Holika Dahan 1998 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Holika Dahan muhurat 20:50–21:02, Thu 12 Mar
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Holika Dahan 1998 in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, 20:50–21:02.
Why is Holika Dahan on Thu 12 Mar in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan is on Thu 12 Mar, after bhadra ends at 20:50.
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, 20:50–21:02.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:37–21:02. Purnima: 07:40 to 10:04 Fri.
Purnima ended at 10:04; 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 07:40 on Thu 12 Mar to 10:04 on Fri 13 Mar, so only Thursday’s pradosha (18:37–21:02) falls within it. Bhadra lasts until 20:50, and the Dharmasindhu keeps the rite out of bhadra: it is done from 20:50.
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.