Holika Dahan 2016 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Holika Dahan muhurat 23:45–01:04 Wed, Tue 22 Mar
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Holika Dahan 2016 in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat: bhadra puchha, 23:45–01:04 Wed.
Why is Holika Dahan on Tue 22 Mar in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan is on Tue 22 Mar, in bhadra’s tail (puchha), 23:45–01:04 Wed.
Holika Dahan muhurat: bhadra puchha, 23:45–01:04 Wed.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:40–21:02. Purnima: 15:12 to 17:30 Wed.
Purnima ended at 17:30; pradosha is Pratipada. Purnima: 15:12 Tue to 17:30.
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 15:12 on Tue 22 Mar to 17:30 on Wed 23 Mar, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (18:40–21:02) falls within it. Bhadra lasts until 04:20 Wed, past nishitha, so the Dharmasindhu allows its tail, the puchha. Tithika places the puchha at 23:45–01:04 Wed, 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.