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'''Public Holidays in India''', also known as '''Statutory Holidays''', or colloquially '''Government Holidays''', consist of a variety of cultural, nationalistic, and religious [[holidays]] that are legislated in [[India]] at the [[Government of India|union]] or [[State governments of India|state]] levels. While many of these holidays are honored and acknowledged nationwide, state legislation varies in regard to which are officially recognized.
'''Public Holidays in India''', also known as '''Government Holidays''', consist of a variety of cultural, nationalistic, and religious [[holidays]] that are legislated in [[India]] at the [[Government of India|union]] or [[State governments of India|state]] levels.


[[India]], being a culturally diverse society, celebrates many holidays and festivals, but there are only three national festivals: [[Republic Day (India)|Republic Day]] (26 January), [[Independence Day (India)|Independence Day]] (15 August), and [[Gandhi Jayanti]] (2 October).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://publicholidays.in/ |title=National holidays |access-date=14 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915080834/http://publicholidays.in/ |archive-date=15 September 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.officeholidays.com/countries/india/ |title=National and Public holidays |access-date=14 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912074949/http://www.officeholidays.com/countries/india/ |archive-date=12 September 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Being a culturally diverse country, there are many festivals celebrated in various regions across the country. There are only three national holidays declared by the [[Government of India]]: [[Republic Day (India)|Republic Day]] (26 January), [[Independence Day (India)|Independence Day]] (15 August) and [[Gandhi Jayanti]] (2 October). Apart from this, certain holidays which are celebrated nationally are declared centrally by the Union Government. Additionally, various state governments and union territories designate additional holidays on local festivals or days of importance as holidays as per section 25 of the [[Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881]].
 
India is the country of Festivals, there is no month in India when you are not celebrating any festival. In India, there are more than 30 grand festivals which are celebrated in major parts of India and lots of other state festivals are also celebrated. States have local festivals depending on prevalent religious and linguistic demographics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=All Indian Festivals {{!}} Know About Every Festival Of India |url=https://www.allindianfestivals.in/ |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=www.allindianfestivals.in |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
Popular Hindu festivals like [[Makar Sankranti]], [[Pongal (festival)|Pongal]], [[Maha Shivratri]], [[Onam]], [[Janmashtami]], [[Saraswati Puja]], [[Guru Purnima]], [[Ganesh Chaturthi]], [[Raksha Bandhan]], [[Holi]], [[Durga Puja]], [[Navratri|Dussehra]], and [[Diwali]]; [[Jain]] festivals like [[Mahavir Janma Kalyanak]] and [[Paryushan]]; [[Sikh]] festivals like [[Guru Nanak Jayanti]] and [[Vaisakhi]]; Muslim festivals like [[Eid ul-Fitr]], [[Eid ul-Adha]], [[Mawlid]], and [[Muharram]]; Buddhist festivals like [[Ambedkar Jayanti]], [[Buddha Jayanti]], [[Dhammachakra Pravartan Day]], and [[Losar]]; [[Parsis|Parsi]] [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]] holidays such as [[Nowruz]]; and [[Christians|Christian]] festivals like [[Good Friday]], [[Christmas]] and [[Easter]], some festivals are celebrated by the whole India and some festivals are celebrated by limited region of India.


==National holidays==
==National holidays==
[[File:Indian Army-Madras regiment.jpeg|thumb|Soldiers of the [[Madras Regiment]] during the annual Republic Day Parade in 2004]]
{{morefootnotes|section|date=March 2025}}
National holidays are mandatory holidays declared by the [[Government of India]] which is applicable for all [[states and union territories of India]].<ref name="FS">{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/advisor/in/banking/bank-holidays-india/|title=Bank holidays in India|work=[[Forbes]]|date=29 May 2023|access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref>
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|{{Date table sorting|26 January}}
|[[Republic Day (India)|Republic Day]]
|Fixed (Indian Constitution came into force)
|Celebrates the 1950 adoption of the [[Constitution of India]]<ref>{{Cite report|title=Introduction to Constitution of India |url=http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/introd.htm|publisher=Ministry of Law and Justice, [[Government of India]]|date=29 July 2008|access-date=14 October 2008}}</ref>
|-
|{{Date table sorting|15 August}}
|[[Independence Day (India)|Independence Day]]
|Fixed (India Independence from the [[United Kingdom]])
|Celebrates the 1947 Independence from the [[British Raj|British rule]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=Independence Day of India, 15 August 2020: History, Significance, Facts and Celebration|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/events/independence-day-of-india-15-august-2020-history-significance-facts-and-celebration/articleshow/77541312.cms|date=15 August 2020|newspaper=[[Times of India]]|access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref>
|-
|{{Date table sorting|2 October}}
|[[Gandhi Jayanti]]
|Fixed (India; birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi)
|Honors [[Mahatma Gandhi]], who was born on 2 October 1869<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/festivals/gandhi-jayanti-2023-date-history-significance-mahatma-gandhis-birth-anniversary-international-day-of-non-violence-101696128055987.html|title=Gandhi Jayanti 2023: Date, history, significance and all you need to know about Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary|date=2 October 2023|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref>
|}


National holidays are observed in all states and union territories of India.
== Central holidays ==


They are:
In addition to the three fixed national holidays, the Union Government of India declares additional days as holidays which are largely followed by central government offices and affiliates. In addition to designated fixed holidays, few other days are designated optional from which select number of days can be chosen according to individual convenience.


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===Fixed===
Source:<ref name="GL">{{Cite report|url=https://cag.gov.in/uploads/media/2023-Holiday-List-062c177906f8592-90189505.pdf|title=2023 Holiday list|publisher=[[Government of India]]|access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref>
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!{{Tooltip|Date|Fixed day or tentative date as per [[Gregorian calendar]] in case of floating festivals}}
!Name
!Type
!Details
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|{{Date table sorting|25 December}}
|[[Christmas Day]]
| rowspan="5" |Fixed
|[[Christian festival]] that celebrates the birth of [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]], central figure of [[Christianity]] (c. 6 to 4BC–30 or 33AD) whose birth is commemorated on 25 December<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pewforum.org/2012/12/18/global-religious-landscape-christians/|title=The Global Religious Landscape|publisher=Pew Research Center|date=18 December 2012|access-date=23 May 2014}}</ref>
|-
|-
! Date !! English name !! Commemorates
|12 [[Rabi' al-awwal]]
|[[Mawlid]]
|Muslim festival that celebrates the birth of Muhammad. It is celebrated in [[Rabi' al-Awwal]], the third month in the Islamic calendar.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Schussman |first=Aviva |year=1998 |title=The Legitimacy and Nature of Mawid al-Nabī: (analysis of a Fatwā) |journal=Islamic Law and Society |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=214–234 |doi=10.1163/1568519982599535}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 26 January || [[Republic Day (India)|Republic Day]] || Coming into force of the [[Constitution of India]]<ref name="law_min_intro">{{cite web |title=Introduction to Constitution of India |url=http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/introd.htm |publisher=Ministry of Law and Justice of India |date=29 July 2008 |access-date=14 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022161409/http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/introd.htm |archive-date=22 October 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> (1950)
|1 [[Shawwal]]
|[[Eid al-Fitr]]
|[[Muslim festival]] that celebrates of the day of breaking the fast. It is celebrated on the first day of [[Shawwal]] in the [[Islamic calendar]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Islam|first=Jamal J.|last=Elias|publisher=Routledge|year=1999|isbn=978-0-4152-1165-9|page=75}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 15 August || [[Independence Day (India)|Independence Day]] || Independence from the [[British Raj]] (1947)
|10 [[Muharram]]
|[[Ashura]]
|Muslims mourn the martydom of [[Husayn Ibn Ali]], prophet [[Muhammad]]'s family.  Also marks [[parting of the Red Sea]] by [[Moses in Islam|Moses]], salvation of the [[Israelites]], [[Noah]]'s disembarkment from the [[Noah's Ark|Ark]].
|-
|-
|2 October
|10 [[Dhu al-Hijjah]]
|[[Gandhi Jayanti]]
|[[Eid al-Adha]]
|Birthday of [[Mahatma Gandhi|Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]] (1869)
|Muslim festival that honours the willingness of [[Abraham]] [[Binding of Isaac|to sacrifice]] his son, either [[Isaac in Islam|Isaac]] or [[Ishmael in Islam|Ismail]], as an act of obedience to [[God in Islam|God]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Id al-Adha |url=http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e969|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410065901/http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e969|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 April 2019|access-date=11 July 2020|publisher=Oxford Islamic Studies Online}}</ref>
|-
|{{Date table sorting|March}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|April}}
|[[Mahavir Janma Kalyanak]]
| rowspan="6" |Floating
|[[Jain festival]] that celebrates the birth of [[Mahavira]] (599 BC), the twenty-fourth and last [[Tirthankara]] (supreme preacher) of present [[Avasarpiṇī]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KpBuAAAAMAAJ|title=Gazetteers: Junagadh|last1=(India)|first1=Gujarat|year=1975|page=13}}</ref>
|-
|{{Date table sorting|March}}{{Ndash}}{{Date table sorting|May}}
|[[Good Friday]]
|Christian festival that commemorates the [[crucifixion of Jesus]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Chambers Dictionary|year=2002|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pz2ORay2HWoC&pg=RA1-PA639|access-date=13 April 2012|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=978-81-86062-25-8|page=639}}</ref>
|-
 
