 24 March

Determinatein Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 23 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 403 minutes.

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The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Thursday 23 March

Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.

15:50 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:14
15:2615:5016:1416:3817:0217:2617:5018:1418:38

145 of 145 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Friday 24 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:49 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:14
15:2515:4916:1316:3717:0117:2517:4918:1318:37

0 of 144 minutes covered

Pūrṇimā presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 09:07 on Thu 23 Mar to 05:18 on Fri 24 Mar.

    2073-03-22T21:06:35Z → 2073-03-23T17:18:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:50–18:14 on the 23rd, 15:49–18:14 on the 24th.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 145 of 145 minutes on the 23rd and 0 of 144 on the 24th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 24194 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Thursday 23 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Suva, 2073: Friday 24 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Suva, Holī 2073 falls on Friday 24 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 23 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 09:07 on Thu 23 Mar to 05:18 on Fri 24 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 23rd.

ahargana.org/suva/festivals/2073/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 24 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 24 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 24 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Suva.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/holi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Phālguna, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Kept
The day after Holikā Dahana

“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 same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāSāyāhna 22ndCoveredSāyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:07 → 10:1816:40147 min16:400 min23 Mar
Chicago16:07 → 12:1816:38147 min16:390 min23 Mar
Jersey City17:07 → 13:1816:44125 min16:450 min23 Mar
Port of Spain17:07 → 13:1815:5170 min15:510 min23 Mar
London21:07 → 17:1815:500 min15:5187 min24 Mar
Durban23:07 → 19:1815:390 min15:38144 min24 Mar
Dubai01:07 → 21:1816:050 min16:05146 min24 Mar
Delhi02:37 → 22:4816:070 min16:08147 min24 Mar
Kolkata02:37 → 22:4815:220 min15:23146 min24 Mar
Singapore05:07 → 01:1816:490 min16:49145 min24 Mar
Sydney08:07 → 04:1816:390 min16:38144 min24 Mar
Suva09:07 → 05:1815:500 min15:50145 min24 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
holi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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