Holika Dahan 2014 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Holika Dahan muhurat 18:39–21:02, Sun 16 Mar
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Holika Dahan 2014 in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat
18:39–21:02
2 h 23 min
Why is Holika Dahan on Sun 16 Mar in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan is on Sun 16 Mar: Purnima holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 21:19. Purnima: 21:19 to 22:38 Sun.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:39–21:02. Purnima: 21:19 Sat to 22:38.
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 21:19 on Sat 15 Mar to 22:38 on Sun 16 Mar, so only Sunday’s pradosha (18:39–21:02) 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.