Holika Dahan 2021 in Chahārbāgh, Alborz Province, Iran Holika Dahan muhurat 19:25–21:43, Sun 28 Mar
Festival · times in UTC+4:30
When is Holika Dahan 2021 in Chahārbāgh?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat
19:25–21:43
2 h 18 min
Why is Holika Dahan on Sun 28 Mar in Chahārbāgh?
Holika Dahan is on Sun 28 Mar: Purnima holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 02:27 Sun.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 19:25–21:43. Purnima: 02:27 to 23:18.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+4:30). 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 02:27 on Sun 28 Mar to 23:18 on Sun 28 Mar, so only Sunday’s pradosha (19:25–21:43) 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.