Holika Dahan 2009 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Holika Dahan muhurat 21:05, Tue 10 Mar
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Holika Dahan 2009 in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, at 21:05.
Why is Holika Dahan on Tue 10 Mar in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan is on Tue 10 Mar, after bhadra ends at 21:05.
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, at 21:05.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:37–21:02. Purnima: 10:07 to 08:07 Wed.
Purnima ended at 08:07; pradosha is Pratipada.
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 10:07 on Tue 10 Mar to 08:07 on Wed 11 Mar, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (18:37–21:02) falls within it. Bhadra lasts until 21:05, and the Dharmasindhu keeps the rite out of bhadra: it is done from 21:05.
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.