Holika Dahan 1914 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Holika Dahan muhurat 23:34, Wed 11 Mar
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Holika Dahan 1914 in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, at 23:34.
Why is Holika Dahan on Wed 11 Mar in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan is on Wed 11 Mar, after bhadra ends at 23:34.
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, at 23:34.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:37–21:02. Purnima: 13:17 to 09:48 Thu.
Purnima ended at 09:48; pradosha is Pratipada.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). 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 13:17 on Wed 11 Mar to 09:48 on Thu 12 Mar, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (18:37–21:02) falls within it. Bhadra lasts until 23:34, and the Dharmasindhu keeps the rite out of bhadra: it is done from 23:34.
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.