Festival · 2019
Thursday 21 March
Holi 2019 is on Thursday 21 March 2019 in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India, the place this site reads from until you choose your own. Choose your place above for your date.
| Kept | the day after Holikā Dahana |
| Date | Observance | Decided by |
|---|---|---|
| Wed 20 Mar | Holikā Dahana | Pūrṇimā covers 145 of 145 minutes of sāyāhna. |
| Thu 21 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 21 Mar |
| MumbaiMaharashtra, India | Thu 21 Mar |
| KolkataWest Bengal, India | Thu 21 Mar |
| ChennaiTamil Nadu, India | Thu 21 Mar |
| BengaluruKarnataka, India | Thu 21 Mar |
| HyderabadTelangana, India | Thu 21 Mar |
| AhmedabadGujarat, India | Thu 21 Mar |
| PuneMaharashtra, India | Thu 21 Mar |
| JaipurRajasthan, India | Thu 21 Mar |
| LucknowUttar Pradesh, India | Thu 21 Mar |
| VaranasiUttar Pradesh, India | Thu 21 Mar |
| UjjainMadhya Pradesh, India | Thu 21 Mar |
| PatnaBihar, India | Thu 21 Mar |
| BhopalMadhya Pradesh, India | Thu 21 Mar |
| KochiKerala, India | Thu 21 Mar |
| GuwahatiAssam, India | Thu 21 Mar |
| New York CityNew York, United States | Thu 21 Mar |
| Jersey CityNew Jersey, United States | Thu 21 Mar |
| TorontoOntario, Canada | Thu 21 Mar |
| VancouverBritish Columbia, Canada | Thu 21 Mar |
| ChicagoIllinois, United States | Thu 21 Mar |
| HoustonTexas, United States | Thu 21 Mar |
| DallasTexas, United States | Thu 21 Mar |
| San FranciscoCalifornia, United States | Thu 21 Mar |
| Los AngelesCalifornia, United States | Thu 21 Mar |
| LondonEngland, United Kingdom | Thu 21 Mar |
| LeicesterEngland, United Kingdom | Thu 21 Mar |
| BirminghamEngland, United Kingdom | Thu 21 Mar |
| AmsterdamNorth Holland, The Netherlands | Thu 21 Mar |
| DubaiUnited Arab Emirates | Thu 21 Mar |
| Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates | Thu 21 Mar |
| DohaBaladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar | Thu 21 Mar |
| MuscatOman | Thu 21 Mar |
| Kuwait CityAl Asimah, Kuwait | Thu 21 Mar |
| DurbanKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | Thu 21 Mar |
| JohannesburgGauteng, South Africa | Thu 21 Mar |
| NairobiNairobi County, Kenya | Thu 21 Mar |
| Port LouisMauritius | Thu 21 Mar |
| Port of SpainTrinidad and Tobago | Thu 21 Mar |
| GeorgetownDemerara-Mahaica, Guyana | Thu 21 Mar |
| ParamariboParamaribo District, Suriname | Thu 21 Mar |
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