Holika Dahan 2024 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Holika Dahan muhurat 18:18–20:41, Sun 24 Mar
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Holika Dahan 2024 in Davinópolis?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat
18:18–20:41
2 h 23 min
Why is Holika Dahan on Sun 24 Mar in Davinópolis?
Holika Dahan is on Sun 24 Mar: Purnima holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 01:25 Sun.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:18–20:41. Purnima: 01:25 to 04:00 Mon.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−3). 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 01:25 on Sun 24 Mar to 04:00 on Mon 25 Mar, so only Sunday’s pradosha (18:18–20:41) 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.