Holika Dahan 2028 in Chahārbāgh, Alborz Province, Iran Holika Dahan muhurat 18:28–20:36, Fri 10 Mar
Festival · times in UTC+3:30
When is Holika Dahan 2028 in Chahārbāgh?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, 18:28–20:36.
Why is Holika Dahan on Fri 10 Mar in Chahārbāgh?
Holika Dahan is on Fri 10 Mar, after bhadra ends at 18:28.
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, 18:28–20:36.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 08:21 Fri.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:10–20:36. Purnima: 08:21 to 04:36 Sat.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3:30). 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 08:21 on Fri 10 Mar to 04:36 on Sat 11 Mar, so only Friday’s pradosha (18:10–20:36) falls within it. Bhadra lasts until 18:28, and the Dharmasindhu keeps the rite out of bhadra: it is done from 18:28.
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.