Holika Dahan 2016 in Codcod, Western Visayas, Philippines Holika Dahan muhurat 17:58–20:20, Wed 23 Mar
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When is Holika Dahan 2016 in Codcod?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Why is Holika Dahan on Wed 23 Mar in Codcod?
By the Dharmasindhu, Holika Dahan is on Wed 23 Mar: Purnima touches pradosha on both evenings and it takes the later.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 17:58–20:20. Purnima: 17:42 to 20:00 Wed.
Purnima holds pradosha only until 20:00; then Pratipada. Purnima: 17:42 Tue to 20:00.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+8). 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: Wed 23 Mar, where it holds pradosha until 20:00.
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.