Festival · 2012
Thursday 8 March
Holi 2012 is on Thursday 8 March 2012 in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India, the place this site reads from until you choose your own. Choose your place above for your date. In 7 of the 49 cities listed below it falls on another day.
| Kept | the day after Holikā Dahana |
| Date | Observance | Decided by |
|---|---|---|
| Wed 7 Mar | Holikā Dahana | Pūrṇimā covers 40 of 142 minutes of sāyāhna. |
| Thu 8 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 | Thu 8 Mar |
| MumbaiMaharashtra, India | Thu 8 Mar |
| KolkataWest Bengal, India | Thu 8 Mar |
| ChennaiTamil Nadu, India | Thu 8 Mar |
| BengaluruKarnataka, India | Thu 8 Mar |
| HyderabadTelangana, India | Thu 8 Mar |
| AhmedabadGujarat, India | Thu 8 Mar |
| PuneMaharashtra, India | Thu 8 Mar |
| JaipurRajasthan, India | Thu 8 Mar |
| LucknowUttar Pradesh, India | Thu 8 Mar |
| VaranasiUttar Pradesh, India | Thu 8 Mar |
| UjjainMadhya Pradesh, India | Thu 8 Mar |
| PatnaBihar, India | Thu 8 Mar |
| BhopalMadhya Pradesh, India | Thu 8 Mar |
| KochiKerala, India | Thu 8 Mar |
| GuwahatiAssam, India | Fri 9 MarAnother day |
| New York CityNew York, United States | Thu 8 Mar |
| Jersey CityNew Jersey, United States | Thu 8 Mar |
| TorontoOntario, Canada | Thu 8 Mar |
| VancouverBritish Columbia, Canada | Thu 8 Mar |
| ChicagoIllinois, United States | Thu 8 Mar |
| HoustonTexas, United States | Thu 8 Mar |
| DallasTexas, United States | Thu 8 Mar |
| San FranciscoCalifornia, United States | Thu 8 Mar |
| Los AngelesCalifornia, United States | Thu 8 Mar |
| LondonEngland, United Kingdom | Thu 8 Mar |
| LeicesterEngland, United Kingdom | Thu 8 Mar |
| BirminghamEngland, United Kingdom | Thu 8 Mar |
| AmsterdamNorth Holland, The Netherlands | Thu 8 Mar |
| DubaiUnited Arab Emirates | Thu 8 Mar |
| Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates | Thu 8 Mar |
| DohaBaladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar | Thu 8 Mar |
| MuscatOman | Thu 8 Mar |
| Kuwait CityAl Asimah, Kuwait | Thu 8 Mar |
| KathmanduBagmati Province, Nepal | Thu 8 Mar |
| ColomboWestern Province, Sri Lanka | Thu 8 Mar |
| SingaporeSingapore | Fri 9 MarAnother day |
| Kuala LumpurMalaysia | Fri 9 MarAnother day |
| SydneyNew South Wales, Australia | Fri 9 MarAnother day |
| MelbourneVictoria, Australia | Fri 9 MarAnother day |
| AucklandNew Zealand | Fri 9 MarAnother day |
| SuvaCentral, Fiji | Fri 9 MarAnother day |
| DurbanKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | Thu 8 Mar |
| JohannesburgGauteng, South Africa | Thu 8 Mar |
| NairobiNairobi County, Kenya | Thu 8 Mar |
| Port LouisMauritius | Thu 8 Mar |
| Port of SpainTrinidad and Tobago | Thu 8 Mar |
| GeorgetownDemerara-Mahaica, Guyana | Thu 8 Mar |
| ParamariboParamaribo District, Suriname | Thu 8 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.