Festival · 2013
Wednesday 27 March
Holi 2013 is on Wednesday 27 March 2013 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 26 Mar | Holikā Dahana | Pūrṇimā covers 135 of 147 minutes of sāyāhna. |
| Wed 27 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 27 Mar |
| MumbaiMaharashtra, India | Wed 27 Mar |
| KolkataWest Bengal, India | Wed 27 Mar |
| ChennaiTamil Nadu, India | Wed 27 Mar |
| BengaluruKarnataka, India | Wed 27 Mar |
| HyderabadTelangana, India | Wed 27 Mar |
| AhmedabadGujarat, India | Wed 27 Mar |
| PuneMaharashtra, India | Wed 27 Mar |
| JaipurRajasthan, India | Wed 27 Mar |
| LucknowUttar Pradesh, India | Wed 27 Mar |
| VaranasiUttar Pradesh, India | Wed 27 Mar |
| UjjainMadhya Pradesh, India | Wed 27 Mar |
| PatnaBihar, India | Wed 27 Mar |
| BhopalMadhya Pradesh, India | Wed 27 Mar |
| KochiKerala, India | Wed 27 Mar |
| GuwahatiAssam, India | Wed 27 Mar |
| New York CityNew York, United States | Wed 27 Mar |
| Jersey CityNew Jersey, United States | Wed 27 Mar |
| TorontoOntario, Canada | Wed 27 Mar |
| VancouverBritish Columbia, Canada | Wed 27 Mar |
| ChicagoIllinois, United States | Wed 27 Mar |
| HoustonTexas, United States | Wed 27 Mar |
| DallasTexas, United States | Wed 27 Mar |
| San FranciscoCalifornia, United States | Wed 27 Mar |
| Los AngelesCalifornia, United States | Wed 27 Mar |
| LondonEngland, United Kingdom | Wed 27 Mar |
| LeicesterEngland, United Kingdom | Wed 27 Mar |
| BirminghamEngland, United Kingdom | Wed 27 Mar |
| AmsterdamNorth Holland, The Netherlands | Wed 27 Mar |
| DubaiUnited Arab Emirates | Wed 27 Mar |
| Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates | Wed 27 Mar |
| DohaBaladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar | Wed 27 Mar |
| MuscatOman | Wed 27 Mar |
| Kuwait CityAl Asimah, Kuwait | Wed 27 Mar |
| KathmanduBagmati Province, Nepal | Wed 27 Mar |
| ColomboWestern Province, Sri Lanka | Wed 27 Mar |
| SingaporeSingapore | Thu 28 MarAnother day |
| Kuala LumpurMalaysia | Thu 28 MarAnother day |
| SydneyNew South Wales, Australia | Thu 28 MarAnother day |
| MelbourneVictoria, Australia | Thu 28 MarAnother day |
| AucklandNew Zealand | Thu 28 MarAnother day |
| SuvaCentral, Fiji | Thu 28 MarAnother day |
| DurbanKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | Wed 27 Mar |
| JohannesburgGauteng, South Africa | Wed 27 Mar |
| NairobiNairobi County, Kenya | Wed 27 Mar |
| Port LouisMauritius | Wed 27 Mar |
| Port of SpainTrinidad and Tobago | Wed 27 Mar |
| GeorgetownDemerara-Mahaica, Guyana | Wed 27 Mar |
| ParamariboParamaribo District, Suriname | Wed 27 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.