Lamps lit in a row at dusk.

Festival · 2075

Holika Dahan · Holi 2075

Falls on 2 March 2075 in Haridwar, as computed from the real sky for that city.

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The sky that day

The Moon
Shukla Purnima
The Sun is in
Kumbha
The Moon is in
Simha, in Magha

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.

How to keep Holika Dahan · Holi

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.

The day, for Haridwar

2 March 2075

Kept on the day its tithi runs at dusk (pradosh).

Tithi
Shukla Purnima · until 01:36, 3 March 2075
Nakshatra
Magha
Sunrise – Sunset
06:42 – 18:16
Abhijit Muhurta
12:06 – 12:52
The full day →

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.

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