Festival · 1987
Monday 16 March
Holi 1987 is on Monday 16 March 1987 in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India, the place this site reads from until you choose your own. Choose your place above for your date. In 25 of the 49 cities listed below it falls on another day.
| Kept | the day after Holikā Dahana |
| Date | Observance | Decided by |
|---|---|---|
| Sun 15 Mar | Holikā Dahana | Pūrṇimā covers 144 of 144 minutes of sāyāhna. |
| Mon 16 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 | Mon 16 Mar |
| MumbaiMaharashtra, India | Mon 16 Mar |
| KolkataWest Bengal, India | Mon 16 Mar |
| ChennaiTamil Nadu, India | Mon 16 Mar |
| BengaluruKarnataka, India | Mon 16 Mar |
| HyderabadTelangana, India | Mon 16 Mar |
| AhmedabadGujarat, India | Mon 16 Mar |
| PuneMaharashtra, India | Mon 16 Mar |
| JaipurRajasthan, India | Mon 16 Mar |
| LucknowUttar Pradesh, India | Mon 16 Mar |
| VaranasiUttar Pradesh, India | Mon 16 Mar |
| UjjainMadhya Pradesh, India | Mon 16 Mar |
| PatnaBihar, India | Mon 16 Mar |
| BhopalMadhya Pradesh, India | Mon 16 Mar |
| KochiKerala, India | Mon 16 Mar |
| GuwahatiAssam, India | Mon 16 Mar |
| New York CityNew York, United States | Sun 15 MarAnother day |
| Jersey CityNew Jersey, United States | Sun 15 MarAnother day |
| TorontoOntario, Canada | Sun 15 MarAnother day |
| VancouverBritish Columbia, Canada | Sun 15 MarAnother day |
| ChicagoIllinois, United States | Sun 15 MarAnother day |
| HoustonTexas, United States | Sun 15 MarAnother day |
| DallasTexas, United States | Sun 15 MarAnother day |
| San FranciscoCalifornia, United States | Sun 15 MarAnother day |
| Los AngelesCalifornia, United States | Sun 15 MarAnother day |
| LondonEngland, United Kingdom | Sun 15 MarAnother day |
| LeicesterEngland, United Kingdom | Sun 15 MarAnother day |
| BirminghamEngland, United Kingdom | Sun 15 MarAnother day |
| AmsterdamNorth Holland, The Netherlands | Sun 15 MarAnother day |
| DubaiUnited Arab Emirates | Sun 15 MarAnother day |
| Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates | Sun 15 MarAnother day |
| DohaBaladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar | Sun 15 MarAnother day |
| MuscatOman | Sun 15 MarAnother day |
| Kuwait CityAl Asimah, Kuwait | Sun 15 MarAnother day |
| DurbanKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | Sun 15 MarAnother day |
| JohannesburgGauteng, South Africa | Sun 15 MarAnother day |
| NairobiNairobi County, Kenya | Sun 15 MarAnother day |
| Port LouisMauritius | Sun 15 MarAnother day |
| Port of SpainTrinidad and Tobago | Sun 15 MarAnother day |
| GeorgetownDemerara-Mahaica, Guyana | Sun 15 MarAnother day |
| ParamariboParamaribo District, Suriname | Sun 15 MarAnother day |
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