Festival · 2002
Friday 29 March
Holi 2002 is on Friday 29 March 2002 in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India, the place this site reads from until you choose your own. Choose your place above for your date. In 12 of the 49 cities listed below it falls on another day.
| Kept | the day after Holikā Dahana |
| Date | Observance | Decided by |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 28 Mar | Holikā Dahana | Pūrṇimā covers 147 of 147 minutes of sāyāhna. |
| Fri 29 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 | Fri 29 Mar |
| MumbaiMaharashtra, India | Fri 29 Mar |
| KolkataWest Bengal, India | Fri 29 Mar |
| ChennaiTamil Nadu, India | Fri 29 Mar |
| BengaluruKarnataka, India | Fri 29 Mar |
| HyderabadTelangana, India | Fri 29 Mar |
| AhmedabadGujarat, India | Fri 29 Mar |
| PuneMaharashtra, India | Fri 29 Mar |
| JaipurRajasthan, India | Fri 29 Mar |
| LucknowUttar Pradesh, India | Fri 29 Mar |
| VaranasiUttar Pradesh, India | Fri 29 Mar |
| UjjainMadhya Pradesh, India | Fri 29 Mar |
| PatnaBihar, India | Fri 29 Mar |
| BhopalMadhya Pradesh, India | Fri 29 Mar |
| KochiKerala, India | Fri 29 Mar |
| GuwahatiAssam, India | Fri 29 Mar |
| New York CityNew York, United States | Thu 28 MarAnother day |
| Jersey CityNew Jersey, United States | Thu 28 MarAnother day |
| TorontoOntario, Canada | Thu 28 MarAnother day |
| VancouverBritish Columbia, Canada | Thu 28 MarAnother day |
| ChicagoIllinois, United States | Thu 28 MarAnother day |
| HoustonTexas, United States | Thu 28 MarAnother day |
| DallasTexas, United States | Thu 28 MarAnother day |
| San FranciscoCalifornia, United States | Thu 28 MarAnother day |
| Los AngelesCalifornia, United States | Thu 28 MarAnother day |
| LondonEngland, United Kingdom | Fri 29 Mar |
| LeicesterEngland, United Kingdom | Fri 29 Mar |
| BirminghamEngland, United Kingdom | Fri 29 Mar |
| AmsterdamNorth Holland, The Netherlands | Fri 29 Mar |
| DubaiUnited Arab Emirates | Fri 29 Mar |
| Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates | Fri 29 Mar |
| DohaBaladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar | Fri 29 Mar |
| MuscatOman | Fri 29 Mar |
| Kuwait CityAl Asimah, Kuwait | Fri 29 Mar |
| DurbanKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | Fri 29 Mar |
| JohannesburgGauteng, South Africa | Fri 29 Mar |
| NairobiNairobi County, Kenya | Fri 29 Mar |
| Port LouisMauritius | Fri 29 Mar |
| Port of SpainTrinidad and Tobago | Thu 28 MarAnother day |
| GeorgetownDemerara-Mahaica, Guyana | Thu 28 MarAnother day |
| ParamariboParamaribo District, Suriname | Thu 28 MarAnother day |
Each city opens its own page, with the working that decided the date there. A city that is not listed has one too: choose it from the place menu above.