Sunday – January 01 – New Years Day
Thursday – January 05 – Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti – Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab only. Birthday of the tenth and final Sikh prophet-teacher.
Thursday – January 12 – Birthday of Swami Vivekananda – West Bengal only.
Friday – January 13 – Bhogi – Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka.
Saturday – January 14 – Pongal – Also known as Makar Sankranti, Lohri, Bihu, Hadaga, Poki
Monday – January 16 – Uzhavar Tirunal – Puducherry, Tamil Nadu only.
Monday – January 23 – Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti – Assam, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal. Birthday of a prominent leader in the Indian freedom movement.
Tuesday – January 24 – Sir Chhotu Ram Jayanti – Haryana only.
Wednesday – January 25 – Statehood Day – Himachal Pradesh only.
Thursday – January 26 – Republic Day – Commemorates the establishment of the Constitution of India.
Saturday – January 28 – Losar – Sikkim only. Tibetan New Year.
Tuesday – January 31 – Me-dam-me-phi – Assam. Ancestor festival.
Wednesday – February 01 – Vasant Panchami – Haryana, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal only.
Friday – February 10 – Guru Ravidas Birthday – Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab only.
Sunday – February 19 – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti – Maharashtra only.
Tuesday – February 21 – Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti – Haryana only
Friday – February 24 – Maha Shivratri – wCelebrated on the 13th night/14th day in the Krishna Paksha
Sunday – March 12 – Doljatra – Holi Dahan. Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal only.
Monday – March 13 – Holi
Thursday – March 23 – Shaheedi Diwas of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru & Sukhdev – Haryana only
Tuesday – March 28 – Ugadi – Telugu and Kannada New Year. Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh only.
Saturday – April 01 – Odisha Day – Odisha only. Utkal Divas
Saturday – April 01 – Bank Holiday – Banks only. Annual accounts closing
Tuesday – April 04 – Ram Navami
Celebrates the birth of Lord Rama to King Dasharatha of Ayodhya
Wednesday – April 05 – Babu Jagjivan Ram Birthday – Andhra Pradesh, Telangana only
Sunday – April 09 – Mahavir Jayanti – The most important religious holiday in Jainism
Tuesday – April 11 – Hazrat Alis Birthday – Uttar Pradesh only.
Thursday – April 13 – Vaisakhi – Haryana only.
Friday – April 14 – Dr Ambedkar Jayanti – Birthday of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedekar.
Friday – April 14 – Good Friday – Friday before Easter Sunday.
Friday – April 14 – Tamil New Year – Puthandu. Tamil Nadu only.
Friday – April 14 – Vishu – Kerala Only. First day of Tulu calendar.
Friday – April 14 – Bohag Bihu – Assamese New Year.
Saturday – April 15 – Bengali New Year – Tripura, West Bengal only.
Saturday – April 15 – Himachal Day – Himachal Pradesh only. The province of Himachal Pradesh was created on 15 April 1948.
Saturday – April 15 – Bohag Bihu Holiday – Assam only
Sunday – April 16 – Bohag Bihu Holiday – Assam only
Friday – April 28 – Parashurama Jayanti – Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh only
Monday – May 01 – Maharashtra Day – Maharashtra only. Commemorates the formation of the state of Maharashtra on 1 May 1960.
Monday – May 01 – May Day – Celebrated All over india.
Tuesday – May 09 – Birthday of Rabindra Nath Tagore -Tripura, West Bengal. A Bengali polymath who reshaped literature and music.
Wednesday – May 10 – Buddha Purnima – Birth of Buddha.
Tuesday – May 16 – State Day – Sikkim only.
Sunday – May 28 – Maharana Pratap Jayanti – Haryana, Himachal Pradesh only.
Friday – June 09 – Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti – Gazetted holiday in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab.
Thursday – June 15 – Raja Sankranti – Odisha only
Friday – June 16 – Guru Arjun Dev Martyrdom day – Punjab Only .
Friday – June 23 – Jumat-ul-Wida – Last Friday of Ramadam.
Sunday – June 25 – Ratha Yatra – Odisha
Monday – June 26 – Idul Fitr – All states except Goa, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh.
Sunday – July 23 – Karkkadaka Vavu – Kerala
Monday – August 07 – Raksha Bandhan – Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh only.
Tuesday – August 15 – Independence Day.
Tuesday – August 15 – Janmashtami – Restricted Holiday. Celebrates the birth of Lord Shri Krishna.
Thursday – August 17 – Parsi New Year – Jamshed Navroz. Mumbai Only.
Thursday – August 24 – Teej – Haryana only
Friday – August 25 – Ganesh Chaturthi, Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata.
Saturday – August 26 – Nuakhai – Odisha only. Harvest Festival. Day after Ganesh Chaturthi.
Saturday – September 02 – Idul Juha – Bakrid. Except Tamil Nadu, Sikkim.
Monday – September 04 – First Onam – Kerala only. Harvest Festival.
Tuesday – September 05 – Thiruvonam – Kerala only. Harvest Festival.
Tuesday – September 19 – Mahalaya – Karnataka, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal only.
Thursday – September 21 – Muharram – Observed mainly by the Shia Muslim community.
Thursday – September 21 – Maharaja Agrasen Jayanati – Haryana only.
Thursday – September 21 – Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi – Kerala only. Marks the death of a key social reformer.
Saturday – September 23 – Haryana’s Heroes’ Martyrdom Day
Haryana only
Wednesday – September 27 – Saptami of Durgapuja – Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal only
Thursday – September 28 – Durga Puja – Mahastami. Odisha, Sikkim and South india.
Friday – September 29 – Mahanavami – Kerala, Odisha only. Ninth Day of Dussehra.
Saturday – September 30 – Dussehra – Vijaya Dashami
Saturday – September 30 – Vijaya Dashami – Kerala, Odisha, Sikkim only. Dussehra
Sunday – Oct 1 – Muharram (10th Day) – Day of Ashurah
Monday – October 02 – Mahatma Gandhi Birthday – Gandhi Jayanti
Thursday – October 05 – Maharishi Valmiki Birthday – Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab.
Thursday – October 05 – Lakshmi Puja – Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal only.
Wednesday – October 18 – Kali Puja – West Bengal only. Festival dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali.
Wednesday – October 18 – Deewali – Deepawali. Except West Bengal.
Wednesday – October 18 – Kati Bihu – Assam only
Friday – October 20 – Vishavkarma day – Haryana only
Wednesday – November 01 – Haryana Day – Haryana only.
Wednesday – November 01 – Kannada Rajyothsava – Bangalore Only. Karnataka Formation Day
Saturday – November 04 – Guru Nanak Birthday – The Birthday of Guru Nanak Sahib, the founder of Sikhism, falls on full moon day of the month Kartik.
Saturday – November 04 – Rasa Purnima – Odisha only.
Saturday – December 02 – Milad-un-Nabi
Sunday – December 03 – Feast of St Francis Xavier – Goa only.
Tuesday – December 19 – Goa Liberation Day – Goa only
Monday – December 25 – Christmas Day – Observed in all states
Monday – December 25 – Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti – Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab only. Second time in 2017
Tuesday – December 26 – Shaheed Udham Singh’s Birthday
Haryana, Punjab only