|{{Date table sorting|April}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|June}}
|[[Buddha's Birthday]]
|[[List of Buddhist festivals|Buddhist festival]] that celebrates [[Gautama Buddha]], founder of [[Buddhism]] (c. 563–483 BC). It is celebrated on the [[purnima|full moon day]] of the Vaisakha month of the Buddhist calendar.<ref>{{Cite news|date=5 May 2023|title=Buddha Purnima 2023: Date, Timings, Story, Teachings and Significance|newspaper=[[Times of India]]|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/religion/festivals/buddha-purnima-2023-date-time-history-and-significance/articleshow/99973131.cms|access-date=31 July 2023|issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
|-
|{{Date table sorting|September}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|October}}
|[[Vijayadashami]]
|[[List of Hindu festivals|Hindu]] festival that celebrates the victory of good over evil. It is celebrated on the tenth day of [[Ashvin]], the seventh month in the [[Hindu Calendar]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Navratri|title=Navratri|publisher=Britannica|access-date=1 May 2023}}</ref> [[Sikhism|Sikh festival]] called Dasehara.
|-
|{{Date table sorting|October}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|November}}
|[[Diwali]]
|Hindu festival of lights. It is celebrated on the [[Amavasya|new moon day]] in the month of Ashvin or [[Kartika (month)|Kartika]] in the Hindu Calendar<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/166786/Diwali|title=Diwali|publisher=Britannica|access-date=1 May 2023}}</ref> [[Sikhism|Sikh festival]] to celebrate Bandi Chhor Divas in remembrance of the release of Guru Hargobind from the Gwalior Fort prison by the Mughal emperor Jahangir and the day he arrived at the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
|-
|-
|{{Date table sorting|October}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|November}}
|[[Guru Nanak Gurpurab|Guru Nanak's Birthday]]
|[[Sikhism|Sikh festival]] that celebrates the birth of the first [[Sikh gurus|Sikh guru]], (1469).<ref>{{Cite news|title=Guru Nanak Jayanti 2019: History, significance and traditions|date=11 November 2019|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/more-lifestyle/guru-nanak-jayanti-2019-history-significance-and-traditions/story-Opf6s8eSEPtGNZgV0SbPyL.html|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|access-date=5 May 2020}}</ref>
|}
|}


=== Other notable holidays ===
===Optional===
States generally adopt the same holidays as the union government with some variations. In addition to the official holidays, many religious, ethnic, and other traditional holidays, as well as observances proclaimed by officials populate the calendar. At the [[discretion]] of the employer, other holidays are common additions to the list of paid holidays.
Source:<ref name="GL"/>
 
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!{{Tooltip|Date|Fixed day or tentative date as per [[Gregorian calendar]] in case of floating festivals}}
! style="width: 25%;" | Holiday
!Name
! style="width: 55%;" | Observed in
!Type
!Details
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| 1 January || [[New Year's Day]]|| Most of India
|{{Date table sorting|January}}
|[[Makar Sankranti]] / [[Pongal (festival)|Pongal]]
| rowspan="20" |Floating
|Hindu festival marking the transition of the sun from [[Sagittarius (astrology)|Sagittarius]] to [[Capricorn (astrology)|Capricorn]] and dedicated to the solar deity [[Surya]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pongal |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pongal |access-date=1 November 2023 |publisher=Britannica}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 13–17 January ||[[Sankranthi]]/[[Pongal (festival)|Pongal]] || Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, [[Telangana]], [[Pondicherry]], Tamil Nadu
|{{Date table sorting|January}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|February}}
|[[Vasant Panchami]]
|Hindu festival dedicated to Goddess [[Saraswati]], that marks the preparation for the arrival of spring and celebrated on the [[Panchami|fifth day]] of [[Magha (month)|Magha]], the eleventh month of Hindu calendar
|-
|-
| 14 January || [[Uttarayan]] , Surya Pongal || Gujarat , [[Tamil Nadu]]
|{{Date table sorting|February}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|March}}
|[[Maha Shivaratri]]
|Hindu festival to celebrate the wedding of Lord [[Shiva]] with [[Parvati]], celebrated on the [[Chaturdashi|fourteenth day]] of Krishna Paksha in the month of [[Phalguna]] or [[Magha (month)|Magha]] in the Hindu calendar<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Maha-shivaratri|title=Maha-shivaratri|publisher=Britannica|access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 15 January || [[Maatu Pongal]] || [[Tamil Nadu]]
|{{Date table sorting|March}}
|[[Nowruz]]
|Celebrates the beginning of the Persian New Year
|-
|-
| 16 January || [[Kaanum Pongal]]
|{{Date table sorting|March}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|April}}
|| [[Tamil Nadu]]
|[[Holi]]
|Hindu festival of colors to celebrate the victory of good over evil (Specifically the death of the evil [[Holika]], aunt of [[Prahlad]], an ardent devotee of [[Vishnu]]) and arrival of [[Spring (season)|spring]], celebrated on [[purnima|full-moon day]] in the month of [[Phalguna]] in the Hindu calendar<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Holi|title=Holi|publisher=Britannica|access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref> [[Sikhism|Sikh festival]] to celebrate with its historic texts referring to it as Hola. Guru Gobind Singh in addition to Holi created a three-day Hola Mohalla extension festival of martial arts. The extension started the day after the Holi festival in Anandpur Sahib, where Sikh soldiers would train in battles, compete in horsemanship, athletics, archery and military exercises.
|-
|-
| 18 January || [[Thaipusam]] ||
|{{Date table sorting|March}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|April}}
Tamil Nadu
|[[Rama Navami]]
|Hindu festival to celebrate the birth of Lord [[Rama]] celebrated on the [[Navami|ninth day]] of [[Shukla Paksha]] in the month of [[Chaitra]] in the Hindu calendar
|-
|-
| 23 January || [[Netaji Jayanti|Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Jayanti]] (Parakram Divas) || Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Assam
|{{Date table sorting|March}}{{Ndash}}{{Date table sorting|April}}
|[[Ugadi]]
|Celebrates the beginning of the [[Telugu people|Telugu]] and [[Kannada people|Kannada]] New Year
|-
|-
|30 January || [[Mahatma Gandhi|Mahatma Gandhi's Death Anniversary]]|| All of India
|{{Date table sorting|March}}{{Ndash}}{{Date table sorting|April}}
|[[Cheti Chand]]
|Celebrates the beginning of the [[Sindhis|Sindhi]] New Year
|-
|-
| August or September ||[[Onam]]|| Kerala, Pondicherry
|{{Date table sorting|April}}
|[[Puthandu]]
|[[Tamils#Festivals|Tamil festival]] It is the first day of the Tamil calendar and celebrates the beginning of the new year in Tamil Nadu. It  is also celebrates the agrarian people and harvest on the first day of the Tamil month Chithirai.
|-
|-
| 19 February || [[Shiv Jayanti|Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti]] || Maharashtra
|{{Date table sorting|April}}
|[[Vishu]]
|Celebrates the beginning of the [[Malayali]] New Year<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Vishu|title=Vishu|publisher=Britannica|access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 20 February || [[Arunachal Pradesh]]
|{{Date table sorting|April}}
<small>(statehood day)</small>
|[[Vaisakhi]]
|
|[[Sikhism|Sikh festival]] celebrates the beginning of the Solar new year in North India and spring harvest on the first day of the month of [[Vaisakh]] in the Punjabi calendar
|-
|-
|26 February
|{{Date table sorting|April}}
|Hazrat Ali Jayanti
|[[Bohag Bihu]]
|Most of India
|Celebrates the beginning of the [[Culture of Assam|Assamese]] New Year
|-
|-
|1st Day of [[Chaitra]], March/April
|{{Date table sorting|April}}
|[[Gudipadwa]]
|[[Gudi Padwa]]
|Maharshtra
|Celebrates the beginning of the [[Marathi people|Marathi]] and [[Konkani people|Konkani]] New Year
|-
|-
|1st Day of [[Chaitra]], March/April
|{{Date table sorting|June}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|July}}
|[[Ugadi]]
|[[Ratha Yatra]]
|Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana
|Hindu festival involving a public procession of [[chariot]]s with the deities [[Jagannath]], [[Balarama]] and [[Subhadra]] celebrated in [[Ashadha]] month of Hindu calendar
|-
|-
| 1st Day of Chithirai, March/April ||[[Vishu]] / Varusha Pirappu or [[Puthandu]]<br /><small>(Malayali and Tamil New Year)</small> || Kerala, Tamil Nadu
|{{Date table sorting|August}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|September}}
|[[Krishna Janmashtami]]
|Hindu festival to celebrate the birth of Lord [[Krishna]] and celebrated on [[Ashtami|eighth day]] of [[Krishna Paksha]] in the month of [[Shravana]] in the Hindu calendar
|-
|-
| 2nd Day of [[Chaitra]], March/April||[[Cheti Chand]]<br /><small>(Sindhi New Year)</small> || Gujarat, [[Uttar Pradesh]], Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh
|{{Date table sorting|August}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|September}}
|[[Ganesh Chaturthi]]
|Hindu festival as a tribute to Lord [[Ganesha]], celebrated on the [[Chaturthi|fourth day]] of Krishna Paksha in the month of [[Bhadrapada]] in the Hindu calendar<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ganesh-Chaturthi|title=Ganesh Chaturthi|publisher=Britannica|access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 15 March || [[Kanshi Ram|Kanshi Ram's Jayanti]] || Uttar Pradesh
|{{Date table sorting|August}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|September}}
|[[Onam]]
|Hindu harvest festival celebrated by the people of [[Kerala]] commemorating the visit of Mahabali and celebrated in Chingam, the first month of [[Malayalam Calendar]]
|-
|-
| 22 March || [[Bihar|Bihar Day]] || Bihar
|{{Date table sorting|September}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|October}}
|[[Navaratri]]
|Hindu festival celebrating the first day of the Hindu [[Vikram Samvat]] calendar
|-
|-
| 30 March || [[Rajasthan|Rajasthan Day]] || Rajasthan
|{{Date table sorting|October}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|November}}
|[[Chhath]]
|Hindu harvest festival dedicated to Sun God Surya, celebrated in North and East India on the sixth day of the month of Kartika
|-
|-
| 1 April || [[Utkala Dibasa]]<br /><small>(Odisha day)</small>  || Odisha
|{{Date table sorting|October}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|November}}
|[[Karva Chauth]]
|Hindu festival celebrated by women to pray for the longevity of their husbands, observed on the fourth day after the full moon in the month of Kartika
|}
Each year, central and state governments release lists of gazetted and restricted holidays. Comprehensive compiled lists are available online.<ref>{{cite web |title=Government Holidays 2025 – India Holiday Calendar |url=https://indiaholidaycalendar.com/ |website=India Holiday Calendar |access-date=7 November 2025}}</ref>
 
