January Holidays:
Jan 01: New Year’s Day
Jan 11: Missionary Day
Jan 12: Birthday of Swami Vivekananda
Jan 14: Bhogi
Jan 14: Sankranti
Jan 15: Pongal
Jan 15: Sankranti
Jan 15: Tusu Puja
Jan 16: Thiruvalluvar Day
Jan 17: Uzhavar Tirunal
Jan 23: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti
Jan 25: Sir Chhotu Ram Jayanti
Jan 25: Statehood Day
Jan 26: Republic Day
Jan 31: Me-dam-me-phi
February Holidays:
Feb 05: Losar
Feb 05: Sonam Lhochar
Feb 10: Vasant Panchami
Feb 15: Lui-Ngai-Ni
Feb 19: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti
Feb 19: Guru Ravidas Birthday
Feb 20: Mizoram State Day
Feb 20: Statehood Day
Feb 28: Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti
March Holidays:
Mar 04: Maha Shivratri
Mar 04: Chapchar Kut
Mar 20: Hazrat Alis Birthday
Mar 21: Doljatra
Mar 21: Holi
Mar 21: Yaosang 2nd day
Mar 22: Bihar Divas
Mar 23: Shaheedi Diwas of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru & Sukhdev
Mar 23: Shahidi Divas S. Bhagat Singh Ji
April Holidays:
Apr 01: Bank Holiday
Apr 01: Odisha Day
Apr 05: Babu Jagjivan Ram Birthday
Apr 06: Ugadi
Apr 06: Sajibu Nongmapanba
Apr 06: 1st Navratra
Apr 06: Gudi Padwa
Apr 07: Cheti Chand
Apr 07: Sarhul
Apr 13: Biju Festival
Apr 13: Bohag Bihu Holiday
Apr 14: Ashoka’s Birth Anniversary
Apr 14: Bengali New Year
Apr 14: Bohag Bihu
Apr 14: Dr Ambedkar Jayanti
Apr 14: Maha Vishuba Sankranti
Apr 14: Tamil New Year
Apr 14: Vaisakhi
Apr 14: Ram Navami
Apr 15: Himachal Day
Apr 15: Vishu
Apr 16: Basava Jayanthi
Apr 17: Mahavir Jayanti
Apr 18: Maundy Thursday
Apr 19: Good Friday
Apr 21: Garia Puja
May Holidays:
May 01: Maharashtra Day
May 01: May Day
May 07: Parashurama Jayanti
May 07: Birthday of Rabindra Nath Tagore
May 16: State Day
May 19: Buddha Purnima
May 24: Birthday of Kazi Nazrul Islam
May 24: Guru Arjun Dev Martyrdom day
May 24: Maharana Pratap Jayanti
May 31: Jumat-ul-Wida
Juna Holidays:
Jun 05: Idul Fitr
Jun 06: Following Day of Ramazan
Jun 14: Pahili Raja
Jun 15: Raja Sankranti
Jun 17: Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti
Jun 23: Kharchi Puja
Jun 30: Remna Ni
July Holidays:
Jul 04: Ratha Yatra
Jul 05: Guru Hargobind Ji’s Birthday
Jul 06: MHIP Day
Jul 07: Ker Puja
Jul 13: Martyr’s Day
Jul 17: U Tirot Sing Day
Jul 29: Bonalu
Jul 31: Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Udham Singh
Jul 31: Karkkadaka Vavu
August Holidays:
Aug 12: Idul Juha
Aug 13: Patriot’s Day
Aug 15: Independence Day
Aug 15: Raksha Bandhan
Aug 17: Parsi New Year
Aug 23: Janmashtami
Aug 24: Sreekrishna Jayanthi
Aug 31: Parkash Utsav Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
September Holidays:
Sep 01: Muharram
Sep 01: Teej
Sep 02: Ganesh Chaturthi
Sep 03: Nuakhai
Sep 07: Birthday of Baba Sri Chand Ji
Sep 10: First Onam
Sep 10: Muharram (10th Day)
Sep 11: Thiruvonam
Sep 12: Third Onam
Sep 12: Saragarhi Day
Sep 13: Fourth Onam
Sep 20: Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi
Sep 23: Haryana’s Heroes’ Martyrdom Day
Sep 28: Birthday of S. Bhagat Singh Ji
Sep 28: Bathukamma Starting day
Sep 29: Mahalaya
Sep 29: Maharaja Agrasen Jayanati
October Holidays:
Oct 02: Mahatma Gandhi Birthday
Oct 05: Maha Saptami
Oct 06: Durgastami
Oct 06: Mahanavami
Oct 06: Navami of Durga Puja
Oct 07: Ayudha Puja
Oct 08: Durga Puja
Oct 08: Dussehra
Oct 13: Maharishi Valmiki Birthday
Oct 13: Lakshmi Puja
Oct 27: Deepavali
Oct 27: Deewali
Oct 27: Kali Puja
Oct 28: Vikram Samvat New Year
Oct 28: Vikram Samvat New Year
Oct 28: Vishvakarma Day
Oct 29: Bhai Bij
Oct 29: Deewali
Oct 30: Ningol Chakkouba
November Holidays:
Nov 01: Haryana Day
Nov 01: Kannada Rajyothsava
Nov 01: Kut
Nov 02: Chhath Puja
Nov 08: Wangala Festival
Nov 10: Id-e-Milad
Nov 11: Guru Nanak Birthday
Nov 12: Rasa Purnima
Nov 23: Seng Kut Snem
Nov 24: Martyrdom Day of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji
Nov 26: Narak Chaturdashi
December Holidays:
Dec 01: State Inauguration Day
Dec 01: Indigenous faith day
Dec 02: Asom Divas
Dec 03: World Disabled Day
Dec 05: Birthday of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah
Dec 12: Pa Togan Nengminja Sangma
Dec 18: Death Anniversary of U SoSo Tham
Dec 25: Christmas Day
Dec 26: Boxing Day
Dec 26: Shaheed Udham Singh’s Birthday
Dec 30: U Kiang Nangbah
Note:
Only the secular holidays of Republic Day, Independence Day and Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday are observed nationally.
Public Holidays in India tend to be observed on a strictly regional basis. The above dates correspond to the holidays of the Indian government, when government offices will be closed throughout the country. In addition, there are many festivals and fairs that are also observed in some states as holidays, the dates of which vary from year to year.
Muslim festivals are timed according to local sightings of various phases of the moon and the dates given above are the latest known dates.
Although not government official holidays, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day are observed nationally.
