Festival · 2003
Tuesday 18 March
Holi 2003 is on Tuesday 18 March 2003 in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India, the place this site reads from until you choose your own. Choose your place above for your date. In 15 of the 49 cities listed below it falls on another day.
| Kept | the day after Holikā Dahana |
| Date | Observance | Decided by |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 17 Mar | Holikā Dahana | Pūrṇimā does not reach sāyāhna on either day. |
| Tue 18 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 | Tue 18 Mar |
| MumbaiMaharashtra, India | Tue 18 Mar |
| KolkataWest Bengal, India | Wed 19 MarAnother day |
| ChennaiTamil Nadu, India | Wed 19 MarAnother day |
| BengaluruKarnataka, India | Tue 18 Mar |
| HyderabadTelangana, India | Wed 19 MarAnother day |
| AhmedabadGujarat, India | Tue 18 Mar |
| PuneMaharashtra, India | Tue 18 Mar |
| JaipurRajasthan, India | Tue 18 Mar |
| LucknowUttar Pradesh, India | Wed 19 MarAnother day |
| VaranasiUttar Pradesh, India | Wed 19 MarAnother day |
| UjjainMadhya Pradesh, India | Tue 18 Mar |
| PatnaBihar, India | Wed 19 MarAnother day |
| BhopalMadhya Pradesh, India | Tue 18 Mar |
| KochiKerala, India | Tue 18 Mar |
| GuwahatiAssam, India | Wed 19 MarAnother day |
| New York CityNew York, United States | Tue 18 Mar |
| Jersey CityNew Jersey, United States | Tue 18 Mar |
| TorontoOntario, Canada | Tue 18 Mar |
| VancouverBritish Columbia, Canada | Tue 18 Mar |
| ChicagoIllinois, United States | Tue 18 Mar |
| HoustonTexas, United States | Tue 18 Mar |
| DallasTexas, United States | Tue 18 Mar |
| San FranciscoCalifornia, United States | Tue 18 Mar |
| Los AngelesCalifornia, United States | Tue 18 Mar |
| LondonEngland, United Kingdom | Tue 18 Mar |
| LeicesterEngland, United Kingdom | Tue 18 Mar |
| BirminghamEngland, United Kingdom | Tue 18 Mar |
| AmsterdamNorth Holland, The Netherlands | Tue 18 Mar |
| DubaiUnited Arab Emirates | Tue 18 Mar |
| Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates | Tue 18 Mar |
| DohaBaladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar | Tue 18 Mar |
| MuscatOman | Tue 18 Mar |
| Kuwait CityAl Asimah, Kuwait | Tue 18 Mar |
| KathmanduBagmati Province, Nepal | Wed 19 MarAnother day |
| ColomboWestern Province, Sri Lanka | Wed 19 MarAnother day |
| SingaporeSingapore | Wed 19 MarAnother day |
| Kuala LumpurMalaysia | Wed 19 MarAnother day |
| SydneyNew South Wales, Australia | Wed 19 MarAnother day |
| MelbourneVictoria, Australia | Wed 19 MarAnother day |
| AucklandNew Zealand | Wed 19 MarAnother day |
| SuvaCentral, Fiji | Wed 19 MarAnother day |
| DurbanKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | Tue 18 Mar |
| JohannesburgGauteng, South Africa | Tue 18 Mar |
| NairobiNairobi County, Kenya | Tue 18 Mar |
| Port LouisMauritius | Tue 18 Mar |
| Port of SpainTrinidad and Tobago | Tue 18 Mar |
| GeorgetownDemerara-Mahaica, Guyana | Tue 18 Mar |
| ParamariboParamaribo District, Suriname | Tue 18 Mar |
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.