Major festival · 2027
Holika Dahan 2027 — date across the world
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India · Monday22 March 2027
Holika Dahan is the bonfire on the eve of Holi, recalling the deliverance of Prahlada and the burning of Holika — the ritual burning-away of evil that precedes the colours.
| City | Country | Date | Weekday | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Delhi | India | Monday | Provisional | |
| Ahmedabad | India | Monday | Provisional | |
| Amritsar | India | Monday | Provisional | |
| Ayodhya | India | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Bengaluru | India | Monday | Provisional | |
| Bhopal | India | Monday | Provisional | |
| Chandigarh | India | Monday | Provisional | |
| Chennai | India | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Coimbatore | India | Monday | Provisional | |
| Dwarka | India | Monday | Provisional | |
| Gurugram | India | Monday | Provisional | |
| Guwahati | India | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Haridwar | India | Monday | Provisional | |
| Hyderabad | India | Monday | Provisional | |
| Indore | India | Monday | Provisional | |
| Jaipur | India | Monday | Provisional | |
| Kanpur | India | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Kochi | India | Monday | Provisional | |
| Kolkata | India | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Lucknow | India | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Madurai | India | Monday | Provisional | |
| Mathura | India | Monday | Provisional | |
| Mumbai | India | Monday | Provisional | |
| Nagpur | India | Monday | Provisional | |
| Nashik | India | Monday | Provisional | |
| Noida | India | Monday | Provisional | |
| Patna | India | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Prayagraj | India | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Pune | India | Monday | Provisional | |
| Puri | India | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Rameswaram | India | Monday | Provisional | |
| Rishikesh | India | Monday | Provisional | |
| Shirdi | India | Monday | Provisional | |
| Surat | India | Monday | Provisional | |
| Thiruvananthapuram | India | Monday | Provisional | |
| Tirupati | India | Monday | Provisional | |
| Ujjain | India | Monday | Provisional | |
| Vadodara | India | Monday | Provisional | |
| Varanasi | India | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Vijayawada | India | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Visakhapatnam | India | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Vrindavan | India | Monday | Provisional | |
| Atlanta | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Austin | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Bellevue | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Boston | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Brampton | Canada | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Calgary | Canada | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Cary | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Charlotte | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Chicago | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Columbus | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Dallas | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Denver | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Detroit | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Edison | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Edmonton | Canada | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Fremont | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Honolulu | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Houston | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Irvine | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Jersey City | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Kansas City | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Las Vegas | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Los Angeles | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Miami | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Minneapolis | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Mississauga | Canada | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Montreal | Canada | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Nashville | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| New York | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Orlando | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Ottawa | Canada | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Philadelphia | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Phoenix | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Pittsburgh | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Portland | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Raleigh | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Sacramento | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| San Diego | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| San Francisco | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| San Jose | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Seattle | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| St. Louis | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Surrey | Canada | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Tampa | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Toronto | Canada | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Troy | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Vancouver | Canada | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Washington | USA | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Winnipeg | Canada | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Amsterdam | Netherlands | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Barcelona | Spain | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Berlin | Germany | Monday | Provisional | |
| Birmingham | United Kingdom | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Bradford | United Kingdom | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Brussels | Belgium | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Coventry | United Kingdom | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Dublin | Ireland | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Frankfurt | Germany | Monday | Provisional | |
| Geneva | Switzerland | Monday | Provisional | |
| Glasgow | United Kingdom | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Hamburg | Germany | Monday | Provisional | |
| Harrow | United Kingdom | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Leeds | United Kingdom | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Leicester | United Kingdom | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Lisbon | Portugal | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| London | United Kingdom | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Madrid | Spain | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Manchester | United Kingdom | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Milan | Italy | Monday | Provisional | |
| Munich | Germany | Monday | Provisional | |
| Nottingham | United Kingdom | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Oslo | Norway | Monday | Provisional | |
| Paris | France | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Rome | Italy | Monday | Provisional | |
| Rotterdam | Netherlands | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Slough | United Kingdom | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Stockholm | Sweden | Monday | Provisional | |
| The Hague | Netherlands | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Vienna | Austria | Monday | Provisional | |
| Wolverhampton | United Kingdom | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Zurich | Switzerland | Monday | Provisional | |
| Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | Monday | Provisional | |
| Ajman | United Arab Emirates | Monday | Provisional | |
| Al Ain | United Arab Emirates | Monday | Provisional | |
| Dammam | Saudi Arabia | Monday | Provisional | |
| Doha | Qatar | Monday | Provisional | |
| Dubai | United Arab Emirates | Monday | Provisional | |
| Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | Monday | Provisional | |
| Kuwait City | Kuwait | Monday | Provisional | |
| Manama | Bahrain | Monday | Provisional | |
| Muscat | Oman | Monday | Provisional | |
| Ras Al Khaimah | United Arab Emirates | Monday | Provisional | |
| Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | Monday | Provisional | |
| Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | Monday | Provisional | |
| Cape Town | South Africa | Monday | Provisional | |
| Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | Monday | Provisional | |
| Durban | South Africa | Monday | Provisional | |
| Harare | Zimbabwe | Monday | Provisional | |
| Johannesburg | South Africa | Monday | Provisional | |
| Kampala | Uganda | Monday | Provisional | |
| Lusaka | Zambia | Monday | Provisional | |
| Mombasa | Kenya | Monday | Provisional | |
| Nairobi | Kenya | Monday | Provisional | |
| Port Louis | Mauritius | Monday | Provisional | |
| Pretoria | South Africa | Monday | Provisional | |
| Bangkok | Thailand | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Colombo | Sri Lanka | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Denpasar | Indonesia | Monday | Provisional | |
| George Town | Malaysia | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Hong Kong | China | Monday | Provisional | |
| Ipoh | Malaysia | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Jaffna | Sri Lanka | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Jakarta | Indonesia | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Johor Bahru | Malaysia | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Kandy | Sri Lanka | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Kathmandu | Nepal | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Klang | Malaysia | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Singapore | Singapore | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Adelaide | Australia | Monday | Provisional | |
| Auckland | New Zealand | Monday | Provisional | |
| Brisbane | Australia | Monday | Provisional | |
| Canberra | Australia | Monday | Provisional | |
| Christchurch | New Zealand | Monday | Provisional | |
| Darwin | Australia | Monday | Provisional | |
| Gold Coast | Australia | Monday | Provisional | |
| Melbourne | Australia | Monday | Provisional | |
| Nadi | Fiji | Monday | Provisional | |
| Perth | Australia | Monday | Provisional | |
| Suva | Fiji | Monday | Provisional | |
| Sydney | Australia | Monday | Provisional | |
| Wellington | New Zealand | Monday | Provisional | |
| Chaguanas | Trinidad and Tobago | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Georgetown | Guyana | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Paramaribo | Suriname | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| Port of Spain | Trinidad and Tobago | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
| San Fernando | Trinidad and Tobago | ✦ | Sunday | Provisional |
✦ marks a city whose observed date differs from India because of its timezone.
Frequently asked
When is Holika Dahan 2027?
In India (New Delhi), Holika Dahan 2027 is Monday, 22 March 2027. In the diaspora the date can shift by a day depending on timezone — the table lists each city.
Does Holika Dahan fall on the same day everywhere?
Not always. Because tithis are tied to the moon, not to midnight, Holika Dahan can land on a different calendar day outside India. Each city's date is computed separately.
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