Holika Dahan 1981 in Baoding, Hebei, China Holika Dahan muhurat 18:29–20:51, Fri 20 Mar
Festival · times in CST
When is Holika Dahan 1981 in Baoding?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat
18:29–20:51
2 h 22 min
Why is Holika Dahan on Fri 20 Mar in Baoding?
Holika Dahan is on Fri 20 Mar: Purnima holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 21:50. Purnima: 21:50 to 23:22 Fri.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:29–20:51. Purnima: 21:50 Thu to 23:22.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+8). 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 21:50 on Thu 19 Mar to 23:22 on Fri 20 Mar, so only Friday’s pradosha (18:29–20:51) falls within it.
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.