Holika Dahan 2019 in Myjava, Trenčín Region, Slovakia Holika Dahan muhurat 18:01–20:23, Wed 20 Mar
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When is Holika Dahan 2019 in Myjava?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat
18:01–20:23
2 h 22 min
Why is Holika Dahan on Wed 20 Mar in Myjava?
Holika Dahan is on Wed 20 Mar: Purnima holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 06:15 Wed.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:01–20:23. Purnima: 06:15 to 02:42 Thu.
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 06:15 on Wed 20 Mar to 02:42 on Thu 21 Mar, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (18:01–20:23) 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.