Holika Dahan 2004 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Holika Dahan muhurat 18:57–21:26, Sat 6 Mar
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Holika Dahan 2004 in Sevan?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat
18:57–21:26
2 h 29 min
Why is Holika Dahan on Sat 6 Mar in Sevan?
Holika Dahan is on Sat 6 Mar: Purnima holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 04:05 Sat.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:57–21:26. Purnima: 04:05 to 03:14 Sun.
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 04:05 on Sat 6 Mar to 03:14 on Sun 7 Mar, so only Saturday’s pradosha (18:57–21:26) 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.