National Public Holiday List of India 2014

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