Holika Dahan 1908 in Chahārbāgh, Alborz Province, Iran Holika Dahan muhurat 18:11–20:35, Tue 17 Mar
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When is Holika Dahan 1908 in Chahārbāgh?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat
18:11–20:35
2 h 24 min
Why is Holika Dahan on Tue 17 Mar in Chahārbāgh?
Holika Dahan is on Tue 17 Mar: Purnima holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 04:26 Tue.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:11–20:35. Purnima: 04:26 to 05:54 Wed.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3:25). Band: the tithi. Box: Pradosha. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
Holika is burnt in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset, outside bhadra. Purnima runs from 04:26 on Tue 17 Mar to 05:54 on Wed 18 Mar, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (18:11–20:35) falls within it.
The rule
Phalguna Purnima
Holika is burnt in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset, outside bhadra.
- Smarta
- the evening whose pradosha Purnima holds; when it touches both, the later; when neither, the earlier; out of bhadra, or in its tail (puchha) when bhadra lasts past nishitha (Dharmasindhu).
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.