Holika Dahan 2027

Holika Dahan 2027 falls on Sunday, 21 March 2027. The day is Phalguna Shukla Purnima, and the tithi is tested at pradosha — the three muhurtas after sunset.

The date, and how it was decided

Holika Dahan 2027 falls on Sunday, 21 March 2027.

The day is Phalguna Shukla Purnima. The tithi alone does not fix the date: a tithi rarely fills a civil day, so a festival names the period its tithi has to be running in. For Holika Dahan that period is pradosha, the three muhurtas after sunset. This is the window the puja is kept in.

The bonfire is kept during pradosha on the purnima. Where the purnima falls with Bhadra running, the texts put the dahan after Bhadra has ended; this page gives the pradosha window, and the karana on the day page tells you when Bhadra lets go.

Pradosha in your city

This is the window the puja is kept in. It is set by the Sun at your own horizon, so it is not the same time across the country — the spread below is about forty minutes end to end.

This is the whole of pradosha, computed as the three muhurtas after sunset at that city's own sunrise and sunset. Almanacs often also print a narrower muhurat inside it, chosen for a fixed sign rising rather than for the tithi; if you have seen a shorter window elsewhere, that is what it was, and it sits inside this one.

Other dates in 2027

Maha Shivaratri · Ugadi and Gudi Padwa · Krishna Janmashtami · Ganesh Chaturthi · Sharad Navratri · Vijayadashami · Dhanteras · Diwali

How a tithi is computed · Why the day starts at sunrise