Holika Dahan 2042 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Holika Dahan muhurat 18:56–21:26, Thu 6 Mar
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Holika Dahan 2042 in Sevan?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat
18:56–21:26
2 h 30 min
Why is Holika Dahan on Thu 6 Mar in Sevan?
Holika Dahan is on Thu 6 Mar: Purnima holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 21:47. Purnima: 21:47 to 00:10 Fri.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:56–21:26. Purnima: 21:47 Wed to 00:10 Fri.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+4). 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 21:47 on Wed 5 Mar to 00:10 on Fri 7 Mar, so only Thursday’s pradosha (18:56–21:26) 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.