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Holi is celebrated at the end of winter, on the last full moon day of the Hindu luni-solar calendar month, marking the spring, making the date vary with the lunar cycle. [ note 1 ] The date falls typically in March, but sometimes late February of the Gregorian calendar.
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Holi Dola Purnima , also popularly known as Dolo Jatra , Doul Utsav or Deul , is a Hindu swing festival celebrated during the Holi festival of Braj region, Rajasthan , Gujarat , [ 1 ] Odisha , Assam , Tripura and Bengal region .
Pakistan holidays are celebrated according to the Islamic or local Pakistani calendars for religious and civil purposes, respectively. Religious holidays such as Eid are celebrated according to the Islamic calendar whereas other national holidays such as Labour Day, [1] Pakistan Day, Independence Day, and Quaid-e-Azam Day are celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar.
Maha Shivaratri is a Hindu festival celebrated annually in honour of the deity Shiva, between February and March. [3] According to the Hindu calendar, the festival is observed on the fourteenth day of the first half (night start with darkness - waning) of the lunar month of Phalguna.
Hola Mohalla (Gurmukhi: ਹੋਲਾ-ਮਹੱਲਾ hōlā muhalā), also called Hola, is a three-day long Sikh festival which normally falls in March. [2] [3] It takes place on the second day of the lunar month of Chett, usually a day after the Hindu spring festival Holi, but sometimes coincides with it.
Holi The festival of colours in which all the young and old join together to express their joy at the change of season. Some people correlate the Holi festival with Holika , the sister of Hirnakashyap, father of Bhakt Prahlad .
Vasant Panchami also marks the start of preparation for Holika or Holi, which occur forty days later. For many, Vasant Panchami is the festival dedicated to goddess Saraswati who is their goddess of knowledge, language, music, and all arts. [ 8 ]