Holika Dahan 1943 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Holika Dahan muhurat 19:40–22:02, Sun 21 Mar
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in UTC+6:30
When is Holika Dahan 1943 in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat
19:40–22:02
2 h 22 min
Why is Holika Dahan on Sun 21 Mar in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan is on Sun 21 Mar: Purnima holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 03:58 Sun.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 19:40–22:02. Purnima: 03:58 to 04:37 Mon.
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 03:58 on Sun 21 Mar to 04:37 on Mon 22 Mar, so only Sunday’s pradosha (19:40–22:02) 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.