Holika Dahan 1961 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Holika Dahan muhurat 18:34–21:01, Thu 2 Mar
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Holika Dahan 1961 in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Why is Holika Dahan on Thu 2 Mar in Pāthardi?
By the Dharmasindhu, Holika Dahan is on Thu 2 Mar: Purnima touches pradosha on both evenings and it takes the later.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:34–21:01. Purnima: 17:00 to 19:04 Thu.
Purnima holds pradosha only until 19:04; then Pratipada. Purnima: 17:00 Wed to 19:04.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). Band: the tithi. Box: Pradosha. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
Purnima touches pradosha on both evenings. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Thu 2 Mar, where it holds pradosha until 19:04.
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.