Holika Dahan 2018 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Holika Dahan muhurat 18:51–21:23, Thu 1 Mar
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Holika Dahan 2018 in Sevan?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat
18:51–21:23
2 h 32 min
Why is Holika Dahan on Thu 1 Mar in Sevan?
Holika Dahan is on Thu 1 Mar: Purnima holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 07:27 Thu.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:51–21:23. Purnima: 07:27 to 04:51 Fri.
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 07:27 on Thu 1 Mar to 04:51 on Fri 2 Mar, so only Thursday’s pradosha (18:51–21:23) 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.