Festival · 2011
Sunday 20 March
Holi 2011 is on Sunday 20 March 2011 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sat 19 Mar | Holikā Dahana | Pūrṇimā covers 145 of 145 minutes of sāyāhna. |
| Sun 20 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 | Sun 20 Mar |
| MumbaiMaharashtra, India | Sun 20 Mar |
| KolkataWest Bengal, India | Sun 20 Mar |
| ChennaiTamil Nadu, India | Sun 20 Mar |
| BengaluruKarnataka, India | Sun 20 Mar |
| HyderabadTelangana, India | Sun 20 Mar |
| AhmedabadGujarat, India | Sun 20 Mar |
| PuneMaharashtra, India | Sun 20 Mar |
| JaipurRajasthan, India | Sun 20 Mar |
| LucknowUttar Pradesh, India | Sun 20 Mar |
| VaranasiUttar Pradesh, India | Sun 20 Mar |
| UjjainMadhya Pradesh, India | Sun 20 Mar |
| PatnaBihar, India | Sun 20 Mar |
| BhopalMadhya Pradesh, India | Sun 20 Mar |
| KochiKerala, India | Sun 20 Mar |
| GuwahatiAssam, India | Sun 20 Mar |
| New York CityNew York, United States | Sat 19 MarAnother day |
| Jersey CityNew Jersey, United States | Sat 19 MarAnother day |
| TorontoOntario, Canada | Sat 19 MarAnother day |
| VancouverBritish Columbia, Canada | Sat 19 MarAnother day |
| ChicagoIllinois, United States | Sat 19 MarAnother day |
| HoustonTexas, United States | Sat 19 MarAnother day |
| DallasTexas, United States | Sat 19 MarAnother day |
| San FranciscoCalifornia, United States | Sat 19 MarAnother day |
| Los AngelesCalifornia, United States | Sat 19 MarAnother day |
| LondonEngland, United Kingdom | Sun 20 Mar |
| LeicesterEngland, United Kingdom | Sun 20 Mar |
| BirminghamEngland, United Kingdom | Sun 20 Mar |
| AmsterdamNorth Holland, The Netherlands | Sun 20 Mar |
| DubaiUnited Arab Emirates | Sun 20 Mar |
| Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates | Sun 20 Mar |
| DohaBaladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar | Sun 20 Mar |
| MuscatOman | Sun 20 Mar |
| Kuwait CityAl Asimah, Kuwait | Sun 20 Mar |
| DurbanKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | Sun 20 Mar |
| JohannesburgGauteng, South Africa | Sun 20 Mar |
| NairobiNairobi County, Kenya | Sun 20 Mar |
| Port LouisMauritius | Sun 20 Mar |
| Port of SpainTrinidad and Tobago | Sat 19 MarAnother day |
| GeorgetownDemerara-Mahaica, Guyana | Sat 19 MarAnother day |
| ParamariboParamaribo District, Suriname | Sat 19 MarAnother day |
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