Holika Dahan 2020 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Holika Dahan muhurat 19:00–21:28, Mon 9 Mar
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Holika Dahan 2020 in Sevan?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat
19:00–21:28
2 h 28 min
Why is Holika Dahan on Mon 9 Mar in Sevan?
Holika Dahan is on Mon 9 Mar: Purnima holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 01:34 Mon.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 19:00–21:28. Purnima: 01:34 to 21:47.
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 01:34 on Mon 9 Mar to 21:47 on Mon 9 Mar, so only Monday’s pradosha (19:00–21:28) 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.