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Holika Dahan 2027: Date and Tithi Timings (होलिका दहन)

Holika Dahan 2027Sunday, 21 March 2027Tithi 6:22 PM, 21 Mar 2027 to 4:14 PM, 22 Mar 2027 (IST, New Delhi)

Holika Dahan 2027 is on Sunday, 21 March 2027. Bonfire on the evening of Phalguna Purnima, the night before Holi.

Holika Dahan dates

YearDateTithi window (IST)
2026Tuesday, 3 March 20265:56 PM, 2 Mar 2026 – 5:08 PM, 3 Mar 2026
2027Sunday, 21 March 20276:22 PM, 21 Mar 2027 – 4:14 PM, 22 Mar 2027

Pradosh kaal muhurta, 2027 (New Delhi): 6:33 PM – 8:55 PM on 21 Mar 2027.

Holika Dahan date in other cities

Calculated with each city's own sunrise, sunset and time zone. Outside India the festival can fall on a different calendar day.

City20262027Pradosh kaal muhurta (2026, local time)
Delhi3 Mar 202621 Mar 2027—
Mumbai2 Mar 202621 Mar 20276:44 PM – 9:11 PM
Chennai3 Mar 202621 Mar 2027—
Kolkata3 Mar 202621 Mar 2027—
Hyderabad3 Mar 202621 Mar 2027—
Edison, New Jersey2 Mar 202621 Mar 20275:51 PM – 8:22 PM
Dallas2 Mar 202621 Mar 20276:26 PM – 8:55 PM
Toronto2 Mar 202621 Mar 20276:08 PM – 8:40 PM
London2 Mar 202621 Mar 20275:43 PM – 8:18 PM
Sydney3 Mar 202622 Mar 20277:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Highlighted rows fall on a different date from New Delhi in at least one year.

How the date is decided

Holika Dahan falls on Phalguna Purnima. A tithi rarely matches a calendar day, so the festival is kept on the day the tithi prevails at pradosh (the first fifth of the night after sunset). If Purnima continues for three and a half prahars of the next day and the following Pratipada is longer than Purnima, the bonfire moves to that next evening. Holi (Dhulandi) is the day after Holika Dahan.

Dates for New Delhi. In other cities the tithi times shift with the local sunrise and sunset, and occasionally the date changes. See today's panchang for your city.

Other festivals

Dates are calculated for New Delhi with the Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa) using the Smarta rules followed by most North Indian panchangs: each festival is kept on the day its tithi prevails at the prescribed time of day, with the classical tie-break rules for Raksha Bandhan, Holika Dahan, Janmashtami and Akshaya Tritiya. All 57 of our 2026–2027 dates that could be checked match independently published panchang dates. Regional and sectarian (Vaishnava/ISKCON) dates can differ by a day; dates can also differ outside India.