Holika Dahan 2000 in Chahārbāgh, Alborz Province, Iran Holika Dahan muhurat 20:50, Sun 19 Mar
Festival · times in UTC+3:30
When is Holika Dahan 2000 in Chahārbāgh?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, at 20:50.
Why is Holika Dahan on Sun 19 Mar in Chahārbāgh?
Holika Dahan is on Sun 19 Mar, after bhadra ends at 20:50.
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, at 20:50.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:17–20:40. Purnima: 09:33 to 08:14 Mon.
Purnima ended at 08:14; pradosha is Pratipada.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3:30). 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 09:33 on Sun 19 Mar to 08:14 on Mon 20 Mar, so only Sunday’s pradosha (18:17–20:40) 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.