Festival · 2000
Monday 20 March
Holi 2000 is on Monday 20 March 2000 in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India, the place this site reads from until you choose your own. Choose your place above for your date. In 2 of the 49 cities listed below it falls on another day.
| Kept | the day after Holikā Dahana |
| Date | Observance | Decided by |
|---|---|---|
| Sun 19 Mar | Holikā Dahana | Pūrṇimā covers 145 of 145 minutes of sāyāhna. |
| Mon 20 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 20 Mar |
| MumbaiMaharashtra, India | Mon 20 Mar |
| KolkataWest Bengal, India | Mon 20 Mar |
| ChennaiTamil Nadu, India | Mon 20 Mar |
| BengaluruKarnataka, India | Mon 20 Mar |
| HyderabadTelangana, India | Mon 20 Mar |
| AhmedabadGujarat, India | Mon 20 Mar |
| PuneMaharashtra, India | Mon 20 Mar |
| JaipurRajasthan, India | Mon 20 Mar |
| LucknowUttar Pradesh, India | Mon 20 Mar |
| VaranasiUttar Pradesh, India | Mon 20 Mar |
| UjjainMadhya Pradesh, India | Mon 20 Mar |
| PatnaBihar, India | Mon 20 Mar |
| BhopalMadhya Pradesh, India | Mon 20 Mar |
| KochiKerala, India | Mon 20 Mar |
| GuwahatiAssam, India | Mon 20 Mar |
| New York CityNew York, United States | Mon 20 Mar |
| Jersey CityNew Jersey, United States | Mon 20 Mar |
| TorontoOntario, Canada | Mon 20 Mar |
| VancouverBritish Columbia, Canada | Mon 20 Mar |
| ChicagoIllinois, United States | Mon 20 Mar |
| HoustonTexas, United States | Mon 20 Mar |
| DallasTexas, United States | Mon 20 Mar |
| San FranciscoCalifornia, United States | Mon 20 Mar |
| Los AngelesCalifornia, United States | Mon 20 Mar |
| LondonEngland, United Kingdom | Mon 20 Mar |
| LeicesterEngland, United Kingdom | Mon 20 Mar |
| BirminghamEngland, United Kingdom | Mon 20 Mar |
| AmsterdamNorth Holland, The Netherlands | Mon 20 Mar |
| DubaiUnited Arab Emirates | Mon 20 Mar |
| Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates | Mon 20 Mar |
| DohaBaladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar | Mon 20 Mar |
| MuscatOman | Mon 20 Mar |
| Kuwait CityAl Asimah, Kuwait | Mon 20 Mar |
| KathmanduBagmati Province, Nepal | Mon 20 Mar |
| ColomboWestern Province, Sri Lanka | Mon 20 Mar |
| SingaporeSingapore | Mon 20 Mar |
| Kuala LumpurMalaysia | Mon 20 Mar |
| SydneyNew South Wales, Australia | Mon 20 Mar |
| MelbourneVictoria, Australia | Mon 20 Mar |
| AucklandNew Zealand | Tue 21 MarAnother day |
| SuvaCentral, Fiji | Tue 21 MarAnother day |
| DurbanKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | Mon 20 Mar |
| JohannesburgGauteng, South Africa | Mon 20 Mar |
| NairobiNairobi County, Kenya | Mon 20 Mar |
| Port LouisMauritius | Mon 20 Mar |
| Port of SpainTrinidad and Tobago | Mon 20 Mar |
| GeorgetownDemerara-Mahaica, Guyana | Mon 20 Mar |
| ParamariboParamaribo District, Suriname | Mon 20 Mar |
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