==State holidays==
In addition to the above, various state governments and union territories designate additional holidays on local festivals or days of importance as holidays as per section 25 of the [[Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881]].<ref name="FS"/>
 
===Harvest festivals===
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|+State holidays:[[Harvest festival]]s<ref name="HD">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hdfcbank.com/personal/resources/bank-holiday-list|title=Bank holiday list|publisher=[[HDFC Bank]]|access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref>
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| 13/14 April || [[Pana Sankranti|Pana Sankranti (Maha Vishuva Sankranti)]]<br /><small>(Odia New Year)</small> || Odisha
!{{Tooltip|Date|Fixed day or tentative date as per [[Gregorian calendar]] in case of floating festivals}}
!Name
!Type
!State/UT
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| 14 April || [[Ambedkar Jayanti|Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar's Jayanti]] || Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Goa,  Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, [[Kerala]], Ladakh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Pondicherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim,  Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
|{{Date table sorting|13 January}}
|[[Bhogi]]
|Fixed
|[[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Karnataka]], [[Maharashtra]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Telangana]]
|-
|-
| 14 April || [[Ashoka|Samrat Ashoka's Jayanti]] <br /><small>(Birthday of Emperor [[Ashoka]])</small>  || Bihar
|{{Date table sorting|13 January}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|14 January}}
|[[Lohri]]
|Floating
|[[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]
|-
|-
| 14/15 April || [[Puthandu]]<br /><small>(Tamil New Year)</small> || Tamil Nadu
|{{Date table sorting|14 January}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|15 January}}
|[[Magh Bihu]]
| rowspan="3" |Fixed
|[[Assam]]
|-
|-
| 14/15 April || [[Pohela Boishakh]]<br /><small>(Bengali New Year)</small> || Tripura, West Bengal
|{{Date table sorting|14 January}}
|[[Maghi]]
|[[Haryana]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]
|-
|-
| 15 April || [[Bihu]]<br /><small>(Assamese New Year)</small> || Assam
|{{Date table sorting|1 March}}
|[[Chapchar Kut]]
|[[Mizoram]]
|-
|-
| 1 May || [[Labour Day|Labor Day]]/[[May Day]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://india.gov.in/calendar |title=Archived copy |access-date=1 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502095734/http://india.gov.in/calendar |archive-date=2 May 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://goir.ap.gov.in/CalenderYear.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=1 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502003955/http://goir.ap.gov.in/CalenderYear.aspx |archive-date=2 May 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>|| Assam, Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Manipur, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal, Odisha, Rajasthan, Punjab
|{{Date table sorting|September}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|October}}
|[[Wangala]]
| rowspan="2" |Floating
|Assam, [[Meghalaya]], [[Nagaland]]
|-
|-
|1 May || [[Maharashtra Day]] || Maharashtra
|{{Date table sorting|October}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|November}}
|[[Bihu#Kati Bihu|Kati Bihu]]
|[[Assam]]
|}
 
===New year===
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|+State holidays:[[New Year's Day|New year's days]]<ref name="HD"/>
|-
|-
| 1 May || [[Gujarat|Gujarat Day]]|| Gujarat
!{{Tooltip|Date|Fixed day or tentative date as per [[Gregorian calendar]] in case of floating festivals}}
!Name
!State/UT
|-
|-
|9 May
|{{Date table sorting|13 April}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|14 April}}
|[[Rabindranath Tagore|Rabindra Jayanti]] ||West Bengal
|[[Bohag Bihu]]
|[[Assam]]
|-
|-
| 16 May || Annexation Day || Sikkim
|{{Date table sorting|March}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|April}}
|[[Gudi Padwa]]
|[[Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu]], [[Maharashtra]]
|-
|-
| 2 June || [[Telangana Day|Telangana Formation Day]]|| Telangana
|{{Date table sorting|August}}
|[[Losoong Festival|Losoong]]
|[[Sikkim]]
|-
|-
| 15 June || [[Maharana Pratap|Maharana Pratap Jayanti]]|| Rajasthan
|{{Date table sorting|February}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|March}}
|[[Losar]]
|[[Ladakh]]
|-
|-
| [[Purnima (day)|Purnima]] of [[Ashvin]]||[[Valmiki]] Jayanti || Haryana, Delhi, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka
|{{Date table sorting|1 January}}
|[[New Year's Day]]
|[[Arunachal Pradesh]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Meghalaya]], [[Manipur]], [[Mizoram]], [[Nagaland]], [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Sikkim]], [[Telangana]]   
|-
|-
| 26 October || [[Accession Day (Jammu and Kashmir)|Accession Day]] || Jammu and Kashmir
|{{Date table sorting|31 December}}
|[[New Year's Eve]]
|[[Manipur]]
|-
|-
| 31 October || [[National Unity Day (India)|Sardar Patel Jayanti]]|| Gujarat
|{{Date table sorting|13 April}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|14 April}}
|[[Pana Sankranti]]
|[[Odisha]]
|-
|-
| 1 November ||[[Karnataka Rajyotsava]] || Karnataka
|{{Date table sorting|20 March}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|21 March}}
|[[Nauroz|Parsi New Year]]
|[[Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu]], [[Gujarat]], [[Maharashtra]]
|-
|-
| 1 November || [[Andhra Pradesh Day|Andhra Pradesh Raashtra Avatharana Dinotsavam]] (State Formation Day) || Andhra Pradesh
|{{Date table sorting|14 April}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|15 April}}
|[[Pohela Boishakh]]
|[[Tripura]], [[West Bengal]]
|-
|-
|1 November || Haryana Foundation Day || Haryana
|{{Date table sorting|13 April}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|14 April}}
|[[Puthandu]]
|[[Tamil Nadu]], [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]
|-
|-
|1 November || Madhya Pradesh Foundation Day || Madhya Pradesh
|{{Date table sorting|March}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|April}}
|[[Sarhul]]
|[[Jharkhand]]
|-
|-
|1 November ||[[Kerala Piravi|Kerala Foundation Day]] || Kerala
|{{Date table sorting|March}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|April}}
|[[Sajibu Nongma Panba]]
|[[Manipur]]
|-
|-
|1 November ||[[Chhattisgarh#Separation of Chhattisgarh|Chhattisgarh Foundation Day]] || Chhattisgarh
|{{Date table sorting|March}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|April}}
|[[Ugadi]]
|[[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Goa]], [[Gujarat]], [[Jharkhand]], [[Karnataka]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Telangana]] 
|-
|-
| 3rd day of [[Kartika (month)|Kartika]] Krishna Paksha ||[[Kanaka Dasa|Kanaka Jayanti]] || Karnataka
|{{Date table sorting|13 April}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|14 April}}
|[[Vaisakhi]]
|[[Jharkhand]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]
|-
|-
| 7 December || [[Armed Forces Flag Day]] || Indian military
|{{Date table sorting|14 April}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|15 April}}
|[[Vishu]]
|[[Kerala]]
|-
|-
| 19 December || [[Goa Liberation Day]] || [[Goa]]
|{{Date table sorting|October}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|November}}
|[[Diwali]]
|[[Gujarat]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu]]
|}
|}


== Holidays with religious significance ==
===State days===
In India, people from various religions coexist together. Religious and cultural holidays are characterized by a diversity of religious beliefs and practices. {{citation needed span|People from different religions celebrate their festivals. It is not that a particular festival is celebrated by the people of only a particular religion but, people from other religions also play a great role in the celebration of the festival of other religions.|date=September 2019}}
{|class="sortable wikitable"style="text-align:left;"style="font-size: 85%"
 
|+State holidays:[[List of Indian state days|State days]]<ref name="HD"/>
===Hindu holidays===
|-
[[File:Holi party and decorated tree.jpg|thumb|People celebrating [[Holi]] in Delhi.]]
!{{Tooltip|Date|Fixed day or tentative date as per [[Gregorian calendar]] in case of floating festivals}}
 
!Name
Hindus celebrate a number of indian festivals all through the year. Hindu festivals have one or more of religious, cultural and seasonal significance.  The observance of the festival, the symbolisms used and attached, and the style and intensity of celebration vary from region to region within the country. A list of the more popular festivals is given below.{{main|Hindu festivals}}
!State/UT
 
