Holika Dahan 2012 in Ipameri, Goiás, Brazil Holika Dahan muhurat 20:04–20:53, Wed 7 Mar
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Holika Dahan 2012 in Ipameri?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, 20:04–20:53.
Why is Holika Dahan on Wed 7 Mar in Ipameri?
Holika Dahan is on Wed 7 Mar, after bhadra ends at 20:04.
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, 20:04–20:53.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:33–20:53. Purnima: 09:22 to 06:39 Thu.
Purnima ended at 06:39; pradosha is Pratipada.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−3). 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 09:22 on Wed 7 Mar to 06:39 on Thu 8 Mar, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (18:33–20:53) falls within it. Bhadra lasts until 20:04, and the Dharmasindhu keeps the rite out of bhadra: it is done from 20:04.
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.