Festival · 2014
Monday 17 March
Holi 2014 is on Monday 17 March 2014 in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India, the place this site reads from until you choose your own. Choose your place above for your date. In 16 of the 49 cities listed below it falls on another day.
| Kept | the day after Holikā Dahana |
| Date | Observance | Decided by |
|---|---|---|
| Sun 16 Mar | Holikā Dahana | Pūrṇimā covers 144 of 144 minutes of sāyāhna. |
| Mon 17 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 | Mon 17 Mar |
| MumbaiMaharashtra, India | Mon 17 Mar |
| KolkataWest Bengal, India | Mon 17 Mar |
| ChennaiTamil Nadu, India | Mon 17 Mar |
| BengaluruKarnataka, India | Mon 17 Mar |
| HyderabadTelangana, India | Mon 17 Mar |
| AhmedabadGujarat, India | Mon 17 Mar |
| PuneMaharashtra, India | Mon 17 Mar |
| JaipurRajasthan, India | Mon 17 Mar |
| LucknowUttar Pradesh, India | Mon 17 Mar |
| VaranasiUttar Pradesh, India | Mon 17 Mar |
| UjjainMadhya Pradesh, India | Mon 17 Mar |
| PatnaBihar, India | Mon 17 Mar |
| BhopalMadhya Pradesh, India | Mon 17 Mar |
| KochiKerala, India | Mon 17 Mar |
| GuwahatiAssam, India | Mon 17 Mar |
| New York CityNew York, United States | Sun 16 MarAnother day |
| Jersey CityNew Jersey, United States | Sun 16 MarAnother day |
| TorontoOntario, Canada | Sun 16 MarAnother day |
| VancouverBritish Columbia, Canada | Sun 16 MarAnother day |
| ChicagoIllinois, United States | Sun 16 MarAnother day |
| HoustonTexas, United States | Sun 16 MarAnother day |
| DallasTexas, United States | Sun 16 MarAnother day |
| San FranciscoCalifornia, United States | Sun 16 MarAnother day |
| Los AngelesCalifornia, United States | Sun 16 MarAnother day |
| LondonEngland, United Kingdom | Sun 16 MarAnother day |
| LeicesterEngland, United Kingdom | Sun 16 MarAnother day |
| BirminghamEngland, United Kingdom | Sun 16 MarAnother day |
| AmsterdamNorth Holland, The Netherlands | Sun 16 MarAnother day |
| DubaiUnited Arab Emirates | Mon 17 Mar |
| Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates | Mon 17 Mar |
| DohaBaladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar | Mon 17 Mar |
| MuscatOman | Mon 17 Mar |
| Kuwait CityAl Asimah, Kuwait | Mon 17 Mar |
| DurbanKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | Mon 17 Mar |
| JohannesburgGauteng, South Africa | Mon 17 Mar |
| NairobiNairobi County, Kenya | Mon 17 Mar |
| Port LouisMauritius | Mon 17 Mar |
| Port of SpainTrinidad and Tobago | Sun 16 MarAnother day |
| GeorgetownDemerara-Mahaica, Guyana | Sun 16 MarAnother day |
| ParamariboParamaribo District, Suriname | Sun 16 MarAnother day |
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