Holika Dahan 1908 in Finote Selam, Amhara, Ethiopia Holika Dahan muhurat 18:11–20:34, Tue 17 Mar
Festival · times in UTC+2:30
When is Holika Dahan 1908 in Finote Selam?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat
18:11–20:34
2 h 23 min
Why is Holika Dahan on Tue 17 Mar in Finote Selam?
Holika Dahan is on Tue 17 Mar: Purnima holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 03:35 Tue.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:17–20:40. Purnima: 03:35 to 05:03 Wed.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+2:30). 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 03:35 on Tue 17 Mar to 05:03 on Wed 18 Mar, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (18:17–20:40) 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.