Holi, Purim, and lunar eclipse

An early happy Purim and Holi, two usually coinciding holidays! I begin with i24NEWS English reporting Indian Embassy blends Holi & Purim holidays in Jaffa festival.

India Naftali reports from the Jaffa port, where the Indian Embassy in Israel and Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipality have organized a special Holi-Purim festival to celebrate both holidays.

To paraphrase what I wrote three years ago in India Naftali's first appearance on this blog, I don't celebrate Purim or Holi anywhere else but this blog, but I'm all in favor of fun holidays and both qualify.

Both holidays happen during the full moon, very often the same one. Another event that happens during the full moon is a lunar eclipse. Watch WDIV/Click On Detroit/Local 4 report Michigan to see total lunar eclipse early Tuesday morning -- what to know.

Early Tuesday morning, the moon will go red and we will witness a total lunar eclipse.
At around 3 a.m. on March 3, we will see March’s full moon pass through Earth’s shadow, turning it a copper color for 58 spell-binding minutes.
Shannon Schmoll, the director of Abram’s Planetarium at Michigan State University, joined Local 4 Live to talk more about the eclipse.

It might be clear enough to see the Moon early this morning. I'll probably be asleep, but if I'm up, I'll look.

So ends today's bonus holiday post. Stay tuned for Marching Music Day, closer looks at the Iran war, and more Saturn Awards coverage.