Holika Dahan 2008 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Holika Dahan muhurat 19:13–21:34, Fri 21 Mar
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Holika Dahan 2008 in Sevan?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat
19:13–21:34
2 h 21 min
Why is Holika Dahan on Fri 21 Mar in Sevan?
Holika Dahan is on Fri 21 Mar: Purnima holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 21:55. Purnima: 21:55 to 22:39 Fri.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 19:13–21:34. Purnima: 21:55 Thu to 22:39.
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 21:55 on Thu 20 Mar to 22:39 on Fri 21 Mar, so only Friday’s pradosha (19:13–21:34) 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.