Holika Dahan 2007 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Holika Dahan muhurat 18:35–21:01, Sat 3 Mar
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Holika Dahan 2007 in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Why is Holika Dahan on Sat 3 Mar in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan is on Sat 3 Mar: Purnima holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 02:51 Sat.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:35–21:01. Purnima: 02:51 to 04:47 Sun.
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 02:51 on Sat 3 Mar to 04:47 on Sun 4 Mar, so only Saturday’s pradosha (18:35–21:01) 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.