Holika Dahan 1996 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Holika Dahan muhurat 18:26–20:48, Mon 4 Mar
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Holika Dahan 1996 in Davinópolis?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat
18:26–20:48
2 h 22 min
Why is Holika Dahan on Mon 4 Mar in Davinópolis?
Holika Dahan is on Mon 4 Mar: Purnima holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 05:11 Mon.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:26–20:48. Purnima: 05:11 to 06:22 Tue.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−3). 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 05:11 on Mon 4 Mar to 06:22 on Tue 5 Mar, so only Monday’s pradosha (18:26–20:48) 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.