Holika Dahan 2024 Bhadra Timings and Shubh Muhurat: Holika Dahan is performed on the full moon date of Phalgun month. On this day, people worship Holika and eat food only after burning it. From a religious point of view, the festival of Holi holds great importance. This year Holika Dahan will take place on 24th March i.e. today. Whereas, Rangwali Holi will be played on 25th March i.e. tomorrow. Holika Dahan is celebrated as the festival of victory of good over evil. Holika Dahan destroys the surrounding negative forces. So let us know from what time the shadow of Bhadra will appear on Holika Dahan today and the auspicious time. 

Holika Dahan auspicious time (Holika Dahan 2024 Shubh Muhurat)

This time Holika Dahan is going to happen on 24th March i.e. today. The date of Holika Dahan will start from 9.54 am today i.e. 24th March and will end on 25th March i.e. tomorrow at 12.29 pm

Today i.e. 24th March, Bhadra will start from 9.24 am and will last till 10.27 pm tonight. So Holika Dahan can be done only after 10.27 pm tonight. 

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How is Holika Dahan done? 

Holika is also known as Dahan or Chhoti Holi. On this day, after sunset, people light Holika and chant mantras. Sings traditional folk songs. Before lighting the fire, they offer roli, unbroken rice grains or akshat, flowers, raw cotton thread, pieces of turmeric, unbroken moong dal, batasha (sugar or jaggery candy), coconut and gulal where the wood is kept. They chant mantras and burn Holika. People revolve around Holika 5 times and pray for their well-being and happiness. 

What to offer in Holika fire (Offer these things in Holika)

1. Black sesame seeds for good health 
2. Green cardamom and camphor for relief from diseases 
3. Sandalwood for financial gain 
4. Yellow mustard for employment 
5. Havan material for marriage and marital problems 
6. Negative Black mustard to get relief from energy 

This is how Holi is played

The Holi festival lasts for two days. The victory of good over evil is celebrated starting with Holika Dahan (burning of the effigy of Holika). The next day, people play with colors (colors, gulal) made from natural sources like turmeric, neem, kumkum, etc. On the day of Holi, people take blessings from elders and happily wish each other and apply colors to each other.

Mythological significance of Holika Dahan (Holika Dahan Katha) 

Holika Dahan is performed on the full moon day of Phalgun month to remember the victory of good over evil. According to the story, Prahlad, son of the demon Hiranyakashyap, was a great devotee of Lord Vishnu, but Hiranyakashyap did not like this at all. He entrusted the task of turning child Prahlad away from devotion to God to his sister Holika, who had the boon that fire could not burn her body. To kill Bhaktaraj Prahlad, Holika entered the fire taking him in her lap. But due to the greatness of Prahlad's devotion and God's grace, Holika herself got burnt in the fire. There was no harm to Prahlad's body in the fire. Since then Holika Dahan is done on the first day of Holi.