|-
{| class="wikitable"
|{{Date table sorting|1 November}}
|[[Andhra Pradesh Day]]
|[[Andhra Pradesh]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|20 February}}
|[[Arunachal Pradesh Statehood Day]]
|[[Arunachal Pradesh]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|2 December}}
|[[Sukaphaa|Asom Day]]
|[[Assam]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|22 March}}
|[[Bihar Day]]
|[[Bihar]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|1 November}}
|[[Chhattisgarh Rajyotsava]]
|[[Chhattisgarh]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|19 December}}
|[[Goa Liberation Day]]
|[[Goa]]
|-
|-
! Holiday !! Observed in
|{{Date table sorting|1 May}}
|[[Gujarat Day]]
|[[Gujarat]]
|-
|-
| [[Bhogi]]/[[Lohri]] || Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra (as Bhogi), Punjab (as Lohri)
|{{Date table sorting|1 November}}
|[[Haryana Day]]
|[[Haryana]]
|-
|-
| [[Makar Sankranti|Makar Sankranti/Sankranthi/]] [[Maghi]]/[[Magh Bihu]]/[[Pongal (festival)|Pongal]] || Andaman & Nicobar, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam (as Magh Bihu), Gujarat (as Uttarayan), Karnataka, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal (as Makar Sankranti), Andhra Pradesh, Telangana (Sankranthi) Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh (as Sangrand), Rajasthan (as Makar Sankranti), Pongal / Tamilar Thirunaal (Tamil Nadu)
||{{Date table sorting|15 April}}
|[[List of Indian state days|Himachal Day]]
|[[Himachal Pradesh]]
|-
|-
| Vishu || Kerala, Tamil Nadu
|{{Date table sorting|15 April}}
|[[West Bengal Day]]
|[[West Bengal]]
|-
|-
| [[Vasant Panchami]] (Aka, Saraswati Puja) || Telangana, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra
|{{Date table sorting|26 October}}
|[[Accession Day (Jammu and Kashmir)|Jammu and Kashmir Accession day]]
|[[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|-
|-
| [[Ratha Saptami]] || Maharashtra, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka
|{{Date table sorting|1 November}}
|[[Kannada Rajyothsava]]
|[[Karnataka]]
|-
|-
| [[Maha Shivaratri|Maha Sivarathri]] || Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chandigarh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
|{{Date table sorting|1 November}}
|[[Kerala Day]]
|[[Kerala]]
|-
|-
| [[Holi]] (aka, Dol) || All states and territories ''except'' Kerala, Nagaland, Mizoram, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
|{{Date table sorting|1 May}}
|[[Maharashtra Day]]
|[[Maharashtra]]
|-
|-
| Dhulivandan || Maharashtra<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/photogallery/news/2018-is-full-of-16-long-weekends/photoshow/61559211.cms|title=पुढच्या वर्षी सुट्टयांचा पाऊस; १६ लॉन्ग विकेंड-Maharashtra Times|date=2017-11-08|website=maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com|access-date=2019-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018223614/https://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/photogallery/news/2018-is-full-of-16-long-weekends/photoshow/61559211.cms|archive-date=18 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{Date table sorting|20 February}}
|[[List of Indian state days|Mizoram State Day]]
|[[Mizoram]]
|-
|-
|[[Ugadi]]/[[Gudi Padwa|Gudhi Padwa]]/[[Puthandu]] (Hindu New Year)|| Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Pudhucherry, (Ugadi), Maharashtra, Goa (Gudi Padwa) Pudhucherry, Tamil Nadu (Puthandu)
|{{Date table sorting|1 December}}
|[[List of Indian state days|Nagaland State Inauguration Day]]
|[[Nagaland]]
|-
|-
| [[Rama Navami]]|| Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
|{{Date table sorting|1 April}}
|[[Odisha Day]]
|[[Odisha]]
|-
|-
| [[Hanuman Jayanti]] || Maharashtra, Odisha, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh (as Bada Mangal), Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
|{{Date table sorting|16 August}}
|[[List of Indian state days|Puducherry De Jure Transfer Day]]
|[[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]
|-
|-
| [[Akshaya Tritiya]]/[[Parashurama|Maharishi Parashurama Jayanti]] || Maharashtra, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh
|{{Date table sorting|1 November}}
|[[List of Indian state days|Puducherry Liberation Day]]
|[[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]
|-
|-
| [[Rath Yatra|Rath Jatra]] || Odisha, Gujarat
|{{Date table sorting|16 May}}
|[[Sikkim State Day]]
|[[Sikkim]]
|-
|-
| [[Naga Panchami]] or Guga-Navami || All states and territories ''except'' Goa
|{{Date table sorting|2 June}}
|[[Telangana Formation Day]]
|[[Telangana]]
|-
|-
| [[Raksha Bandhan]](Aka, Rákhi Pourńimá) || Karnataka, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Haryana, Odisha, Punjab, Maharashtra (Raksha Bandhan), Telangana, Andhra Pradesh (Rakhi Purnima)
|{{Date table sorting|17 September}}
|[[Hyderabad-Karnataka Liberation Day]]
|[[Karnataka]]
|}
 
===Birth and anniversary days===
{|class="sortable wikitable"style="text-align:left;"style="font-size: 85%"
|+State holidays:Birth and anniversary days<ref name="HD"/>
|-
|-
| [[Krishna Janmashtami|Krishna Janmashtami/Krishnashtami]] (a.k.a. Gokulashtami) || Andhra Pradesh,Telangana (Krishnashtami), Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal (Krishna Janmashtami)
!{{Tooltip|Date|Fixed day or tentative date as per [[Gregorian calendar]] in case of floating festivals}}
!style="width:15em;"|Name
!State/UT
|-
|-
| [[Ganesh Chaturthi|Ganesh Chaturthi/Vinayaka Chavithi]] (a.k.a. Ganeshotsav) || Andhra Pradesh, Telangana (Vinayaka Chavithi), Pudhucherry (Vinayaka Chavithi/ Vinayaga Chavithi), Tamil Nadu (Vinayaga Chavithi), Goa, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab (Ganesh Chaturthi)
|{{Date table sorting|14 April}}
|[[Ambedkar Jayanti]]
| [[India]] & Rest of The World
|-
|-
|{{Date table sorting|April}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|June}}
|[[Buddha's Birthday]]
| [[India]] & Rest of The World
|-
|-
| [[Raja Parba]] || Odisha
|{{Date table sorting|2 October}}
|[[Gandhi Jayanti]]
| [[India]]
|-
|-
| [[Mahalaya]] || Karnataka, West Bengal, Assam, Odisha
|{{Date table sorting|5 April}}
|[[Jagjivan Ram|Babu Jag Jivan Ram's Birthday]]
|[[Bihar]]
|-
|-
|[[Navaratri]]
|{{Date table sorting|23 April}}
|All states for 10 days till Dussehra
|[[Basava|Basava Jayanti]]
|[[Karnataka]]
|-
|-
| [[Navratri|Dussehra]]/[[Durga Puja]] || All states and territories <small>(holiday for 2 days in Andhra Pradesh, mainly in Telangana (after Bathukamma), Bihar, Kerala, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh;</small> <small>holiday for 3 days in Odisha, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, and Tripura</small> <small>holiday for 6 days in West Bengal</small><small>;</small> <small>11th day Bhashani Utchhav in Odisha</small><small>)</small>
|{{Date table sorting|13 July}}
|[[Bhanu Jayanti]]
|[[Sikkim]]
|-
|-
| [[Sharad Purnima|Kumara Purnima]] (a.k.a. Kojaagari Pornima)|| Maharashtra (as Kojaagari Pornima), Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal
|{{Date table sorting|19 February}}
|[[Shiv Jayanti|Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti]]
|[[Maharashtra]]
|-
|-
| rowspan="7" |[[Diwali|Diwali/Deepavali]]|| All states and territories <small>(observed for 2 days in Assam, West Bengal, Karnataka and Odisha; observed for 5 days in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh and Delhi; observed for 6 days in Maharashtra)</small>
|{{Date table sorting|18 December}}
|[[Guru Ghasidas|Guru Ghasidas Jayanti]]
|[[Chandigarh]]
|-
|-
| Vasu Baras / Vagh Baras (a.k.a. Govatsa Dwadashi) – Maharashtra, Gujarat
|{{Date table sorting|February}}
|[[Guru Ravidass Jayanti]]
|[[Chandigarh]], [[Haryana]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]
|-
|-
|[[Dhan Teras|Dhanteras]] (a.k.a. Dhanatrayodashi) – Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar
|{{Date table sorting|23 September}}
|[[Martyrs' Day (India)|Heroes' Martyrdom Day]]
|[[Haryana]]
|-
|-
|[[Naraka Chaturdashi]] – all states ''except'' Tamil Nadu
|{{Date table sorting|26 September}}
|[[Sankardev|Janmotsav]]
|[[Assam]]
|-
|-
|[[Lakshmi Puja]] – Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, West Bengal and Tripura, Telangana
|{{Date table sorting|4 June}}
|[[Kabir Jayanti]]
|[[Chandigarh]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Haryana]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] 
|-
|-
|[[Balipratipada]], [[Govardhan Puja]]– all states ''except'' Tamil Nadu
|{{Date table sorting|15 November}}
|[[Kanakadasa Jayanthi]]
|[[Karnataka]]
|-
|-
|Hindu New Year- Gujarat, Maharashtra
|{{Date table sorting|25 May}}
|[[Nazrul Jayanti|Kazi Nazrul Islam Jayanti]]
|[[Tripura]]
|-
|-
|[[Bhai Duj]] (Aka, [[Bhau Beej|Bhau-beej]], Yama Dwitiya, Bhai Phota) || [[Maharashtra]], Goa, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar,
|{{Date table sorting|15 October}}
|[[Agrasen|Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti]]
|[[Haryana]]
|-
|-
| Devotthan Ekadashi || Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and some parts of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh
|{{Date table sorting|23 September}}
|[[Hari Singh|Maharaja Hari Singh Ji's Birthday]]
|[[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|-
|-
| Hartalika Teej|| Maharashtra, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
|{{Date table sorting|9 May}}
|[[Maharana Pratap|Maharana Pratap Jayanti]]
|[[Rajasthan]]
|-
|-
| [[Jagaddhatri|Jagaddhatri Puja]] || [[West Bengal]]
|{{Date table sorting|13 July}}
|[[Martyrs' Day (India)|Martyrs' Day]]
|[[Jharkhand]]
|-
|-
| [[Vishwakarma Puja]] || Odisha, Bihar, West Bengal.
|{{Date table sorting|23 January}}
|[[Netaji|Netaji's Birthday]]
|[[Odisha]], [[Tripura]], [[West Bengal]]
|-
|-
| [[Nuakhai]] || [[Odisha]]
|{{Date table sorting|12 December}}
|[[Pa Togan Sangma]]
|[[Meghalaya]]
|-
|-
| [[Chhath Puja]] || Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh
|{{Date table sorting|7 May}}
|[[Rabindranath Tagore|Rabindranath Tagore's Birthday]]
|[[West Bengal]]
|-
|-
| [[Bathukamma]] || [[Telangana]]
|{{Date table sorting|26 September}}
|[[Ramdev Pir|Ramdev Jayanti]]
|[[Rajasthan]]
|-
|-
| [[Bonalu]] || [[Telangana]]
|{{Date table sorting|23 March}}
|[[Martyrs' Day (India)|Shaheedi Diwas]]
|[[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]
|-
|-
| [[Hanuman Jayanti]] || [[India]]
|{{Date table sorting|31 October}}
|}
|[[Vallabhbhai Patel|Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's Birthday]]
 
