Holi Festival 2021: When is Holika Dahan? When do the colors play?
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What is Holika Dahan?:
The date and time to celebrate Holi 2021:
The auspicious time of Holika Dahan 2021:
Holashtak Katha:
What to do and what not to do during Holashtak:
According to the Hindu calendar, the Holi festival celebrates the full moon day of the month of Phalgun. At the end of March, this two-day festival of colors is taking place.
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What is Holika Dahan?
Holi Festival is crucial in Hinduism. According to the Hindu calendar, the full moon day of the month of Falgun celebrates as Holi Festival (Holi 2021). Every year this two-day festival of colors celebrates with great pomp in every house.
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On this day, to burn the ego, evil, and negativity in the holy fire, Holika Dahan is celebrated. Due to which there is always happiness and prosperity in the house. This year, In 2021, Holi will be celebrated on 28 and 29 March.
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Let us tell you that the festival of Holi festival starts on the day of Basant Panchami. On this occasion, at the place where Holika Dahan has performed, a wood is kept after worshiping methodically by going to the Pandit along with drums. With this, people keep collecting wood by burning Holika Dahan there, after which Holika Dahan gets done in the auspicious time.
What is the date and time to celebrate Holi 2021?
The full moon date will start on 28th March at 03:27 am.
The full moon date ends on 29 March at midnight at 12:17 am.
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What is the auspicious time of Holika Dahan (Shubh Muhurat)?
The date of Holika Dahan is on 28th March 2021.
Holika Dahan Muhurta will start from 06:37 pm to 08:56 pm.
Rangwali Holi will be playing on the date of March 29, 2021.
Many mythological stories gave in the scriptures behind celebrating Holi on this day. But of all these, the story of Prahlada and Hiranyakashyap is the most devout. According to mythology Holika Dahan is performed; on the full moon day of Phalgun month, commemorating the victory of good over evil.
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According to the legend, Prahlada, son of Asura Hiranyakashyap, was an ardent devotee of Lord Vishnu, but this thing did not like Hiranyakashyap at all. He assigned the child Prahlada with devotion to God to his sister Holika, who had the boon that fire could not burn her body.
To kill Bhaktaraja Prahlada, Holika entered into the fire with him on her lap; but Holika herself burnt herself in the fire; as a result of Prahlad's devotion and grace of God. In the fire, there had no damage to Prahlad's body. Thus, the Holi festival began to celebrate; as the victory of good over evil.
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Holashtak Katha:
Holashtak considers, from the Ashtami to the full moon date of the Shukla Paksha of Phalgun month. Holashtak is said to be; 8 days before Holi Dahan.
This time it will be Holashtak from 22 March 2021 to 28 March 2021. This year Holika Dahan will be performed on March 28, and the next day the Holi with colors will be played. Let's know the legend of Holashtak.
There are around 2 stories about Holashtak:
The first story is related to the devotee Prahlada, and the second story connects to Kamdev.
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1. According to the first story, the devotee Prahlada was tortured and distressed by his father Hiranyakashyap; for 8 consecutive days to dissolve his son's devotion and grab his attention towards him.
Therefore, it is said that no auspicious work of any kind should be done in these 8 days of Holashtak. These 8 days are the days of Holashtak. When Prahlada survives only after Holika Dahan, Holi of colors got to celebrate on the second day in the joy of saving his life.
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2. According to the second story, when Lord Shiva is consumed by his third eye to Kamdev due to disturbing the penance of Lord Shiva at the behest of the gods; then Kamadeva's wife asks Shivji to revive him.
Seeing the devotion of Rati, Lord Shiva gives Kamdev the promise of meeting Rati again in his second birth on this day. Kamadeva is later born in the form of Pradyumna to Shri Krishna.
What to do and what not to do during Holashtak:
This time it will be Holashtak from 22 March 2021 to 28 March 2021. This year Holika Dahan will be performed on March 28. And on March 29, the Holi with colors will play.
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Work to be forbidden in Holashtak 2021:
Marriage, buying the vehicle, buying a house, land worship, house entry, starting any new work, and other types of demanding work must not do.
What to do in Holashtak 2021:
Recite and worship of God in Holashtak gives auspicious effect. It is believed that by taking, some special measures in Holashtak many types of benefits can be obtained.
During Holashtak, the recitation of Srisukta and Mangal Ruhn's redemption source should do to end the financial crisis and to get rid of debt. During this time, worship of Lord Narasimha and Hanumanji is also significant.
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On the day of Holashtak, two poles install in one place. One of which considers, the symbol of Danda Holika, and the other is the symbol of Prahlada.
After these poles are purified with Ganga Water around these poles, Dung Stems, Wood, Grass, and other items of burning are collected and enlarged slowly. And finally, on the day, Holika Dahan is burnt.
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