Holika Dahan
2 March 2026

Holika Dahan is Phalguna Shukla Purnima — the Purnima of the shukla fortnight of Phalguna. It is kept after sunset, so the date is the day that tithi is running pradosh, the hour and a half following sunset.

Computed from the Moon’s elongation with the Swiss Ephemeris, sidereal, Lahiri ayanamsa. A tithi begins and ends at a real minute rather than at midnight, which is why the moment above decides the day — and why the same tithi read at a different hour can name a different date.