Day | Date | Holiday | Comments |
Wednesday | 1-Jan | New Years Day | Arunachal pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Miizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu only |
Tuesday | 7-Jan | Guru Govind Singh Jayanti | Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab only. Birthday of the tenth and final Sikh prophet-teacher |
Monday | 13-Jan | Milad-un-Nabi | Birthday of Prophet Muhammad |
Monday | 13-Jan | Bhogi | Andhra Pradesh Only |
Tuesday | 14-Jan | Pongal | Andaman/Nicobar, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Karnataka, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu only |
Wednesday | 15-Jan | Thiruvalluvar Day | Puducherry, Tamil Nadu only |
Thursday | 23-Jan | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti | Tripura, West Bengal only. Birthday of a prominent leader in the Indian freedom movement |
Sunday | 26-Jan | Republic Day | |
Wednesday | 19-Feb | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti | Maharashtra (Mumbai) only |
Friday | 28-Feb | Maha Shivratri | Celebrated on the 13th night/14th day in the Krishna Paksha |
Monday | 17-Mar | Holi | |
Monday | 31-Mar | Ugadi | Telugu and Kannada New Year. Karnataka (Bangalore), Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh only. |
Tuesday | 8-Apr | Ram Navami | Celebrates the birth of Lord Rama to King Dasharatha of Ayodhya |
Sunday | 13-Apr | Mahavir Jayanti | The most important religious holiday in Jainism |
Monday | 14-Apr | Dr Ambedkar Jayanti | Birthday of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedekar |
Friday | 18-Apr | Good Friday | Friday before Easter Sunday |
Thursday | 1-May | Maharashtra Day | Maharashtra (Mumbai) only. Commemorates the formation of the state of Maharashtra on 1 May 1960. |
Thursday | 1-May | May Day | Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal only |
Tuesday | 13-May | Buddha Purnima | Birth of Buddha |
Tuesday | 13-May | Hazrat Alis Birthday | Uttar Pradesh only. Son in law of Prophet Muhammad |
Friday | 13-Jun | Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti | Gazetted holiday in Himachal Pradesh. |
Monday | 16-Jun | Arjun Dev Martyrdom day | Punjab only. |
Friday | 25-Jul | Jumat-ul-Wida | Last Friday of Ramadam |
Monday | 28-Jul | Idul Fitr | All states except Goa, Jharkhand, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh |
Friday | 15-Aug | Independence Day | |
Sunday | 17-Aug | Janmashtami | Restricted Holiday. Bangalore, Delhi. Celebrates the birth of Lord Shri Krishna |
Wednesday | 20-Aug | Parsi New Year | Jamshed Navroz. Mumbai Only |
Friday | 29-Aug | Ganesh Chaturthi | Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Orissa, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu only |
Thursday | 2-Oct | Mahatma Gandhi Birthday | Gandhi Jayanti |
Saturday | 4-Oct | Idul Juha | Bakrid |
Monday | 6-Oct | Dussehra | Vijaya Dashami |
Thursday | 23-Oct | Deewali | Deepawali |
Saturday | 25-Oct | Muharram | Observed mainly by the Shia Muslim community |
Saturday | 1-Nov | Kannada Rajyothsava | Bangalore Only |
Monday | 3-Nov | Muharram (10th Day) | Day of Ashurah |
Thursday | 6-Nov | Guru Nanak Birthday | |
Thursday | 25-Dec | Christmas Day | |
Sunday | 28-Dec | Guru Govind Singh Jayanti | Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab only. Birthday of the tenth and final Sikh prophet-teacher |
National Public Holiday List of India 2014
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
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