Holika Dahan 2012 in Chahārbāgh, Alborz Province, Iran Holika Dahan muhurat 22:47–23:51, Wed 7 Mar
Festival · times in UTC+3:30
When is Holika Dahan 2012 in Chahārbāgh?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat: bhadra puchha, 22:47–23:51.
Why is Holika Dahan on Wed 7 Mar in Chahārbāgh?
Holika Dahan is on Wed 7 Mar, in bhadra’s tail (puchha), 22:47–23:51.
Holika Dahan muhurat: bhadra puchha, 22:47–23:51.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:07–20:35. Purnima: 15:52 to 13:09 Thu.
Purnima ended at 13:09; pradosha is Pratipada.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3:30). 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 15:52 on Wed 7 Mar to 13:09 on Thu 8 Mar, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (18:07–20:35) falls within it. Bhadra lasts until 02:34 Thu, past nishitha, so the Dharmasindhu allows its tail, the puchha. Tithika places the puchha at 22:47–23:51, 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.