Festival · 2006
Wednesday 15 March
Holi 2006 is on Wednesday 15 March 2006 in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India, the place this site reads from until you choose your own. Choose your place above for your date. In 6 of the 49 cities listed below it falls on another day.
| Kept | the day after Holikā Dahana |
| Date | Observance | Decided by |
|---|---|---|
| Tue 14 Mar | Holikā Dahana | Pūrṇimā covers 144 of 144 minutes of sāyāhna. |
| Wed 15 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 | Wed 15 Mar |
| MumbaiMaharashtra, India | Wed 15 Mar |
| KolkataWest Bengal, India | Wed 15 Mar |
| ChennaiTamil Nadu, India | Wed 15 Mar |
| BengaluruKarnataka, India | Wed 15 Mar |
| HyderabadTelangana, India | Wed 15 Mar |
| AhmedabadGujarat, India | Wed 15 Mar |
| PuneMaharashtra, India | Wed 15 Mar |
| JaipurRajasthan, India | Wed 15 Mar |
| LucknowUttar Pradesh, India | Wed 15 Mar |
| VaranasiUttar Pradesh, India | Wed 15 Mar |
| UjjainMadhya Pradesh, India | Wed 15 Mar |
| PatnaBihar, India | Wed 15 Mar |
| BhopalMadhya Pradesh, India | Wed 15 Mar |
| KochiKerala, India | Wed 15 Mar |
| GuwahatiAssam, India | Wed 15 Mar |
| New York CityNew York, United States | Wed 15 Mar |
| Jersey CityNew Jersey, United States | Wed 15 Mar |
| TorontoOntario, Canada | Wed 15 Mar |
| VancouverBritish Columbia, Canada | Tue 14 MarAnother day |
| ChicagoIllinois, United States | Tue 14 MarAnother day |
| HoustonTexas, United States | Tue 14 MarAnother day |
| DallasTexas, United States | Tue 14 MarAnother day |
| San FranciscoCalifornia, United States | Tue 14 MarAnother day |
| Los AngelesCalifornia, United States | Tue 14 MarAnother day |
| LondonEngland, United Kingdom | Wed 15 Mar |
| LeicesterEngland, United Kingdom | Wed 15 Mar |
| BirminghamEngland, United Kingdom | Wed 15 Mar |
| AmsterdamNorth Holland, The Netherlands | Wed 15 Mar |
| DubaiUnited Arab Emirates | Wed 15 Mar |
| Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates | Wed 15 Mar |
| DohaBaladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar | Wed 15 Mar |
| MuscatOman | Wed 15 Mar |
| Kuwait CityAl Asimah, Kuwait | Wed 15 Mar |
| DurbanKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | Wed 15 Mar |
| JohannesburgGauteng, South Africa | Wed 15 Mar |
| NairobiNairobi County, Kenya | Wed 15 Mar |
| Port LouisMauritius | Wed 15 Mar |
| Port of SpainTrinidad and Tobago | Wed 15 Mar |
| GeorgetownDemerara-Mahaica, Guyana | Wed 15 Mar |
| ParamariboParamaribo District, Suriname | Wed 15 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.