Holika Dahan 1908 in Diffa, Niger Holika Dahan muhurat 17:20–19:43, Tue 17 Mar
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When is Holika Dahan 1908 in Diffa?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat
17:20–19:43
2 h 23 min
Why is Holika Dahan on Tue 17 Mar in Diffa?
Holika Dahan is on Tue 17 Mar: Purnima holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 01:08 Tue.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 17:28–19:51. Purnima: 01:08 to 02:36 Wed.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC). 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 01:08 on Tue 17 Mar to 02:36 on Wed 18 Mar, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (17:28–19:51) 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.