Holika Dahan 2057 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Holika Dahan muhurat 19:12–21:02, Tue 20 Mar
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Holika Dahan 2057 in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, 19:12–21:02.
Why is Holika Dahan on Tue 20 Mar in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan is on Tue 20 Mar, after bhadra ends at 19:12.
Holika Dahan muhurat: the time after bhadra, 19:12–21:02.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Purnima begins at 08:02 Tue.
Purnima holds all of pradosha, 18:40–21:02. Purnima: 08:02 to 06:15 Wed.
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 08:02 on Tue 20 Mar to 06:15 on Wed 21 Mar, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (18:40–21:02) falls within it. Bhadra lasts until 19:12, and the Dharmasindhu keeps the rite out of bhadra: it is done from 19:12.
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.