Holika Dahan 1978 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Holika Dahan muhurat 19:15–21:35, Fri 24 Mar
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Holika Dahan 1978 in Sevan?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Why is Holika Dahan on Fri 24 Mar in Sevan?
By the Dharmasindhu, Holika Dahan is on Fri 24 Mar: Purnima touches pradosha on both evenings and it takes the later.
Chaturdashi until 20:39, inside pradosha; then Purnima. Purnima: 20:39 to 20:19 Fri.
Purnima holds pradosha only until 20:19; then Pratipada. Purnima: 20:39 Thu to 20:19.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+4). 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: Fri 24 Mar, where it holds pradosha until 20:19.
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.