Holika Dahan 2079 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Holika Dahan muhurat 18:39–21:02, Fri 17 Mar
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Holika Dahan 2079 in Pāthardi?
Holika Dahan muhurat: what time?
Why is Holika Dahan on Fri 17 Mar in Pāthardi?
By the Dharmasindhu, Holika Dahan is on Fri 17 Mar: Purnima touches pradosha on both evenings and it takes the later.
Chaturdashi until 19:17, inside pradosha; then Purnima. Purnima: 19:17 to 19:16 Fri.
Purnima holds pradosha only until 19:16; then Pratipada. Purnima: 19:17 Thu to 19:16.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). Band: the tithi. Box: Pradosha. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
Purnima touches pradosha on both evenings. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Fri 17 Mar, where it holds pradosha until 19:16.
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.