Holika Dahan 1997 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Holika Dahan muhurat 21:10, Sun 23 Mar
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Holika Dahan 1997 in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, at 21:10.
Why is Holika Dahan on Sun 23 Mar in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan is on Sun 23 Mar, after bhadra ends at 21:10.
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, at 21:10.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:40–21:02. Purnima: 08:01 to 10:15 Mon.
Purnima ended at 10:15; 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 08:01 on Sun 23 Mar to 10:15 on Mon 24 Mar, so only Sunday’s pradosha (18:40–21:02) falls within it. Bhadra lasts until 21:10, and the Dharmasindhu keeps the rite out of bhadra: it is done from 21:10.
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.