|[[Gujarat]]
===Islamic holidays===
[[File:MiladUnnNabi.jpg|thumb|Mawlid or Eid-e-Milād-un-Nabī being celebrated in a town in Uttar Pradesh.]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Holiday !! Day and month of [[Islamic calendar|Hijri]] !! Observed in
|{{Date table sorting|26 December}}
|[[Udham Singh|Shaheed Udham Singh Jayanti]]
|[[Haryana]]
|-
|-
| [[Day of Ashura]] || 10th Muharram. Death of Imam [[Husayn ibn Ali|Hussain ibn Ali]]|| All states and territories
|{{Date table sorting|31 July}}
|[[Udham Singh|Shaheed Udham Singh Martyrdom day]]
|[[Haryana]]
|-
|-
| [[Mawlid]]||[[Rabi' al-awwal]] || All states and territories
|{{Date table sorting|20 August}}
|[[Sree Narayana Guru Jayanthi]]
|[[Kerala]]
|-
|-
| Birthday of [[Ali Ibn Abitalib|Ali ibn Abi Talib]]|| 13th Rajab in the Islamic Calendar|| Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
|{{Date table sorting|20 September}}
|[[Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi]]
|[[Kerala]]
|-
|-
| [[Shab-e-Barat]] || 15th Sha'ban|| Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
|{{Date table sorting|12 January}}
|[[Swami Vivekananda|Swami Vivekananda's Birthday]]
|[[West Bengal]]
|-
|-
| [[Jamat Ul-Vida]]<br/><small>Alvida</small>|| Last Friday in [[Ramadan]] || Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh
|{{Date table sorting|15 January}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|16 January}}
|[[Thiruvalluvar Day]]
|[[Tamil Nadu]]
|-
|-
| [[Eid ul-Fitr]]|| 1st Shawwal || All states and territories
|{{Date table sorting|18 December}}
|[[Khasi language|U Soso Tham Death Anniversary]]
|[[Meghalaya]]
|-
|-
| [[The event of Ghadir Khumm|Eid-e-Ghadeer]]|| 18 [[Dhu al-Hijjah]] || Telangana
|{{Date table sorting|30 December}}
|[[U Kiang Nangbah]]
|[[Meghalaya]]
|-
|-
| [[Eid al-Adha]]|| 10 [[Dhu al-Hijjah]] ||All states and territories<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.telanganateachers.in/general-holiday-on-6-10-2014-bakra-eid-bakri-eid/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=31 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231104554/http://www.telanganateachers.in/general-holiday-on-6-10-2014-bakra-eid-bakri-eid/ |archive-date=31 December 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|{{Date table sorting|17 July}}
|[[U Tirot Sing|U Tirot Sing Day]]
|[[Meghalaya]]
|}
|}


===Sikh holidays===
===Religious days===
A number of Sikh holidays are [[Gurpurb]]s, anniversaries of a guru's birth or death; marked by the holding of a festival.
{|class="sortable wikitable"style="text-align:left;"style="font-size: 85%"
{| class="wikitable"
|+State holidays:Religious days<ref name="HD"/>
|-
|-
! Holiday !! Observed in
!{{Tooltip|Date|Fixed day or tentative date as per [[Gregorian calendar]] in case of floating festivals}}
!Name
!Type
!State/UT
|-
|-
| [[Guru Gobind Singh Ji]] [[Gurpurab]] || Bihar, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana
|{{Date table sorting|June}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|July}}
|[[Akshaya Tritiya]]
|Hindu
|[[Maharashtra]], [[Karnataka]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Kerala]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Gujarat]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Punjab]]
|-
|-
| [[Guru Arjan Dev|Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Ji]] || Punjab
|{{Date table sorting|October}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|November}}
|[[Ayudha Puja]]
|Hindu
|[[Tamil Nadu]], [[Karnataka]], [[Kerala]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Telangana]], [[Lakshadweep]]
|-
|-
| [[Vaisakhi]] || Andaman & Nicobar, Assam, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
|{{Date table sorting|September}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|October}}
|[[Bathukamma]]
|Hindu
|[[Telangana]]
|-
|-
| [[Guru Nanak Gurpurab]] || All over India
|{{Date table sorting|November}}
|}
|[[Bhai Dooj]]
 
|Hindu
===Christian holidays===
|[[Gujarat]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]   
[[File:Christmas Wares in Kolkata 2.jpg|thumb|Shops selling Christmas decorations in [[Kolkata]].]]
|-
{| class="wikitable"
|{{Date table sorting|June}}
|[[Bonalu]]
|Hindu
|[[Telangana]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|October}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|November}}
|[[Chhath]]
|Hindu
|[[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|March}}
|[[Dol Jatra]]
|Hindu
|[[West Bengal]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|October}}
|[[Durga Puja]]
|Hindu
|[[West Bengal]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|August}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|September}}
|[[Ganesh Chaturthi]]
|Hindu
|[[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Daman and Diu]], [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]], [[Goa]], [[Gujarat]], [[Karnataka]], [[Maharashtra]], [[Odisha]], [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]], [[Telangana]], [[Tamil Nadu]]  
|-
|{{Date table sorting|October}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|November}}
|[[Navratri|Ghatasthapana]]
|Hindu
|[[Rajasthan]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|April}}
|[[Garia puja|Garia Puja]]
|Hindu
|[[Tripura]]
|-
|-
! Holiday !! Observed in
|{{Date table sorting|November}}
|[[Govardhan Puja]]
|Hindu
|[[Haryana]]
|-
|-
|[[Palm Sunday]]
|{{Date table sorting|April}}
|All states and territories
|[[Hanuman Jayanti]]
|Hindu
|[[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Karnataka]], [[Kerala]], [[Maharashtra]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|-
|-
|[[Maundy Thursday]] || Meghalaya, Mizoram, Kerala, and Goa
|{{Date table sorting|August}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|September}}
|[[Teej|Hartalika Teej]]
|Hindu
|[[Chandigarh]], [[Sikkim]]
|-
|-
|[[Good Friday]] || All states and territories
|{{Date table sorting|September}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|October}}
|[[Teej|Haryali Teej]]
|Hindu
|[[Haryana]]
|-
|-
|[[Easter Sunday]] || All states and territories
|{{Date table sorting|March}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|April}}
|[[Holi]]
|Hindu
|Pan India except [[Delhi]], [[Karnataka]], [[Kerala]], [[Lakshadweep]], [[Manipur]], [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[West Bengal]]
|-
|-
|[[Feast of Pentecost]]
|{{Date table sorting|March}}
|All states and territories
|[[Holika Dahan]]
|Hindu
|[[Rajasthan]]
|-
|-
|Feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle|[[Thomas the Apostle|St. Thomas the Apostle]] || [[Kerala]]
|{{Date table sorting|August}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|September}}
|[[Jhulan Purnima]]
|Hindu
|[[Odisha]]
|-
|-
|Fest of St. Theresa of Calcutta
|{{Date table sorting|November}}
|[[Kali Puja]]
|Hindu
|[[West Bengal]]
|[[West Bengal]]
|-
|-
|Feast of the [[Blessed Virgin]] || Goa and Parts of Karnataka
|{{Date table sorting|November}}
|[[Kartika Purnima]]
|Hindu
|[[Odisha]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|July}}
|[[Ker puja|Ker Puja]]
|Hindu
|[[Tripura]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|June}}
|[[Kharchi puja|Kharchi Puja]]
|Hindu
|[[Tripura]]
|-
|-
|[[All Saints Day]]
|{{Date table sorting|August}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|September}}
|[[Karnataka]]
|[[Krishna Janmashtami]]
|Hindu
|[[Andaman and Nicobar]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Bihar]], [[Chandigarh]], [[Chhattisgarh]], [[Delhi]], [[Gujarat]], [[Haryana]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[Jharkhand]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Meghalaya]], [[Nagaland]], [[Odisha]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Sikkim]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Telangana]], [[Tripura]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|October}}
|[[Lakshmi Puja]]
|Hindu
|[[Odisha]], [[Tripura]], [[West Bengal]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|October}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|November}}
|[[Ashtami|Maha Astami]]
|Hindu
|[[Arunachal Pradesh]], [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Telangana]], [[West Bengal]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|March}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|April}}
|[[Navami|Maha Navami]]
|Hindu
|[[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Telangana]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|October}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|November}}
|[[Saptami|Maha Saptami]]
|Hindu
|[[Odisha]], [[Sikkim]], [[Tripura]], [[West Bengal  ]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|February}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|March}}
|[[Maha Shivaratri]]
|Hindu
|Pan India except [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]], [[Arunachal Pradesh]], [[Assam]], [[Bihar]], [[Goa]], [[Lakshadweep]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Manipur]], [[Meghalaya]], [[Mizoram]], [[Nagaland]], [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]], [[Sikkim]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[West Bengal]]  
|-
|{{Date table sorting|October}}
|[[Mahalaya]]
|Hindu
|[[Karnataka]], [[Odisha]], [[Tripura]], [[West Bengal]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|October}}
|[[Sharad Purnima#Valmiki Jayanti|Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti]]
|Hindu
|[[Chandigarh]], [[Haryana]], [[Karnataka]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|April}}
|[[Nag Panchami]]
|Hindu
|[[Maharashtra]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|April}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|May}}
|[[Parashurama|Maharshi Parasuram Jayanti]]
|Hindu
|[[Gujarat]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Haryana]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Rajasthan]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|June}}
|[[Raja Parba]]
|Hindu
|[[Odisha]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|August}}
|[[Raksha Bandhan]]
|Hindu
|[[Chandigarh]], [[Gujarat]], [[Haryana]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|March}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|April}}
|[[Ram Navami]]
|Hindu
|[[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Bihar]], [[Chandigarh]], [[Daman and Diu]], [[Gujarat]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Haryana]], [[Karnataka]], [[Maharashtra]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Odisha]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Sikkim]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Telangana]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|November}}
|[[Sharad Purnima|Rahasa Purnima]]
|Hindu
|[[Odisha]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|June}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|July}}
|[[Rath Yatra|Rath Jatra]]
|Hindu
|[[Odisha]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|February}}
|[[Ratha Saptami]]
|Hindu
|[[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Goa]], [[Karnataka]], [[Maharashtra]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|September}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|October}}
|[[Dashami|Teja Dashmi]]
|Hindu
|[[Rajasthan]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|January}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|February}}
|[[Thaipusam]]
|Hindu
|[[Tamil Nadu]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|January}}{{ndash}}{{Date table sorting|February}}
|[[Vasant Panchami]]
|Hindu
|[[Haryana]], [[Odisha]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], [[Tripura]], [[West Bengal]] 
|-
|{{Date table sorting|September}}
|[[Vishwakarma day]]
|Hindu
|[[Assam]], [[Bihar]], [[Karnataka]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[West Bengal]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|February}}
|[[Dosmoche]]
|[[List of Buddhist festivals|Buddhist]]
|[[Ladakh]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|July}}
|[[Drupka Teshi]]
|Buddhist
|[[Ladakh]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|November}}
|[[Lhabab Duchen]]
|Buddhist
|[[Sikkim]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|December}}
|[[Kagyed|Pang-Lhabsol]]
|Buddhist
|[[Sikkim]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|August}}
|[[Chehlum]]
|[[Muslim festivals|Muslim]]
|[[Bihar]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|April}}
|[[Jumu'atul-Wida|Jumat-ul-Vida]]
|Muslim
|[[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|28 January}}
|[[Ali|Mohm Hajarat Ali]]
|Muslim
|[[Bihar]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|April}}
|[[Night of Power|Shab-I-Qadr]]
|Muslim
|[[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|December}}
|[[Culture of Goa|Feast of St. Francis Xavier]]
|[[Christian festivals|Christian]]
|[[Goa]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|April}}
|[[Easter]]
|Christian
|[[Kerala]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|11 January}}
|[[Missionary Day]]
|Christian
|[[Meghalaya]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|5 January}}
|[[Guru Gobind Singh|Guru Gobind Singh Ji's birthday]]
|[[Sikhism|Sikh]]
|[[Chandigarh]], [[Haryana]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|19 June}}
|[[Guru Hargobind|Guru Hargobind Ji's birthday]]
|Sikh
|[[Jharkhand]]
|-
|-
|[[All Souls Day]]
|{{Date table sorting|28 August}}
|[[Mizoram]]
|[[Guru Granth Sahib|Parkash Utsav Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji]]
|Sikh
|[[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]
|-
|-
| Feast of [[St. Francis Xavier]]|| [[Goa]]
|{{Date table sorting|3 June}}
|[[Guru Arjun Dev|Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji's Martyrdom Day]]  
|Sikh
|[[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]
|-
|-
|[[Christmas]] Day || All states and territories
|{{Date table sorting|28 November}}
|[[Guru Teg Bahadur|Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji's Martyrdom Day]]
|Sikh
|[[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]
|-
|-
|[[Boxing Day]] || Telangana<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/dec26-declared-public-holiday/article6723190.ece Dec.26 declared public holiday]</ref>
|{{Date table sorting|August}}
|[[Samvatsari]]
|[[Jain festivals|Jain]]
|[[Gujarat]]
|-
|-
|Feast of Holy Family
|{{Date table sorting|July}}
|[[Behdienkhlam]]
|[[Indigenous people of India|Indigenous]]
|[[Meghalaya]]
|[[Meghalaya]]
|}
===Buddhist holidays===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Holiday !! Observed in
|{{Date table sorting|November}}
|[[Chapchar Kut]]
|Indigenous
|[[Mizoram]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|December}}
|[[Donyi-Polo|Indigenous Faith Day]]
|Indigenous
|[[Arunachal Pradesh]], [[Assam]]
|-
|-
| [[Buddha Purnima]] || Andaman & Nicobar, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Punjab
|{{Date table sorting|January}}
|[[Gaan-Ngai]]
|Indigenous
|[[Assam]], [[Manipur]], [[Nagaland]]
|-
|-
| [[Bizu]] || Tripura
|{{Date table sorting|January}}
|[[Imoinu Iratpa]]
|Indigenous
|[[Manipur]]
|-
|-
| [[Dhammachakra Pravartan Day]] || [[Maharashtra]]
|{{Date table sorting|October}}
|[[Indrajatra]]
|Indigenous
|[[Sikkim]]
|-
|-
| [[Losar]] || [[Sikkim|Sikkim, Ladakh]]
|{{Date table sorting|February}}
|}
|[[Lui Ngai Ni]]
 
