Holika Dahan 2019 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Holika Dahan muhurat 19:28–21:33, Wed 20 Mar
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Holika Dahan 2019 in Sevan?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, 19:28–21:33.
Why is Holika Dahan on Wed 20 Mar in Sevan?
Holika Dahan is on Wed 20 Mar, after bhadra ends at 19:28.
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, 19:28–21:33.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 09:15 Wed.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 19:11–21:33. Purnima: 09:15 to 05:42 Thu.
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 09:15 on Wed 20 Mar to 05:42 on Thu 21 Mar, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (19:11–21:33) falls within it. Bhadra lasts until 19:28, and the Dharmasindhu keeps the rite out of bhadra: it is done from 19:28.
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.