17 March 2022
Kept on the day its tithi runs at dusk (pradosh).
- Tithi
- Shukla Chaturdashi · until 13:30then Shukla Purnima from 13:30, the tithi this festival keeps
- Nakshatra
- Purva Phalguni
- Sunrise – Sunset
- 05:43 – 17:46
- Abhijit Muhurta
- 11:21 – 12:09
Festival · 2022
Holika Dahan · Holi 2022
Falls on 17 March 2022 in Kolkata, as computed from the real sky for that city.
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Today's three riddles
Turn a card. Answer all three rightly and this portal is sealed in your sky. New riddles every morning.
The day, for Kolkata
The day is chosen by the moment the tradition reads its tithi at, and the times are that day's own, computed for this city. A festival-specific puja window is not printed: those rules differ by tradition and await a scholar's review.
What the day is
The fire the night before the colour. Holika burns and the child does not — the tradition puts the destruction of malice before the celebration, in that order, on purpose.
One act for the day
Write down one resentment you have been feeding and burn it in the fire. Then play, and let yourself be unrecognisable for a day.