Festival · 1997
Monday 24 March
Holi 1997 is on Monday 24 March 1997 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sun 23 Mar | Holikā Dahana | Pūrṇimā covers 146 of 146 minutes of sāyāhna. |
| Mon 24 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 24 Mar |
| MumbaiMaharashtra, India | Mon 24 Mar |
| KolkataWest Bengal, India | Mon 24 Mar |
| ChennaiTamil Nadu, India | Mon 24 Mar |
| BengaluruKarnataka, India | Mon 24 Mar |
| HyderabadTelangana, India | Mon 24 Mar |
| AhmedabadGujarat, India | Mon 24 Mar |
| PuneMaharashtra, India | Mon 24 Mar |
| JaipurRajasthan, India | Mon 24 Mar |
| LucknowUttar Pradesh, India | Mon 24 Mar |
| VaranasiUttar Pradesh, India | Mon 24 Mar |
| UjjainMadhya Pradesh, India | Mon 24 Mar |
| PatnaBihar, India | Mon 24 Mar |
| BhopalMadhya Pradesh, India | Mon 24 Mar |
| KochiKerala, India | Mon 24 Mar |
| GuwahatiAssam, India | Mon 24 Mar |
| New York CityNew York, United States | Mon 24 Mar |
| Jersey CityNew Jersey, United States | Mon 24 Mar |
| TorontoOntario, Canada | Mon 24 Mar |
| VancouverBritish Columbia, Canada | Mon 24 Mar |
| ChicagoIllinois, United States | Mon 24 Mar |
| HoustonTexas, United States | Mon 24 Mar |
| DallasTexas, United States | Mon 24 Mar |
| San FranciscoCalifornia, United States | Mon 24 Mar |
| Los AngelesCalifornia, United States | Mon 24 Mar |
| LondonEngland, United Kingdom | Mon 24 Mar |
| LeicesterEngland, United Kingdom | Mon 24 Mar |
| BirminghamEngland, United Kingdom | Mon 24 Mar |
| AmsterdamNorth Holland, The Netherlands | Mon 24 Mar |
| DubaiUnited Arab Emirates | Mon 24 Mar |
| Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates | Mon 24 Mar |
| DohaBaladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar | Mon 24 Mar |
| MuscatOman | Mon 24 Mar |
| Kuwait CityAl Asimah, Kuwait | Mon 24 Mar |
| DurbanKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | Mon 24 Mar |
| JohannesburgGauteng, South Africa | Mon 24 Mar |
| NairobiNairobi County, Kenya | Mon 24 Mar |
| Port LouisMauritius | Mon 24 Mar |
| Port of SpainTrinidad and Tobago | Mon 24 Mar |
| GeorgetownDemerara-Mahaica, Guyana | Mon 24 Mar |
| ParamariboParamaribo District, Suriname | Mon 24 Mar |
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