|Indigenous
===Jain holidays===
|[[Manipur]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Holiday !! Observed in
|{{Date table sorting|January}}
|[[Me-Dam-Me-Phi]]
|Indigenous
|[[Assam]]
|-
|-
| [[Mahavir Janma Kalyanak]] || Andaman & Nicobar, Bihar, Chandigarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh,
|{{Date table sorting|November}}
|[[Ningol Chakouba]]
|Indigenous
|[[Manipur]]
|-
|-
 
|{{Date table sorting|September}}
| [[Paryushan]] || Andaman & Nicobar, Bihar, Chandigarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh,
|[[Nuakhai]]
|}
|Indigenous
 
|[[Odisha]]
===Parsee (Zoroastrian) holidays===
<!-- PLEASE DO NOT GIVE A HISTORY OR DEMOGRAPHIC STATISTIC OF THE PARSIS.-->
The ''[[Shahenshahi]]'' and ''Kadmi'' variants of the [[Zoroastrian calendar]] do not intercalate leap years and hence the day of the Gregorian calendar year on which these days are celebrated shifts ahead with time. The third variant of the Zoroastrian calendar, known as either ''Fasli'' (in India) or ''Bastani'' (in Iran), intercalcates according to Gregorian calendar rules and thus remains synchronous with the seasons. The Parsis in India use a [[Shahenshahi]] calendar, unlike the [[Iran]]ian [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrians]] who use a [[Kadmi]] calendar. The North American and European Parsis have adapted their own version of the [[Fasli]] calendar. {{Citation needed span|text=This is, however, is looked down upon by many of the Parsis, who continue to use the Shahenshai calendar.|reason=Dubious claim that requires a reliable source|date=October 2019}} These differences cause changes in the dates of the holidays. For example, the Zoroastrian New Year, [[Nowruz]], falls in the spring for the Iranians but in the summer for the Parsis.
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Holiday !! Observed in
|{{Date table sorting|August}}
|[[Tendong Lho Rumfaat]]
|Indigenous
|[[Sikkim]]
|-
|-
| [[Nowruz]]<br /><small>(Parsee New Year)</small> || Gujarat, Maharashtra, Pudhucherry, Punjab
|{{Date table sorting|March}}
|[[Yaosang]]
|Indigenous
|[[Manipur]]
|}
|}


===Ravidassia holidays===
===Others===
 
{|class="sortable wikitable"style="text-align:left;"style="font-size: 85%"
{| class="wikitable"
|+State holidays:Others<ref name="HD"/>
|-
!{{Tooltip|Date|Fixed day or tentative date as per [[Gregorian calendar]] in case of floating festivals}}
!Name
!State/UT
|-
|-
! Holiday !! Observed in
|{{Date table sorting|1 May}}
|[[International Workers' Day|May Day]]
|[[Assam]], [[Bihar]], [[Goa]], [[Karnataka]], [[Kerala]], [[Manipur]], [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]], [[Telangana]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Tripura]], [[West Bengal]]
|-
|-
| [[Guru Ravidass|Guru Ravidass Jayanti]] || Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Delhi, Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Madhya Pradesh.
|{{Date table sorting|6 July}}
|[[Mizo Hmeichhe Insuihkhawm Pawl|MHIP day]]
|[[Mizoram]]
|-
|-
|}
|{{Date table sorting|13 August}}
 
|[[Anglo-Manipur War#Legacy|Patriot's day]]
===Ayyavazhi holidays===
|[[Manipur]]
[[File:The Great Masi Procession.jpg|thumb|The Masi Procession to [[Swamithope Pathi]] during [[Ayya Vaikunda Avataram|Ayya Vaikunda Avatar]]]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
!  Holiday !! Observed in
|{{Date table sorting|24 April}}
|[[National Panchayati Raj Day|Panchaytiraj Diwas]]
|[[Odisha]]
|-
|-
| [[Ayya Vaikunda Avataram]] || Tamil Nadu<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/article2959703.ece Thousands take part in Ayya Vaikundar Avatar day - The Hindu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111155823/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/article2959703.ece |date=11 January 2016 }}, India's National Daily, 04-03-2012, ' " The government had also declared a restricted holiday on Saturday, for the first time, in the State in view of Ayya Vaikundar Avatar day. " '</ref>
|{{Date table sorting|30 June}}
|[[Mizoram Peace Accord|Remna Ni]]
|[[Mizoram]]
|-
|-
|{{Date table sorting|23 November}}
|[[Seng Khasi Movement|Seng Kut Snem]]
|[[Mizoram]]
|-
|{{Date table sorting|15 June}}
|[[Young Mizo Association|YMA Day]]
|[[Mizoram]]
|}
|}


==Holidays in government offices==
==Others==
{{Multiple issues|{{Condense|section|date=October 2019}}
Banks have specific holidays according to the various states or union territories in addition to every second and fourth Saturdays of the month.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbi.org.in/commonperson/English/Scripts/PressReleases.aspx?Id=1562|title=Saturday bank holidays|publisher=RBI|access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref> 1st April of every year is also a national bank holiday in India for annual closing of accounts as it is the first day of financial year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yadav |first=Deepak |date=13 April 2025 |title=Government Holidays In India 2025: Complete List, Bank Holidays & State Wise Dates |url=https://holidayalerts.in/government-holidays-in-india-2025-state-bank/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://holidayalerts.in/government-holidays-in-india-2025-state-bank/ |archive-date=13 April 2025 |access-date=19 Oct 2025 |website=HolidayAlerts}}</ref> Schools, colleges and other educational institutions have specific term holidays according to the state or board.
{{Overly detailed|section|date=October 2019}}|section=yes}}Central and State governments in India issue annually a list of holidays to be observed in the respective government offices during the year.<ref name="GOI">[http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/Calander/2017_holidays.pdf Holidays to be observed in central government offices during 2017] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312195800/http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/Calander/2017_holidays.pdf |date=12 March 2017 }} Note a new version of this document is released each year, and old versions may not be available beyond one or two years previous. {{PD-notice}}</ref> The list is divided into two parts:
* Gazetted holidays (Annexure I)
* Restricted holidays (Annexure II)


