🪷 होलिका दहन · Holikā Dahana

Holikā Dahana Source-Anchor Spine

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Holikā Dahanalocal festival mūrti-page · Vaishnava/festivalsall 124 festival pages and tradition categories/2026 Hindu calendaryear-level festival occurrence aggregation from the same engine2025 occurrenceHolikā Dahana computed on Thursday, 2025-03-132026 occurrenceHolikā Dahana computed on Monday, 2026-03-022027 occurrenceHolikā Dahana computed on Sunday, 2027-03-21ŚB 7.5local Bhāgavata route mirrored from festival source text: Bhāgavata 7.5BG 10.35Krishna as Mārgaśīrṣa among months and kusumākara among seasonsBG 10.30kālaḥ kalayatām aham · Krishna as Time among reckoners/jyotisha-referencetithi, nakshatra, vāra, and pañchāṅga element source layer/cosmic-timekalpa, manvantara, yuga, and annual-cycle time context/lagna-tithi-lokaMātṛ-Vidyā source layer for tithi, loka, and reader-local kṣetra/samskara-muhurtaoperational muhūrta doorway for dharmic timing decisions/bindufestival time as Bindu-touch aperture in the dharmic year/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundationtextual witnessesBhāgavata 7.5

📅 When is Holikā Dahana?

YearDateDay
20252025-03-13Thursday
2026 (this year)2026-03-02Monday
20272027-03-21Sunday
Burning of Holikā; Prahlāda saved by Hari. Eve of Holi.
Associated deity: Bhagavān Narasiṁha (Prahlāda-rakṣaka)

Tradition

Tradition: Vaishnava

Vrata: Yes (fasting day)

Detection Rule (Pure Pañchāṅga-Based)

{
  "tithi_number": 14,
  "tithi_paksha": "Śukla",
  "lunar_month": "Phālguna"
}

Sources

Precedence: 2 (lower = higher priority on multi-festival days)
Engine: Festival catalogue runs at request time over the Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate's pañchāṅga output