Holi 1908 Thu 19 Mar
Festival · the date in New Delhi; each city on its own sunrise and sunset, in its own time
When is Holi 1908?
Holi Sunrise: what time?
Holi in 30 cities
Times in each city’s own zone.
Thu 19 Mar26 cities
India
Nepal
Gulf
South-East Asia
Wed 18 Mar (differs from most cities)4 cities
Gulf
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Holi 1908 by state and country
Each opens Holi 1908 there: the date in each city.
States and territories of India
- Andaman and Nicobar
- Andhra Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Assam
- Bihar
- Chhattisgarh
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
- Goa
- Gujarat
- Haryana
- Himachal Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Jharkhand
- Karnataka
- Kerala
- Ladakh
- Lakshadweep
- Madhya Pradesh
- Maharashtra
- Manipur
- Meghalaya
- Mizoram
- Nagaland
- Odisha
- Punjab
- Rajasthan
- Sikkim
- Tamil Nadu
- Telangana
- Tripura
- Uttar Pradesh
- Uttarakhand
- West Bengal
Countries
Why is Holi on Thu 19 Mar?
In New Delhi
Holi is on Thu 19 Mar: Pratipada holds sunrise that day.
Sunrise at 06:28 is Purnima; Pratipada begins at 07:58. Pratipada: 07:58 to 08:59 Thu.
Pratipada at sunrise, 06:27. Pratipada: 07:58 Wed to 08:59.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). Band: the tithi. Line: Sunrise. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
Holi follows the tithi at sunrise. Pratipada runs from 07:58 on Wed 18 Mar to 08:59 on Thu 19 Mar, so it holds sunrise only on Thu 19 Mar, at 06:27.
The rule
Chaitra Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Phalguna Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Holi follows the tithi at sunrise.
- Smarta
- the day Pratipada holds at sunrise; over two sunrises, the first; with none, the day it is current (Nirnayasindhu).
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.
Why the cities differ
New Delhi keeps Thu 19 Mar. Abu Dhabi keeps Wed 18 Mar.
Time runs down, the same instant across both columns · each city on its own clock · dashed: tithi changes · filled: what each reading keeps
New Delhi · IST
Holi is on Thu 19 Mar: Pratipada holds sunrise that day.
Wed 18 Mar. Sunrise at 06:28 is Purnima; Pratipada begins at 07:58. Pratipada: 07:58 to 08:59 Thu.
Thu 19 Mar. Pratipada at sunrise, 06:27. Pratipada: 07:58 Wed to 08:59.
Abu Dhabi · UTC+4
Holi is on Wed 18 Mar: Pratipada holds two sunrises, and the first is taken.
Wed 18 Mar. Pratipada at sunrise, 06:10. Pratipada: 06:09 to 07:10 Thu.
Thu 19 Mar. Pratipada at sunrise, 06:09. Pratipada: 06:09 Wed to 07:10.
Every city’s own page draws its reason.