Holika Dahan 1986 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Holika Dahan muhurat 20:12–21:36, Tue 25 Mar
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Holika Dahan 1986 in Sevan?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, 20:12–21:36.
Why is Holika Dahan on Tue 25 Mar in Sevan?
Holika Dahan is on Tue 25 Mar, after bhadra ends at 20:12.
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, 20:12–21:36.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 09:17 Tue.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 19:16–21:36. Purnima: 09:17 to 07:01 Wed.
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 09:17 on Tue 25 Mar to 07:01 on Wed 26 Mar, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (19:16–21:36) falls within it. Bhadra lasts until 20:12, and the Dharmasindhu keeps the rite out of bhadra: it is done from 20:12.
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.