Holika Dahan 2010 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Holika Dahan muhurat 18:34–21:01, Sun 28 Feb
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Holika Dahan 2010 in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat
18:34–21:01
2 h 27 min
Why is Holika Dahan on Sun 28 Feb in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan is on Sun 28 Feb: Purnima holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 01:50 Sun.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:34–21:01. Purnima: 01:50 to 22:07.
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 01:50 on Sun 28 Feb to 22:07 on Sun 28 Feb, so only Sunday’s pradosha (18:34–21:01) 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.