Holika Dahan 2021 in Progress, Amur Oblast, Russia Holika Dahan muhurat 18:46–21:02, Sun 28 Mar
Festival · times in UTC+9
When is Holika Dahan 2021 in Progress?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat
18:46–21:02
2 h 16 min
Why is Holika Dahan on Sun 28 Mar in Progress?
Holika Dahan is on Sun 28 Mar: Purnima holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 06:57 Sun.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:46–21:02. Purnima: 06:57 to 03:48 Mon.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+9). 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 06:57 on Sun 28 Mar to 03:48 on Mon 29 Mar, so only Sunday’s pradosha (18:46–21:02) 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.