Holika Dahan 2009 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Holika Dahan muhurat 19:35–21:28, Tue 10 Mar
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Holika Dahan 2009 in Sevan?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, 19:35–21:28.
Why is Holika Dahan on Tue 10 Mar in Sevan?
Holika Dahan is on Tue 10 Mar, after bhadra ends at 19:35.
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, 19:35–21:28.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 08:37 Tue.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 19:01–21:28. Purnima: 08:37 to 06:37 Wed.
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 08:37 on Tue 10 Mar to 06:37 on Wed 11 Mar, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (19:01–21:28) falls within it. Bhadra lasts until 19:35, and the Dharmasindhu keeps the rite out of bhadra: it is done from 19:35.
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.