Holika Dahan 2018 in Myjava, Trenčín Region, Slovakia Holika Dahan muhurat 17:32–20:08, Thu 1 Mar
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When is Holika Dahan 2018 in Myjava?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat
17:32–20:08
2 h 36 min
Why is Holika Dahan on Thu 1 Mar in Myjava?
Holika Dahan is on Thu 1 Mar: Purnima holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 04:27 Thu.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 17:32–20:08. Purnima: 04:27 to 01:51 Fri.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). 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 04:27 on Thu 1 Mar to 01:51 on Fri 2 Mar, so only Thursday’s pradosha (17:32–20:08) 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.