Holika Dahan 2008 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Holika Dahan muhurat 18:40–21:02, Fri 21 Mar
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Holika Dahan 2008 in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat
18:40–21:02
2 h 22 min
Why is Holika Dahan on Fri 21 Mar in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan is on Fri 21 Mar: Purnima holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 23:25. Purnima: 23:25 to 00:09 Sat.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:40–21:02. Purnima: 23:25 Thu to 00:09 Sat.
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 23:25 on Thu 20 Mar to 00:09 on Sat 22 Mar, so only Friday’s pradosha (18:40–21:02) 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.