Holika Dahan 1998 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Holika Dahan muhurat 19:20–21:29, Thu 12 Mar
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Holika Dahan 1998 in Sevan?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, 19:20–21:29.
Why is Holika Dahan on Thu 12 Mar in Sevan?
Holika Dahan is on Thu 12 Mar, after bhadra ends at 19:20.
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, 19:20–21:29.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 06:10 Thu.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 19:03–21:29. Purnima: 06:10 to 08:34 Fri.
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 06:10 on Thu 12 Mar to 08:34 on Fri 13 Mar, so only Thursday’s pradosha (19:03–21:29) falls within it. Bhadra lasts until 19:20, and the Dharmasindhu keeps the rite out of bhadra: it is done from 19:20.
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.