Holika Dahan 1948 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Holika Dahan muhurat 22:12, Wed 24 Mar
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Holika Dahan 1948 in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, at 22:12.
Why is Holika Dahan on Wed 24 Mar in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan is on Wed 24 Mar, after bhadra ends at 22:12.
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, at 22:12.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:41–21:02. Purnima: 11:48 to 08:40 Thu.
Purnima ended at 08:40; 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 11:48 on Wed 24 Mar to 08:40 on Thu 25 Mar, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (18:41–21:02) falls within it. Bhadra lasts until 22:12, and the Dharmasindhu keeps the rite out of bhadra: it is done from 22:12.
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.