There is a tradition of celebrating Holi on the Chaitra Krishna Paksha Pratipada date. According to the Udaya date, this year Holi will be celebrated on Saturday, March 15 (Holi Date 2025). This year Holi will be for three days.

Holi is celebrated the next day of Holika Dahan (Holika Dahan 2025), but this year Holi will be celebrated after a gap of one day after Holika Dahan. According to the Vedic calendar, Agja (Holika) will burn on the night of March 13 and Holi will be celebrated on March 15.

Remove the confusion about the date of Holi.
This time there is a situation of conflict regarding Holika Dahan and Basantotsav. According to Varanasi printed Rishikesh Panchang Vishwa Panchang Mahavir Panchang etc.-

The full moon date of Shukla Paksha of Falgun month will start from 10.02 am on Thursday, March 13, and will remain till 11.11 am on Friday, March 14.

Bhadra Kaal is till 10.37 pm on 13 March. Holika Dahan will be done after that.

The arrival of Chaitra Krishna Paksha Pratipada Tithi is starting from 11.11 am on Friday, 14 March, which will last till 12.48 pm on Saturday, 15 March.

Holi will be celebrated on Saturday, 15 March in Udayatithi.

According to the scriptures, Holika Dahan is a tradition of celebrating Holi on the full moon day of Falgun Shukla Paksha and Pratipada date of Chaitra Krishna Paksha. According to the Panchang, Holi will be celebrated on 14 March in Kashi and 15 March elsewhere.

When to burn Holika?

Learned Pandits like Pandit Dinesh Pandey, Pandit Vivekanand Pandey, Pandit Vishwanath Tiwari, and Pandit Dhruv Pathak said that Holika Dahan is done on the full moon day of Falgun Shukla Paksha during Pradosh night after the end of Bhadra Kaal.

For this reason, Holika Dahan will be done on Thursday, March 13 at 10:37 pm after the end of Bhadra Kaal. Whereas, Holi will be celebrated on Saturday due to Uday Vyapani Pratipada on March 15.

Tradition of Fagua singing in rural areas

There has been a tradition of Fagua singing in rural areas from Basant Panchami to Chaitra Pratipada, which is continuing. On the day of Fagua, people of all classes in the countryside go from house to house in groups and sing Fagua. The tradition of Faag songs related to Sitaram, Radhe Krishna, and Lord Shiva, Bhagwati started.

Later, Devar, Bhaujai, and currently double-meaning songs crossed the limits of vulgarity and strangled the traditional songs. Songs were sung by warriors like Kunwar Singh which left their mark on the public mind.

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