Holika Dahan 1921 in Baoding, Hebei, China Holika Dahan muhurat 18:32–20:52, Wed 23 Mar
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When is Holika Dahan 1921 in Baoding?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat
18:32–20:52
2 h 21 min
Why is Holika Dahan on Wed 23 Mar in Baoding?
Holika Dahan is on Wed 23 Mar: Purnima holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 06:43 Wed.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:32–20:52. Purnima: 06:43 to 04:18 Thu.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+8). 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 06:43 on Wed 23 Mar to 04:18 on Thu 24 Mar, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (18:32–20:52) 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.