In addition, local administrations also issue a list of holidays, known as local holidays, which are observed at the district level.
==See also==
 
===Central government===
The [[Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions]] (Department of Personnel and Training) on behalf of the [[Government of India]] issues a list of holidays to be observed in central government offices during the year. The list is divided in two parts i.e. Annexure I & Annexure
 
====Annexure I====
Annexure I, also known as Gazetted holidays, consists of a list of holidays that are mandatory once decided.<ref name="GOI" /> This list consists of two parts:
* Paragraph 2
* Paragraph 3.1
 
=====Paragraph 2=====
It consists of holidays that are observed compulsorily across India.<ref name="GOI" /> These holidays are:
<!-- Order & spelling of names of holidays are as per reference-->
# Republic Day
# Independence Day
# Gandhi Jayanti
# Mahavir Janma Kalyanak
# Buddha Purnima
# Christmas Day
# Dussehra
# Diwali (Deepavali)
# Good Friday
# Guru Nanak's Birthday
# Eid ul-Fitr
# Eid al-Adha (Bakrid)
# Muharram
# Prophet Muhammad's Birthday (Id-e-Milad)
 
=====Paragraph 3.1=====
In addition to the 14 compulsory holidays mentioned in paragraph 2, three holidays are chosen from the list below by the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee in the respective state capitals (if necessary, in consultation with Coordination Committees at other places in the State). The final list is applied uniformly across all Central Government offices within each state. They are notified after seeking the prior approval of the ministry, and no changes can be made thereafter. No change is permissible in regard to festivals and dates.<ref name="GOI" />
 
<!-- Order & spelling of names of holidays are as per reference-->
# An additional day for Dussehra
# Holi
# Janamashtami (Vaishanvi)/Krishnashtami
# Rama Navami
# Maha Sivarathri
# Ganesh Chaturthi/Vinayak Chaturthi
# Makar Sankranti/Sankranthi
# Onam
# Sri Panchami/Basanta Panchami
# Vishu/Vaisakhi/Vaisakhadi/Bhag Bihu/Mashadi/Ugadi/Chaitra Sakladi/Cheti Chand/Gudhi Pada 1st Navratra/Nauraj
 
====Annexure II====
Annexure II also known as Restricted holidays, consists of a list of holidays which are optional. Each employee is allowed to choose any two holidays from the list of Restricted Holidays. The Coordination Committees at the State Capitals draw up a separate list of Restricted Holidays, keeping in mind the occasions of local importance, but the nine occasions left over, after choosing the three variable holidays in paragraph 3.1, are included in the list of restricted holidays.<ref name="GOI" />
 
===Central government organisations===
Central Government Organisations, which include industrial, commercial and trading establishments, observe up to 16 holidays per year, including three national holidays, viz. Republic Day, Independence Day and Mahatma Gandhi's birthday, as compulsory holidays. The remaining holidays/occasions may be determined by such establishments/organisations themselves, subject to paragraph 3.2.<ref name="GOI" />
 
===Union territory administrations===
Union territory administrations decide the list of holidays based on Ministry of Home Affairs letter No.14046/27 /83- GP-I dated 15 February 1984, by which they observe a total of 16 holidays, including the three National Holidays, viz. Republic Day, Independence Day and Mahatma Gandhi's birthday.<ref name="GOI" />
 
===Indian missions abroad===
In respect of Indian missions abroad, the number of holidays is determined in accordance with the instructions contained in the Department of Personnel and Training's O.M. No.12/5/2002-JCA dated 17 December 2002. They have the option to select 11 (eleven) holidays of their own only after including the three National Holidays and Diwali, Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad, Mahavir Janma Kalyanak, Idu'l Fitr, Dussehra (Vijaya Dasami), Guru Nanak's Birthday, Christmas Day as compulsory holidays falling on weekdays.<ref name="GOI" />
 
===Banks===
{{Main|Bank holidays in India}}
In respect to banks, the holidays are restricted to 15 days per year in terms of the instructions issued by the Department of Economic Affairs (Banking Division).<ref name="GOI" />
 
# Bank Holiday
# Gandhi Jayanti
# [[Mahavir Janma Kalyanak]]
# Maharaja Agresen Jayanti
# Kashiram Death Anniversary
# Dussehra (Maha Navami)
# Dussehra (Vijaya Dashami)
# [[Dusshera]] (Maha Navaratri, Durgotsava, Durga Ashtami, Durga Ashtami)
# Deepawali
# Deepawali (Govardhan Puja)
# Bhai Duj/Chitragupt Jayanti
# Eid al-Adha (Bakrid)
# Guru Nanak's birthday/Kartik Poornima
# Dr. B R. Ambedkar's Nirwan Diwas
# Moharram
# Christmas
# New Year's Day
# International Women's Day
# Gudhi Padwa
# [[Guru Gobind Singh|Guru Gobind Singh Ji Gurpurab]]
# [[Makar Sankranti|Sankaranti]]
# Basanta Panchami
# Guru Ravidas Jayanti
# [[Arba'een|Chehalum]]
# [[Holi]]
# Easter Saturday
# Easter Monday
# Baishakhi
# [[Janmashtami]]
# Vishwakarma Pooja
# Eid ul fitr
# Ganesh Chaturthi
# Anant chaturdasi
# [[Navratri|Dussehra]] (Maha Ashtami)
# Maharshi Balmiki Jayanti
# [[Deepawali|Deepavali]] (Narak Chaturdasi)
# Eid ul Adha (Bakrid)
# [[Guru Teg Bahadur|Guru Teg Bahadur Shahid Diwas]]
# Moharram
# Christmas
#second and fourth Saturday
#all Saturdays of month in IT sector


==See also==
* [[Nepali Language Recognition Day]]
* [[Bank holidays in India]]
* [[Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India]]
* [[Indian New Year's days]]
* [[Languages of India]]
* [[List of Hindu festivals]]
* [[Sikkim]]  
* [[List of Sikh festivals]]
* [[Language movement (disambiguation)]]
* [[Islamic holidays]]
* [[List of Buddhist festivals]]
* [[List of Jain holidays]]


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
*[https://www.centralgovernmentnews.com/holidays-to-be-observed-in-central-government-offices-during-the-year-2020/ Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2020] Government Holidays
{{Indian days}}
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Public Holidays in India, also known as Government Holidays, consist of a variety of cultural, nationalistic, and religious holidays that are legislated in India at the union or state levels.

Being a culturally diverse country, there are many festivals celebrated in various regions across the country. There are only three national holidays declared by the Government of India: Republic Day (26 January), Independence Day (15 August) and Gandhi Jayanti (2 October). Apart from this, certain holidays which are celebrated nationally are declared centrally by the Union Government. Additionally, various state governments and union territories designate additional holidays on local festivals or days of importance as holidays as per section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.

National holidays[edit | edit source]

National holidays are mandatory holidays declared by the Government of India which is applicable for all states and union territories of India.[1] Template:Sort under

Date Name Type Details
26 January Republic Day Fixed (Indian Constitution came into force) Celebrates the 1950 adoption of the Constitution of India[2]
15 August Independence Day Fixed (India Independence from the United Kingdom) Celebrates the 1947 Independence from the British rule[3]
2 October Gandhi Jayanti Fixed (India; birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi) Honors Mahatma Gandhi, who was born on 2 October 1869[4]

Central holidays[edit | edit source]

In addition to the three fixed national holidays, the Union Government of India declares additional days as holidays which are largely followed by central government offices and affiliates. In addition to designated fixed holidays, few other days are designated optional from which select number of days can be chosen according to individual convenience.

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Date Name Type Details
25 December Christmas Day Fixed Christian festival that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, central figure of Christianity (c. 6 to 4BC–30 or 33AD) whose birth is commemorated on 25 December[6]
12 Rabi' al-awwal Mawlid Muslim festival that celebrates the birth of Muhammad. It is celebrated in Rabi' al-Awwal, the third month in the Islamic calendar.[7]
1 Shawwal Eid al-Fitr Muslim festival that celebrates of the day of breaking the fast. It is celebrated on the first day of Shawwal in the Islamic calendar.[8]
10 Muharram Ashura Muslims mourn the martydom of Husayn Ibn Ali, prophet Muhammad's family. Also marks parting of the Red Sea by Moses, salvation of the Israelites, Noah's disembarkment from the Ark.
10 Dhu al-Hijjah Eid al-Adha Muslim festival that honours the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his son, either Isaac or Ismail, as an act of obedience to God.[9]
March–April Mahavir Janma Kalyanak Floating Jain festival that celebrates the birth of Mahavira (599 BC), the twenty-fourth and last Tirthankara (supreme preacher) of present Avasarpiṇī[10]
March–May Good Friday Christian festival that commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus[11]
April–June Buddha's Birthday Buddhist festival that celebrates Gautama Buddha, founder of Buddhism (c. 563–483 BC). It is celebrated on the full moon day of the Vaisakha month of the Buddhist calendar.[12]
September–October Vijayadashami Hindu festival that celebrates the victory of good over evil. It is celebrated on the tenth day of Ashvin, the seventh month in the Hindu Calendar[13] Sikh festival called Dasehara.
October–November Diwali Hindu festival of lights. It is celebrated on the new moon day in the month of Ashvin or Kartika in the Hindu Calendar[14] Sikh festival to celebrate Bandi Chhor Divas in remembrance of the release of Guru Hargobind from the Gwalior Fort prison by the Mughal emperor Jahangir and the day he arrived at the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
October–November Guru Nanak's Birthday Sikh festival that celebrates the birth of the first Sikh guru, (1469).[15]

