Festival · 2005
Saturday 26 March
Holi 2005 is on Saturday 26 March 2005 in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India, the place this site reads from until you choose your own. Choose your place above for your date. In 11 of the 49 cities listed below it falls on another day.
| Kept | the day after Holikā Dahana |
| Date | Observance | Decided by |
|---|---|---|
| Fri 25 Mar | Holikā Dahana | Pūrṇimā covers 147 of 147 minutes of sāyāhna. |
| Sat 26 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 | Sat 26 Mar |
| MumbaiMaharashtra, India | Sat 26 Mar |
| KolkataWest Bengal, India | Sat 26 Mar |
| ChennaiTamil Nadu, India | Sat 26 Mar |
| BengaluruKarnataka, India | Sat 26 Mar |
| HyderabadTelangana, India | Sat 26 Mar |
| AhmedabadGujarat, India | Sat 26 Mar |
| PuneMaharashtra, India | Sat 26 Mar |
| JaipurRajasthan, India | Sat 26 Mar |
| LucknowUttar Pradesh, India | Sat 26 Mar |
| VaranasiUttar Pradesh, India | Sat 26 Mar |
| UjjainMadhya Pradesh, India | Sat 26 Mar |
| PatnaBihar, India | Sat 26 Mar |
| BhopalMadhya Pradesh, India | Sat 26 Mar |
| KochiKerala, India | Sat 26 Mar |
| GuwahatiAssam, India | Sat 26 Mar |
| New York CityNew York, United States | Fri 25 MarAnother day |
| Jersey CityNew Jersey, United States | Fri 25 MarAnother day |
| TorontoOntario, Canada | Fri 25 MarAnother day |
| VancouverBritish Columbia, Canada | Fri 25 MarAnother day |
| ChicagoIllinois, United States | Fri 25 MarAnother day |
| HoustonTexas, United States | Fri 25 MarAnother day |
| DallasTexas, United States | Fri 25 MarAnother day |
| San FranciscoCalifornia, United States | Fri 25 MarAnother day |
| Los AngelesCalifornia, United States | Fri 25 MarAnother day |
| LondonEngland, United Kingdom | Sat 26 Mar |
| LeicesterEngland, United Kingdom | Sat 26 Mar |
| BirminghamEngland, United Kingdom | Sat 26 Mar |
| AmsterdamNorth Holland, The Netherlands | Sat 26 Mar |
| DubaiUnited Arab Emirates | Sat 26 Mar |
| Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates | Sat 26 Mar |
| DohaBaladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar | Sat 26 Mar |
| MuscatOman | Sat 26 Mar |
| Kuwait CityAl Asimah, Kuwait | Sat 26 Mar |
| DurbanKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | Sat 26 Mar |
| JohannesburgGauteng, South Africa | Sat 26 Mar |
| NairobiNairobi County, Kenya | Sat 26 Mar |
| Port LouisMauritius | Sat 26 Mar |
| Port of SpainTrinidad and Tobago | Fri 25 MarAnother day |
| GeorgetownDemerara-Mahaica, Guyana | Fri 25 MarAnother day |
| ParamariboParamaribo District, Suriname | Sat 26 Mar |
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