Holika Dahan 2028 in Finote Selam, Amhara, Ethiopia Holika Dahan muhurat 18:41–21:05, Fri 10 Mar
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When is Holika Dahan 2028 in Finote Selam?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat
18:41–21:05
2 h 24 min
Why is Holika Dahan on Fri 10 Mar in Finote Selam?
Holika Dahan is on Fri 10 Mar: Purnima holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 07:51 Fri.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:41–21:05. Purnima: 07:51 to 04:06 Sat.
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 07:51 on Fri 10 Mar to 04:06 on Sat 11 Mar, so only Friday’s pradosha (18:41–21:05) 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.