Festival · 2017
Monday 13 March
Holi 2017 is on Monday 13 March 2017 in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India, the place this site reads from until you choose your own. Choose your place above for your date. In 18 of the 49 cities listed below it falls on another day.
| Kept | the day after Holikā Dahana |
| Date | Observance | Decided by |
|---|---|---|
| Sun 12 Mar | Holikā Dahana | Pūrṇimā covers 143 of 143 minutes of sāyāhna. |
| Mon 13 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 13 Mar |
| MumbaiMaharashtra, India | Mon 13 Mar |
| KolkataWest Bengal, India | Mon 13 Mar |
| ChennaiTamil Nadu, India | Mon 13 Mar |
| BengaluruKarnataka, India | Mon 13 Mar |
| HyderabadTelangana, India | Mon 13 Mar |
| AhmedabadGujarat, India | Mon 13 Mar |
| PuneMaharashtra, India | Mon 13 Mar |
| JaipurRajasthan, India | Mon 13 Mar |
| LucknowUttar Pradesh, India | Mon 13 Mar |
| VaranasiUttar Pradesh, India | Mon 13 Mar |
| UjjainMadhya Pradesh, India | Mon 13 Mar |
| PatnaBihar, India | Mon 13 Mar |
| BhopalMadhya Pradesh, India | Mon 13 Mar |
| KochiKerala, India | Mon 13 Mar |
| GuwahatiAssam, India | Mon 13 Mar |
| New York CityNew York, United States | Sun 12 MarAnother day |
| Jersey CityNew Jersey, United States | Sun 12 MarAnother day |
| TorontoOntario, Canada | Sun 12 MarAnother day |
| VancouverBritish Columbia, Canada | Sun 12 MarAnother day |
| ChicagoIllinois, United States | Sun 12 MarAnother day |
| HoustonTexas, United States | Sun 12 MarAnother day |
| DallasTexas, United States | Sun 12 MarAnother day |
| San FranciscoCalifornia, United States | Sun 12 MarAnother day |
| Los AngelesCalifornia, United States | Sun 12 MarAnother day |
| LondonEngland, United Kingdom | Sun 12 MarAnother day |
| LeicesterEngland, United Kingdom | Sun 12 MarAnother day |
| BirminghamEngland, United Kingdom | Sun 12 MarAnother day |
| AmsterdamNorth Holland, The Netherlands | Sun 12 MarAnother day |
| DubaiUnited Arab Emirates | Mon 13 Mar |
| Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates | Mon 13 Mar |
| DohaBaladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar | Mon 13 Mar |
| MuscatOman | Mon 13 Mar |
| Kuwait CityAl Asimah, Kuwait | Mon 13 Mar |
| DurbanKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | Sun 12 MarAnother day |
| JohannesburgGauteng, South Africa | Sun 12 MarAnother day |
| NairobiNairobi County, Kenya | Mon 13 Mar |
| Port LouisMauritius | Mon 13 Mar |
| Port of SpainTrinidad and Tobago | Sun 12 MarAnother day |
| GeorgetownDemerara-Mahaica, Guyana | Sun 12 MarAnother day |
| ParamariboParamaribo District, Suriname | Sun 12 MarAnother day |
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