Festival · 2016
Wednesday 23 March
Holi 2016 is on Wednesday 23 March 2016 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 22 Mar | Holikā Dahana | Pūrṇimā covers 146 of 146 minutes of sāyāhna. |
| Wed 23 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 23 Mar |
| MumbaiMaharashtra, India | Wed 23 Mar |
| KolkataWest Bengal, India | Wed 23 Mar |
| ChennaiTamil Nadu, India | Wed 23 Mar |
| BengaluruKarnataka, India | Wed 23 Mar |
| HyderabadTelangana, India | Wed 23 Mar |
| AhmedabadGujarat, India | Wed 23 Mar |
| PuneMaharashtra, India | Wed 23 Mar |
| JaipurRajasthan, India | Wed 23 Mar |
| LucknowUttar Pradesh, India | Wed 23 Mar |
| VaranasiUttar Pradesh, India | Wed 23 Mar |
| UjjainMadhya Pradesh, India | Wed 23 Mar |
| PatnaBihar, India | Wed 23 Mar |
| BhopalMadhya Pradesh, India | Wed 23 Mar |
| KochiKerala, India | Wed 23 Mar |
| GuwahatiAssam, India | Wed 23 Mar |
| New York CityNew York, United States | Wed 23 Mar |
| Jersey CityNew Jersey, United States | Wed 23 Mar |
| TorontoOntario, Canada | Wed 23 Mar |
| VancouverBritish Columbia, Canada | Wed 23 Mar |
| ChicagoIllinois, United States | Wed 23 Mar |
| HoustonTexas, United States | Wed 23 Mar |
| DallasTexas, United States | Wed 23 Mar |
| San FranciscoCalifornia, United States | Wed 23 Mar |
| Los AngelesCalifornia, United States | Wed 23 Mar |
| LondonEngland, United Kingdom | Wed 23 Mar |
| LeicesterEngland, United Kingdom | Wed 23 Mar |
| BirminghamEngland, United Kingdom | Wed 23 Mar |
| AmsterdamNorth Holland, The Netherlands | Wed 23 Mar |
| DubaiUnited Arab Emirates | Wed 23 Mar |
| Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates | Wed 23 Mar |
| DohaBaladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar | Wed 23 Mar |
| MuscatOman | Wed 23 Mar |
| Kuwait CityAl Asimah, Kuwait | Wed 23 Mar |
| KathmanduBagmati Province, Nepal | Wed 23 Mar |
| ColomboWestern Province, Sri Lanka | Wed 23 Mar |
| SingaporeSingapore | Thu 24 MarAnother day |
| Kuala LumpurMalaysia | Thu 24 MarAnother day |
| SydneyNew South Wales, Australia | Thu 24 MarAnother day |
| MelbourneVictoria, Australia | Thu 24 MarAnother day |
| AucklandNew Zealand | Thu 24 MarAnother day |
| SuvaCentral, Fiji | Thu 24 MarAnother day |
| DurbanKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | Wed 23 Mar |
| JohannesburgGauteng, South Africa | Wed 23 Mar |
| NairobiNairobi County, Kenya | Wed 23 Mar |
| Port LouisMauritius | Wed 23 Mar |
| Port of SpainTrinidad and Tobago | Wed 23 Mar |
| GeorgetownDemerara-Mahaica, Guyana | Wed 23 Mar |
| ParamariboParamaribo District, Suriname | Wed 23 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.