Holika Dahan 1962 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Holika Dahan muhurat 00:10 Wed, Tue 20 Mar
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Holika Dahan 1962 in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, at 00:10 Wed.
Why is Holika Dahan on Tue 20 Mar in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan is on Tue 20 Mar, after bhadra ends at 00:10 Wed.
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, at 00:10 Wed.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:40–21:02. Purnima: 10:53 to 13:25 Wed.
Purnima ended at 13:25; 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 10:53 on Tue 20 Mar to 13:25 on Wed 21 Mar, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (18:40–21:02) falls within it. Bhadra lasts until 00:10 Wed, and the Dharmasindhu keeps the rite out of bhadra: it is done from 00:10 Wed.
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.