Holika Dahan 2012 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Holika Dahan muhurat 00:47–01:51 Thu, Wed 7 Mar
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Holika Dahan 2012 in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat: bhadra puchha, 00:47 Thu–01:51 Thu.
Why is Holika Dahan on Wed 7 Mar in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan is on Wed 7 Mar, in bhadra’s tail (puchha), 00:47 Thu–01:51 Thu.
Holika Dahan muhurat: bhadra puchha, 00:47 Thu–01:51 Thu.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:36–21:01. Purnima: 17:52 to 15:09 Thu.
Purnima ended at 15:09; pradosha is Pratipada.
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 17:52 on Wed 7 Mar to 15:09 on Thu 8 Mar, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (18:36–21:01) falls within it. Bhadra lasts until 04:34 Thu, past nishitha, so the Dharmasindhu allows its tail, the puchha. Tithika places the puchha at 00:47 Thu–01:51 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.