Holika Dahan 2023 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Holika Dahan muhurat 00:42–02:00 Tue, Mon 6 Mar
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Holika Dahan 2023 in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat: bhadra puchha, 00:42 Tue–02:00 Tue.
Why is Holika Dahan on Mon 6 Mar in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan is on Mon 6 Mar, in bhadra’s tail (puchha), 00:42 Tue–02:00 Tue.
Holika Dahan muhurat: bhadra puchha, 00:42 Tue–02:00 Tue.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:36–21:01. Purnima: 16:17 to 18:10 Tue.
Purnima ended at 18:10; pradosha is Pratipada. Purnima: 16:17 Mon to 18:10.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). 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 16:17 on Mon 6 Mar to 18:10 on Tue 7 Mar, so only Monday’s pradosha (18:36–21:01) falls within it. Bhadra lasts until 05:16 Tue, past nishitha, so the Dharmasindhu allows its tail, the puchha. Tithika places the puchha at 00:42 Tue–02:00 Tue, scaled from its ghatis: Tithika’s convention.
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.