Holika Dahan 2048 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Holika Dahan muhurat 18:34–21:01, Sat 29 Feb
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Holika Dahan 2048 in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Why is Holika Dahan on Sat 29 Feb in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan is on Sat 29 Feb: Purnima touches pradosha that evening, and no other.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 21:14. Purnima: 21:14 to 20:08 Sat.
Purnima holds pradosha only until 20:08; then Pratipada. Purnima: 21:14 Fri to 20:08.
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 21:14 on Fri 28 Feb to 20:08 on Sat 29 Feb, so it touches only Saturday’s pradosha (18:34–21:01).
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.