Holi 2027: date and Holika dahan time

Holi 2027 timings

Bhadra (Vishti karana) is traditionally avoided for Holika dahan. When Purnima begins in the evening, Bhadra usually covers its first half, so local committees often light the fire later in the night. Your mandir or panchang will name the exact time.

Holika dahan puja

1. Collect wood and cow dung cakes at a crossroads or open ground in the days before.
2. Tie raw cotton thread around the pile, walking around it three or seven times.
3. Offer water, roli, akshat, flowers, raw turmeric, moong and gulal.
4. Roast new wheat or barley ears in the fire and share them.
5. Take a little ash home as a blessing in many families.

Holi across India

Safe colours checklist

• Use herbal or food grade gulal.
• Oil hair and skin before playing.
• Protect eyes and avoid colour near pets.
• Save water: dry gulal is enough.
• Abroad, most community Holi events happen on the nearest weekend, often 20, 21, 27 or 28 March 2027.

Holi 2027 time in Indian cities

Holika dahan is done after sunset on Purnima; colours are played the next morning. Below are sunrise, sunset and moonrise on Monday, 22 March 2027 for major Indian cities, calculated from each city's latitude and longitude. All times are IST. East Indian cities see the sun and moon earlier, west Indian cities later, by up to about an hour.

Holi 2027 time in the USA, Canada, UK, UAE and Australia

For families abroad, the tithi starts and ends at the same instant everywhere, but your clock shows it at a different hour and sometimes on a different date. Here is Shukla Purnima converted to each city's local time, with daylight saving applied, plus sunrise, sunset and moonrise on Monday, 22 March 2027 in that city.

How to read this table

1. Find your city, or the nearest one in the same time zone.
2. If the tithi covers your evening on Monday, 22 March 2027, you observe on the same date as India.
3. If it does not, follow your local mandir, which will decide using the same rule.

Open your city's full daily panchang, choghadiya and Rahu kaal from the panchang page.

How we calculate these dates and times

• The festival date is the India observance date published in standard Delhi calendars for 2027.
• The tithi window (Sun 21 Mar, 6:22 PM to Mon 22 Mar, 4:14 PM IST) is calculated from the real positions of the Sun and Moon.
• Sunrise, sunset and moonrise are calculated for each city's coordinates, on a flat horizon.
• Local times use each city's official time zone, including daylight saving.

Frequently asked questions about Holi 2027