Holika Dahan 2014 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Holika Dahan muhurat 19:07–21:31, Sun 16 Mar
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Holika Dahan 2014 in Sevan?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Why is Holika Dahan on Sun 16 Mar in Sevan?
By the Dharmasindhu, Holika Dahan is on Sun 16 Mar: Purnima touches pradosha on both evenings and it takes the later.
Chaturdashi until 19:49, inside pradosha; then Purnima. Purnima: 19:49 to 21:08 Sun.
Purnima holds pradosha only until 21:08; then Pratipada. Purnima: 19:49 Sat to 21:08.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+4). Band: the tithi. Box: Pradosha. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
Purnima touches pradosha on both evenings. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Sun 16 Mar, where it holds pradosha until 21:08.
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.