Festival dates · 2027
Phalguna Shukla Purnima. The date in 21 cities, computed for local sunrise, with the tithi times.
The cities split across Sun, 21 Mar and Mon, 22 Mar this year: the tithi boundary falls between their sunrises. The table shows every city.
| City | Date | Tithi (local time) | Kathmandu date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia and New Zealand | |||
| Sydney | Monday 22 March 2027 | Sun, 21 Mar, 11:53 pm → Mon, 22 Mar, 9:45 pm | Sun, 21 Mar |
| Melbourne | Monday 22 March 2027 | Sun, 21 Mar, 11:53 pm → Mon, 22 Mar, 9:45 pm | Sun, 21 Mar |
| Brisbane | Monday 22 March 2027 | Sun, 21 Mar, 10:53 pm → Mon, 22 Mar, 8:45 pm | Sun, 21 Mar |
| Perth | Monday 22 March 2027 | Sun, 21 Mar, 8:53 pm → Mon, 22 Mar, 6:45 pm | Sun, 21 Mar |
| Adelaide | Monday 22 March 2027 | Sun, 21 Mar, 11:23 pm → Mon, 22 Mar, 9:15 pm | Sun, 21 Mar |
| Canberra | Monday 22 March 2027 | Sun, 21 Mar, 11:53 pm → Mon, 22 Mar, 9:45 pm | Sun, 21 Mar |
| Hobart | Monday 22 March 2027 | Sun, 21 Mar, 11:53 pm → Mon, 22 Mar, 9:45 pm | Sun, 21 Mar |
| Darwin | Monday 22 March 2027 | Sun, 21 Mar, 10:23 pm → Mon, 22 Mar, 8:15 pm | Sun, 21 Mar |
| Auckland | Monday 22 March 2027 | Mon, 22 Mar, 1:53 am → Mon, 22 Mar, 11:45 pm | Sun, 21 Mar |
| Nepal | |||
| Kathmandu | Sunday 21 March 2027 | Sun, 21 Mar, 6:38 pm → Mon, 22 Mar, 4:30 pm | — |
| United States | |||
| New York | Sunday 21 March 2027 | Sun, 21 Mar, 8:53 am → Mon, 22 Mar, 6:45 am | same day |
| Dallas–Fort Worth | Sunday 21 March 2027 | Sun, 21 Mar, 7:53 am → Mon, 22 Mar, 5:45 am | same day |
| Houston | Sunday 21 March 2027 | Sun, 21 Mar, 7:53 am → Mon, 22 Mar, 5:45 am | same day |
| Chicago | Sunday 21 March 2027 | Sun, 21 Mar, 7:53 am → Mon, 22 Mar, 5:45 am | same day |
| Washington DC | Sunday 21 March 2027 | Sun, 21 Mar, 8:53 am → Mon, 22 Mar, 6:45 am | same day |
| Boston | Sunday 21 March 2027 | Sun, 21 Mar, 8:53 am → Mon, 22 Mar, 6:45 am | same day |
| Atlanta | Sunday 21 March 2027 | Sun, 21 Mar, 8:53 am → Mon, 22 Mar, 6:45 am | same day |
| San Francisco Bay Area | Sunday 21 March 2027 | Sun, 21 Mar, 5:53 am → Mon, 22 Mar, 3:45 am | same day |
| Los Angeles | Sunday 21 March 2027 | Sun, 21 Mar, 5:53 am → Mon, 22 Mar, 3:45 am | same day |
| Seattle | Sunday 21 March 2027 | Sun, 21 Mar, 5:53 am → Mon, 22 Mar, 3:45 am | same day |
Rule: the day the tithi covers the evening (pradosh). Phalguna Purnima at pradosh (evening).
The bonfire on the evening of Phalguna Purnima that opens Holi. It remembers Prahlada, the boy devotee of Vishnu, who walked unharmed out of the fire that consumed his aunt Holika, and marks the end of winter.
Fires are lit after sunset where the Purnima tithi covers the evening (pradosh); the colours follow the next day.
Monday 22 March 2027. Phalguna Shukla Purnima; the tithi runs Sun, 21 Mar, 11:53 pm to Mon, 22 Mar, 9:45 pm Sydney time. Kathmandu keeps it on Sunday 21 March 2027.
Sunday 21 March 2027 in Kathmandu. Phalguna Shukla Purnima; the tithi runs Sun, 21 Mar, 6:38 pm to Mon, 22 Mar, 4:30 pm Nepal time.
Sunday 21 March 2027 in New York (the same day across the US cities listed). US sunrises fall ten to fifteen hours behind Kathmandu's, so when the tithi ends in that gap the US keeps the festival a day earlier than Nepal.
Because the day is decided by which civil day the tithi (lunar day) is current at local sunrise, or for this festival covers the evening. Sydney's sunrise is four to six hours ahead of Kathmandu's and New York's ten hours behind, so a tithi that ends between two sunrises gives a different day. In 2027 the cities split across Sun, 21 Mar and Mon, 22 Mar.
Sun and Moon positions from Meeus' algorithms with the Lahiri ayanamsa, amanta lunar months named by the solar ingress inside them, and the day on which the tithi covers the evening (pradosh). Tithi boundaries are accurate to a few minutes; a boundary within minutes of sunrise is worth checking against your temple's panchang.
Other years: Holika Dahan (Holi eve) 2026. Nearby: Maha Shivaratri · Holi (colours) · all festivals.
See also: the full-year calendar by city · why festival dates differ between Nepal, India and Australia.
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