Holika Dahan 2042 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Holika Dahan muhurat 18:36–21:01, Thu 6 Mar
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Holika Dahan 2042 in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat
18:36–21:01
2 h 25 min
Why is Holika Dahan on Thu 6 Mar in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan is on Thu 6 Mar: Purnima holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 23:17. Purnima: 23:17 to 01:40 Fri.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:36–21:01. Purnima: 23:17 Wed to 01:40 Fri.
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 23:17 on Wed 5 Mar to 01:40 on Fri 7 Mar, so only Thursday’s pradosha (18:36–21:01) 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.