Holika Dahan 1985 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Holika Dahan muhurat 21:25, Wed 6 Mar
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Holika Dahan 1985 in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, at 21:25.
Why is Holika Dahan on Wed 6 Mar in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan is on Wed 6 Mar, after bhadra ends at 21:25.
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, at 21:25.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:36–21:01. Purnima: 11:02 to 07:43 Thu.
Purnima ended at 07:43; 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 11:02 on Wed 6 Mar to 07:43 on Thu 7 Mar, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (18:36–21:01) falls within it. Bhadra lasts until 21:25, and the Dharmasindhu keeps the rite out of bhadra: it is done from 21:25.
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.