Holika Dahan 1948 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Holika Dahan muhurat 19:42–20:35, Wed 24 Mar
Festival · times in UTC+3
When is Holika Dahan 1948 in Sevan?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, 19:42–20:35.
Why is Holika Dahan on Wed 24 Mar in Sevan?
Holika Dahan is on Wed 24 Mar, after bhadra ends at 19:42.
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, 19:42–20:35.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:15–20:35. Purnima: 09:18 to 06:10 Thu.
Purnima ended at 06:10; pradosha is Pratipada.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3). 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 09:18 on Wed 24 Mar to 06:10 on Thu 25 Mar, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (18:15–20:35) falls within it. Bhadra lasts until 19:42, and the Dharmasindhu keeps the rite out of bhadra: it is done from 19:42.
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.