Holika Dahan 1985 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Holika Dahan muhurat 19:55–21:26, Wed 6 Mar
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Holika Dahan 1985 in Sevan?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, 19:55–21:26.
Why is Holika Dahan on Wed 6 Mar in Sevan?
Holika Dahan is on Wed 6 Mar, after bhadra ends at 19:55.
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, 19:55–21:26.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 09:32 Wed.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:56–21:26. Purnima: 09:32 to 06:13 Thu.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+4). 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 09:32 on Wed 6 Mar to 06:13 on Thu 7 Mar, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (18:56–21:26) falls within it. Bhadra lasts until 19:55, and the Dharmasindhu keeps the rite out of bhadra: it is done from 19:55.
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.