Holika Dahan 2015 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Holika Dahan muhurat 18:55–21:25, Thu 5 Mar
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Holika Dahan 2015 in Sevan?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Why is Holika Dahan on Thu 5 Mar in Sevan?
By the Dharmasindhu, Holika Dahan is on Thu 5 Mar: Purnima touches pradosha on both evenings and it takes the later.
Chaturdashi until 19:27, inside pradosha; then Purnima. Purnima: 19:27 to 22:05 Thu.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:55–21:25. Purnima: 19:27 Wed to 22:05.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+4). 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 19:27 on Wed 4 Mar to 22:05 on Thu 5 Mar, touching pradosha on both evenings. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Thu 5 Mar.
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.