Holika Dahan 1957 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Holika Dahan muhurat 20:08–21:31, Fri 15 Mar
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Holika Dahan 1957 in Sevan?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, 20:08–21:31.
Why is Holika Dahan on Fri 15 Mar in Sevan?
Holika Dahan is on Fri 15 Mar, after bhadra ends at 20:08.
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, 20:08–21:31.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 09:57 Fri.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 19:06–21:31. Purnima: 09:57 to 06:21 Sat.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+4). 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 09:57 on Fri 15 Mar to 06:21 on Sat 16 Mar, so only Friday’s pradosha (19:06–21:31) falls within it. Bhadra lasts until 20:08, and the Dharmasindhu keeps the rite out of bhadra: it is done from 20:08.
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.