Holika Dahan 2021 in Hetauda, Bagmati Province, Nepal Holika Dahan muhurat 18:20–20:40, Sun 28 Mar
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When is Holika Dahan 2021 in Hetauda?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat
18:20–20:40
2 h 20 min
Why is Holika Dahan on Sun 28 Mar in Hetauda?
Holika Dahan is on Sun 28 Mar: Purnima holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 03:42 Sun.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:20–20:40. Purnima: 03:42 to 00:33 Mon.
One row per day, on one clock (NPT). 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 03:42 on Sun 28 Mar to 00:33 on Mon 29 Mar, so only Sunday’s pradosha (18:20–20:40) 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.