Festival · 2021
Monday 29 March
Holi 2021 is on Monday 29 March 2021 in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India, the place this site reads from until you choose your own. Choose your place above for your date. In 12 of the 49 cities listed below it falls on another day.
| Kept | the day after Holikā Dahana |
| Date | Observance | Decided by |
|---|---|---|
| Sun 28 Mar | Holikā Dahana | Pūrṇimā covers 147 of 147 minutes of sāyāhna. |
| Mon 29 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 29 Mar |
| MumbaiMaharashtra, India | Mon 29 Mar |
| KolkataWest Bengal, India | Mon 29 Mar |
| ChennaiTamil Nadu, India | Mon 29 Mar |
| BengaluruKarnataka, India | Mon 29 Mar |
| HyderabadTelangana, India | Mon 29 Mar |
| AhmedabadGujarat, India | Mon 29 Mar |
| PuneMaharashtra, India | Mon 29 Mar |
| JaipurRajasthan, India | Mon 29 Mar |
| LucknowUttar Pradesh, India | Mon 29 Mar |
| VaranasiUttar Pradesh, India | Mon 29 Mar |
| UjjainMadhya Pradesh, India | Mon 29 Mar |
| PatnaBihar, India | Mon 29 Mar |
| BhopalMadhya Pradesh, India | Mon 29 Mar |
| KochiKerala, India | Mon 29 Mar |
| GuwahatiAssam, India | Mon 29 Mar |
| New York CityNew York, United States | Sun 28 MarAnother day |
| Jersey CityNew Jersey, United States | Sun 28 MarAnother day |
| TorontoOntario, Canada | Sun 28 MarAnother day |
| VancouverBritish Columbia, Canada | Sun 28 MarAnother day |
| ChicagoIllinois, United States | Sun 28 MarAnother day |
| HoustonTexas, United States | Sun 28 MarAnother day |
| DallasTexas, United States | Sun 28 MarAnother day |
| San FranciscoCalifornia, United States | Sun 28 MarAnother day |
| Los AngelesCalifornia, United States | Sun 28 MarAnother day |
| LondonEngland, United Kingdom | Mon 29 Mar |
| LeicesterEngland, United Kingdom | Mon 29 Mar |
| BirminghamEngland, United Kingdom | Mon 29 Mar |
| AmsterdamNorth Holland, The Netherlands | Mon 29 Mar |
| DubaiUnited Arab Emirates | Mon 29 Mar |
| Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates | Mon 29 Mar |
| DohaBaladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar | Mon 29 Mar |
| MuscatOman | Mon 29 Mar |
| Kuwait CityAl Asimah, Kuwait | Mon 29 Mar |
| DurbanKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | Mon 29 Mar |
| JohannesburgGauteng, South Africa | Mon 29 Mar |
| NairobiNairobi County, Kenya | Mon 29 Mar |
| Port LouisMauritius | Mon 29 Mar |
| Port of SpainTrinidad and Tobago | Sun 28 MarAnother day |
| GeorgetownDemerara-Mahaica, Guyana | Sun 28 MarAnother day |
| ParamariboParamaribo District, Suriname | Sun 28 MarAnother day |
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