Festival · 2009
Wednesday 11 March
Holi 2009 is on Wednesday 11 March 2009 in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India, the place this site reads from until you choose your own. Choose your place above for your date.
| Kept | the day after Holikā Dahana |
| Date | Observance | Decided by |
|---|---|---|
| Tue 10 Mar | Holikā Dahana | Pūrṇimā covers 143 of 143 minutes of sāyāhna. |
| Wed 11 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 11 Mar |
| MumbaiMaharashtra, India | Wed 11 Mar |
| KolkataWest Bengal, India | Wed 11 Mar |
| ChennaiTamil Nadu, India | Wed 11 Mar |
| BengaluruKarnataka, India | Wed 11 Mar |
| HyderabadTelangana, India | Wed 11 Mar |
| AhmedabadGujarat, India | Wed 11 Mar |
| PuneMaharashtra, India | Wed 11 Mar |
| JaipurRajasthan, India | Wed 11 Mar |
| LucknowUttar Pradesh, India | Wed 11 Mar |
| VaranasiUttar Pradesh, India | Wed 11 Mar |
| UjjainMadhya Pradesh, India | Wed 11 Mar |
| PatnaBihar, India | Wed 11 Mar |
| BhopalMadhya Pradesh, India | Wed 11 Mar |
| KochiKerala, India | Wed 11 Mar |
| GuwahatiAssam, India | Wed 11 Mar |
| New York CityNew York, United States | Wed 11 Mar |
| Jersey CityNew Jersey, United States | Wed 11 Mar |
| TorontoOntario, Canada | Wed 11 Mar |
| VancouverBritish Columbia, Canada | Wed 11 Mar |
| ChicagoIllinois, United States | Wed 11 Mar |
| HoustonTexas, United States | Wed 11 Mar |
| DallasTexas, United States | Wed 11 Mar |
| San FranciscoCalifornia, United States | Wed 11 Mar |
| Los AngelesCalifornia, United States | Wed 11 Mar |
| LondonEngland, United Kingdom | Wed 11 Mar |
| LeicesterEngland, United Kingdom | Wed 11 Mar |
| BirminghamEngland, United Kingdom | Wed 11 Mar |
| AmsterdamNorth Holland, The Netherlands | Wed 11 Mar |
| DubaiUnited Arab Emirates | Wed 11 Mar |
| Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates | Wed 11 Mar |
| DohaBaladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar | Wed 11 Mar |
| MuscatOman | Wed 11 Mar |
| Kuwait CityAl Asimah, Kuwait | Wed 11 Mar |
| DurbanKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | Wed 11 Mar |
| JohannesburgGauteng, South Africa | Wed 11 Mar |
| NairobiNairobi County, Kenya | Wed 11 Mar |
| Port LouisMauritius | Wed 11 Mar |
| Port of SpainTrinidad and Tobago | Wed 11 Mar |
| GeorgetownDemerara-Mahaica, Guyana | Wed 11 Mar |
| ParamariboParamaribo District, Suriname | Wed 11 Mar |
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