Holika Dahan 1921 in Diffa, Niger Holika Dahan muhurat 18:20–20:42, Wed 23 Mar
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When is Holika Dahan 1921 in Diffa?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat
18:20–20:42
2 h 22 min
Why is Holika Dahan on Wed 23 Mar in Diffa?
Holika Dahan is on Wed 23 Mar: Purnima holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 21:43.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 16:20–18:42. Purnima: 21:43 Tue to 19:18.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). 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 21:43 on Tue 22 Mar to 19:18 on Wed 23 Mar, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (16:20–18:42) 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.