Holika Dahan 2002 in Baoding, Hebei, China Holika Dahan muhurat 18:37–20:55, Thu 28 Mar
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When is Holika Dahan 2002 in Baoding?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat
18:37–20:55
2 h 18 min
Why is Holika Dahan on Thu 28 Mar in Baoding?
Holika Dahan is on Thu 28 Mar: Purnima holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 06:20 Thu.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:37–20:55. Purnima: 06:20 to 02:24 Fri.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+8). 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 06:20 on Thu 28 Mar to 02:24 on Fri 29 Mar, so only Thursday’s pradosha (18:37–20:55) 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.