Festival · 1986
Wednesday 26 March
Holi 1986 is on Wednesday 26 March 1986 in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India, the place this site reads from until you choose your own. Choose your place above for your date.
| Kept | the day after Holikā Dahana |
| Date | Observance | Decided by |
|---|---|---|
| Tue 25 Mar | Holikā Dahana | Pūrṇimā covers 147 of 147 minutes of sāyāhna. |
| Wed 26 Mar | Holī | Kept the day after Holikā Dahana. |
Holi is the spring festival of colours. On the full-moon evening of Phālguna a bonfire, Holikā Dahana, is lit. The next morning people throw coloured powder and water at one another.
The bonfire recalls the story of Prahlāda, who came out of the fire unharmed while Holikā burned.
The bonfire is lit on the day the full-moon tithi holds in the late afternoon, and the colours are played the day after.
| DelhiIndia | Wed 26 Mar |
| MumbaiMaharashtra, India | Wed 26 Mar |
| KolkataWest Bengal, India | Wed 26 Mar |
| ChennaiTamil Nadu, India | Wed 26 Mar |
| BengaluruKarnataka, India | Wed 26 Mar |
| HyderabadTelangana, India | Wed 26 Mar |
| AhmedabadGujarat, India | Wed 26 Mar |
| PuneMaharashtra, India | Wed 26 Mar |
| JaipurRajasthan, India | Wed 26 Mar |
| LucknowUttar Pradesh, India | Wed 26 Mar |
| VaranasiUttar Pradesh, India | Wed 26 Mar |
| UjjainMadhya Pradesh, India | Wed 26 Mar |
| PatnaBihar, India | Wed 26 Mar |
| BhopalMadhya Pradesh, India | Wed 26 Mar |
| KochiKerala, India | Wed 26 Mar |
| GuwahatiAssam, India | Wed 26 Mar |
| New York CityNew York, United States | Wed 26 Mar |
| Jersey CityNew Jersey, United States | Wed 26 Mar |
| TorontoOntario, Canada | Wed 26 Mar |
| VancouverBritish Columbia, Canada | Wed 26 Mar |
| ChicagoIllinois, United States | Wed 26 Mar |
| HoustonTexas, United States | Wed 26 Mar |
| DallasTexas, United States | Wed 26 Mar |
| San FranciscoCalifornia, United States | Wed 26 Mar |
| Los AngelesCalifornia, United States | Wed 26 Mar |
| LondonEngland, United Kingdom | Wed 26 Mar |
| LeicesterEngland, United Kingdom | Wed 26 Mar |
| BirminghamEngland, United Kingdom | Wed 26 Mar |
| AmsterdamNorth Holland, The Netherlands | Wed 26 Mar |
| DubaiUnited Arab Emirates | Wed 26 Mar |
| Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates | Wed 26 Mar |
| DohaBaladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar | Wed 26 Mar |
| MuscatOman | Wed 26 Mar |
| Kuwait CityAl Asimah, Kuwait | Wed 26 Mar |
| DurbanKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | Wed 26 Mar |
| JohannesburgGauteng, South Africa | Wed 26 Mar |
| NairobiNairobi County, Kenya | Wed 26 Mar |
| Port LouisMauritius | Wed 26 Mar |
| Port of SpainTrinidad and Tobago | Wed 26 Mar |
| GeorgetownDemerara-Mahaica, Guyana | Wed 26 Mar |
| ParamariboParamaribo District, Suriname | Wed 26 Mar |
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