Holika Dahan 2025 in Maclear, Eastern Cape, South Africa Holika Dahan muhurat 19:57–20:45, Thu 13 Mar
Festival · times in SAST
When is Holika Dahan 2025 in Maclear?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, 19:57–20:45.
Why is Holika Dahan on Thu 13 Mar in Maclear?
Holika Dahan is on Thu 13 Mar, after bhadra ends at 19:57.
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, 19:57–20:45.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:26–20:45. Purnima: 07:06 to 08:54 Fri.
Purnima ended at 08:54; pradosha is Pratipada.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+2). 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 07:06 on Thu 13 Mar to 08:54 on Fri 14 Mar, so only Thursday’s pradosha (18:26–20:45) falls within it. Bhadra lasts until 19:57, and the Dharmasindhu keeps the rite out of bhadra: it is done from 19:57.
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.