Holika Dahan 2012 in Baoding, Hebei, China Holika Dahan muhurat 03:17–04:21 Thu, Wed 7 Mar
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When is Holika Dahan 2012 in Baoding?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat: bhadra puchha, 03:17 Thu–04:21 Thu.
Why is Holika Dahan on Wed 7 Mar in Baoding?
Holika Dahan is on Wed 7 Mar, in bhadra’s tail (puchha), 03:17 Thu–04:21 Thu.
Holika Dahan muhurat: bhadra puchha, 03:17 Thu–04:21 Thu.
Chaturdashi until 20:22, inside pradosha; then Purnima. Purnima: 20:22 to 17:39 Thu.
Purnima ended at 17:39; pradosha is Pratipada. Purnima: 20:22 Wed to 17:39.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+8). 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 20:22 on Wed 7 Mar to 17:39 on Thu 8 Mar, so it touches only Wednesday’s pradosha (18:16–20:45). Bhadra lasts until 07:04 Thu, past nishitha, so the Dharmasindhu allows its tail, the puchha. Tithika places the puchha at 03:17 Thu–04:21 Thu, scaled from its ghatis: Tithika’s convention.
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.