Holi 2023

The Holi festival traditionally celebrates the victory of good over evil. Many Hindus believe that this holiday shows that the devotion of Hindu people can augment the power of Lord Vishnu. This celebration also honours Lord Krishna, a reincarnation of Lord Vishnu. In addition to its religious aspects, Holi also celebrates the end of winter and the arrival of spring. holiday is officially celebrated on the full moon day of the month of Phalguna of the Hindu Calendar, meaning it usually falls in March on the Gregorian Calendar. In 2017, the Hindu festival of Holi was given special recognition by members of the Canadian parliament who took part in the celebrations themselves. But every year, Indo-Canadian communities across the country keep up this colourful Indian tradition. Holi is somewhat like New Year’s Eve in that people resolve to live better in the year ahead and to leave the worries of last year behind them. They also decorate their homes with bright colours, sing and dance in small groups in the streets, attend special Hindu services, and often throw colourful chalk powder at one another. Previous Years Year Date Day Holiday 2023 7 Mar Tue Holi 2022 18 Mar Fri Holi 2021 29 Mar Mon Holi 2020 10 Mar Tue Holi 2019 21 Mar Thu Holi

Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 Ash Wednesday -1 years, -3 months, -13 days or -470 days 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Daylight Saving Start -1 years, -3 months, -2 days or -459 days 14 15 16 17 St Patricks Day -1 years, -2 months, -29 days or -455 days 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Holi for the year 2022 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of Thursday, March 17th ending at sundown on Friday, March 18th. Holi, also called the festival of sharing and love or the festival of colors is a Hindu two day festival in the Spring. The festival falls in the months of February and March each year with the first day of the festival called Chhoti Holi or Holika Dahan and the second day called Dhuleti or Rangwali Holi. Days to Holi 2022 Thursday, March 17th is day number 76 of the 2022 calendar year with -1 year, -2 months, -29 days until the start of the Hindu festival of Holi 2022.

Holi is also celebrated as a 'spring festival' in different parts of India. In 2023, Holi will be observed on 7 and 8 March. The ritual for Holi involves lighting up a bonfire one day before Holi as it signifies the victory of 'good over evil'. The festival begins on the evening of Purnima full moon day in the month of Falgun. As per the Drik Panchang, the first day of holi also called as Choti Holi will be celebrated on March 7th this year. The muharat for 2023 Story behind the Holi festival In Hindu mythology, Holi is best known as the killing of 'Hollika'. Mythology states that when Prahalad refused to accept the orders of his father Hiranyakashyapu and kept praying for Lord Vishnu, Hiranyakashyapu took the help of her sister, Holika to kill him. Holika took Prahalad in her lap and sat in a bonfire as she had immunity to fire. Even after that, she burned alive while Prahlad was unaffected. Hence, 'Holika Dahan' is celebrated a day before Holi. Also Read: Stock market holidays March 2023: BSE Sensex, NSE Nifty will remain closed on these days Holi celebration: Apart from the celebration with colours, on this day, houses are filled with the delicious aroma of sweet and scrumptious sweet delicacies, which add a spark to the festival celebration. Traditional Thandai, Gujjiya, Malpua, Puran Poli, Bhang are often seen as common drinks and eateries during Holi. Also Read: Holi 2023: Holi parties in Delhi-NCR that you cannot miss Holi is celebrated across India and Mathura is o...

When social media was inundated with rumours that Sri Lanka’s holiest tree was being harmed by 5G mobile signals, Colombo’s cash-strapped government pulled out all the stops. President Ranil Wickremesinghe dispatched a high-powered team of experts to the 2,300-year-old Sri Maha Bodhi tree in the sacred city of Anuradhapura, an ancient capital of the South Asian island nation. The team included the head of the telecom regulator, his technical chief and the director of the National Botanical Gardens, along with university professors and district administrators. Several visits were made, surveys were carried out, and the centuries-old tree was examined and monitored before a conclusion was reached: there were no 5G signals in the area in the first place. Monk Pallegama Hemarathana, the chief custodian of the ancient bodhi tree [Ishara S Kodikara/AFP] The episode highlighted the speed with which fake news travels in Sri Lanka – but even more so, it illustrated the reverence in which the country holds the Sri Maha Bodhi. The tree is believed to have been grown from a cutting of the bodhi tree in India that sheltered the Buddha when he attained enlightenment more than 2,500 years ago. It is both an object of worship and a symbol of national sovereignty on the majority Buddhist island of 22 million people. ‘Great risk’ The first claims it was under threat appeared on a local website: 5G radiation from towers near the tree was supposedly turning its leaves black, and it was at “gr...