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Date Name Type Details
January Makar Sankranti / Pongal Floating Hindu festival marking the transition of the sun from Sagittarius to Capricorn and dedicated to the solar deity Surya.[16]
January–February Vasant Panchami Hindu festival dedicated to Goddess Saraswati, that marks the preparation for the arrival of spring and celebrated on the fifth day of Magha, the eleventh month of Hindu calendar
February–March Maha Shivaratri Hindu festival to celebrate the wedding of Lord Shiva with Parvati, celebrated on the fourteenth day of Krishna Paksha in the month of Phalguna or Magha in the Hindu calendar[17]
March Nowruz Celebrates the beginning of the Persian New Year
March–April Holi Hindu festival of colors to celebrate the victory of good over evil (Specifically the death of the evil Holika, aunt of Prahlad, an ardent devotee of Vishnu) and arrival of spring, celebrated on full-moon day in the month of Phalguna in the Hindu calendar[18] Sikh festival to celebrate with its historic texts referring to it as Hola. Guru Gobind Singh in addition to Holi created a three-day Hola Mohalla extension festival of martial arts. The extension started the day after the Holi festival in Anandpur Sahib, where Sikh soldiers would train in battles, compete in horsemanship, athletics, archery and military exercises.
March–April Rama Navami Hindu festival to celebrate the birth of Lord Rama celebrated on the ninth day of Shukla Paksha in the month of Chaitra in the Hindu calendar
March–April Ugadi Celebrates the beginning of the Telugu and Kannada New Year
March–April Cheti Chand Celebrates the beginning of the Sindhi New Year
April Puthandu Tamil festival It is the first day of the Tamil calendar and celebrates the beginning of the new year in Tamil Nadu. It is also celebrates the agrarian people and harvest on the first day of the Tamil month Chithirai.
April Vishu Celebrates the beginning of the Malayali New Year[19]
April Vaisakhi Sikh festival celebrates the beginning of the Solar new year in North India and spring harvest on the first day of the month of Vaisakh in the Punjabi calendar
April Bohag Bihu Celebrates the beginning of the Assamese New Year
April Gudi Padwa Celebrates the beginning of the Marathi and Konkani New Year
June–July Ratha Yatra Hindu festival involving a public procession of chariots with the deities Jagannath, Balarama and Subhadra celebrated in Ashadha month of Hindu calendar
August–September Krishna Janmashtami Hindu festival to celebrate the birth of Lord Krishna and celebrated on eighth day of Krishna Paksha in the month of Shravana in the Hindu calendar
August–September Ganesh Chaturthi Hindu festival as a tribute to Lord Ganesha, celebrated on the fourth day of Krishna Paksha in the month of Bhadrapada in the Hindu calendar[20]
August–September Onam Hindu harvest festival celebrated by the people of Kerala commemorating the visit of Mahabali and celebrated in Chingam, the first month of Malayalam Calendar
September–October Navaratri Hindu festival celebrating the first day of the Hindu Vikram Samvat calendar
October–November Chhath Hindu harvest festival dedicated to Sun God Surya, celebrated in North and East India on the sixth day of the month of Kartika
October–November Karva Chauth Hindu festival celebrated by women to pray for the longevity of their husbands, observed on the fourth day after the full moon in the month of Kartika

Each year, central and state governments release lists of gazetted and restricted holidays. Comprehensive compiled lists are available online.[21]

State holidays[edit | edit source]

In addition to the above, various state governments and union territories designate additional holidays on local festivals or days of importance as holidays as per section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.[1]

Harvest festivals[edit | edit source]

State holidays:Harvest festivals[22]
Date Name Type State/UT
13 January Bhogi Fixed Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
13 January–14 January Lohri Floating Punjab
14 January–15 January Magh Bihu Fixed Assam
14 January Maghi Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu, Punjab
1 March Chapchar Kut Mizoram
September–October Wangala Floating Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland
October–November Kati Bihu Assam

New year[edit | edit source]

State holidays:New year's days[22]
Date Name State/UT
13 April–14 April Bohag Bihu Assam
March–April Gudi Padwa Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Maharashtra
August Losoong Sikkim
February–March Losar Ladakh
1 January New Year's Day Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Telangana
31 December New Year's Eve Manipur
13 April–14 April Pana Sankranti Odisha
20 March–21 March Parsi New Year Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Maharashtra
14 April–15 April Pohela Boishakh Tripura, West Bengal
13 April–14 April Puthandu Tamil Nadu, Puducherry
March–April Sarhul Jharkhand
March–April Sajibu Nongma Panba Manipur
March–April Ugadi Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
13 April–14 April Vaisakhi Jharkhand, Punjab
14 April–15 April Vishu Kerala
October–November Diwali Gujarat, Rajasthan, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

State days[edit | edit source]

State holidays:State days[22]
Date Name State/UT
1 November Andhra Pradesh Day Andhra Pradesh
20 February Arunachal Pradesh Statehood Day Arunachal Pradesh
2 December Asom Day Assam
22 March Bihar Day Bihar
1 November Chhattisgarh Rajyotsava Chhattisgarh
19 December Goa Liberation Day Goa
1 May Gujarat Day Gujarat
1 November Haryana Day Haryana
15 April Himachal Day Himachal Pradesh
15 April West Bengal Day West Bengal
26 October Jammu and Kashmir Accession day Jammu and Kashmir
1 November Kannada Rajyothsava Karnataka
1 November Kerala Day Kerala
1 May Maharashtra Day Maharashtra
20 February Mizoram State Day Mizoram
1 December Nagaland State Inauguration Day Nagaland
1 April Odisha Day Odisha
16 August Puducherry De Jure Transfer Day Puducherry
1 November Puducherry Liberation Day Puducherry
16 May Sikkim State Day Sikkim
2 June Telangana Formation Day Telangana
17 September Hyderabad-Karnataka Liberation Day Karnataka

Birth and anniversary days[edit | edit source]

State holidays:Birth and anniversary days[22]
Date Name State/UT
14 April Ambedkar Jayanti India & Rest of The World
April–June Buddha's Birthday India & Rest of The World
2 October Gandhi Jayanti India
5 April Babu Jag Jivan Ram's Birthday Bihar
23 April Basava Jayanti Karnataka
13 July Bhanu Jayanti Sikkim
19 February Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti Maharashtra
18 December Guru Ghasidas Jayanti Chandigarh
February Guru Ravidass Jayanti Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab
23 September Heroes' Martyrdom Day Haryana
26 September Janmotsav Assam
4 June Kabir Jayanti Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab
15 November Kanakadasa Jayanthi Karnataka
25 May Kazi Nazrul Islam Jayanti Tripura
15 October Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti Haryana
23 September Maharaja Hari Singh Ji's Birthday Jammu and Kashmir
9 May Maharana Pratap Jayanti Rajasthan
13 July Martyrs' Day Jharkhand
23 January Netaji's Birthday Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal
12 December Pa Togan Sangma Meghalaya
7 May Rabindranath Tagore's Birthday West Bengal
26 September Ramdev Jayanti Rajasthan
23 March Shaheedi Diwas Punjab
31 October Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's Birthday Gujarat
26 December Shaheed Udham Singh Jayanti Haryana
31 July Shaheed Udham Singh Martyrdom day Haryana
20 August Sree Narayana Guru Jayanthi Kerala
20 September Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi Kerala
12 January Swami Vivekananda's Birthday West Bengal
15 January–16 January Thiruvalluvar Day Tamil Nadu
18 December U Soso Tham Death Anniversary Meghalaya
30 December U Kiang Nangbah Meghalaya
17 July U Tirot Sing Day Meghalaya

Religious days[edit | edit source]

State holidays:Religious days[22]
Date Name Type State/UT
June–July Akshaya Tritiya Hindu Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab
October–November Ayudha Puja Hindu Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Lakshadweep
September–October Bathukamma Hindu Telangana
November Bhai Dooj Hindu Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh   
June Bonalu Hindu Telangana
October–November Chhath Hindu Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh
March Dol Jatra Hindu West Bengal
October Durga Puja Hindu West Bengal
August–September Ganesh Chaturthi Hindu Andhra Pradesh, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Telangana, Tamil Nadu  
October–November Ghatasthapana Hindu Rajasthan
April Garia Puja Hindu Tripura
November Govardhan Puja Hindu Haryana
April Hanuman Jayanti Hindu Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh
August–September Hartalika Teej Hindu Chandigarh, Sikkim
September–October Haryali Teej Hindu Haryana
March–April Holi Hindu Pan India except Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
March Holika Dahan Hindu Rajasthan
August–September Jhulan Purnima Hindu Odisha
November Kali Puja Hindu West Bengal
November Kartika Purnima Hindu Odisha, Tamil Nadu
July Ker Puja Hindu Tripura
June Kharchi Puja Hindu Tripura
August–September Krishna Janmashtami Hindu Andaman and Nicobar, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh
October Lakshmi Puja Hindu Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal
October–November Maha Astami Hindu Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Telangana, West Bengal
March–April Maha Navami Hindu Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
October–November Maha Saptami Hindu Odisha, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal  
February–March Maha Shivaratri Hindu Pan India except Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal  
October Mahalaya Hindu Karnataka, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal
October Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti Hindu Chandigarh, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab
April Nag Panchami Hindu Maharashtra
April–May Maharshi Parasuram Jayanti Hindu Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
June Raja Parba Hindu Odisha
August Raksha Bandhan Hindu Chandigarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh
March–April Ram Navami Hindu Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chandigarh, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh
November Rahasa Purnima Hindu Odisha
June–July Rath Jatra Hindu Odisha
February Ratha Saptami Hindu Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra
September–October Teja Dashmi Hindu Rajasthan
January–February Thaipusam Hindu Tamil Nadu
January–February Vasant Panchami Hindu Haryana, Odisha, Punjab, Tripura, West Bengal
September Vishwakarma day Hindu Assam, Bihar, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
February Dosmoche Buddhist Ladakh
July Drupka Teshi Buddhist Ladakh
November Lhabab Duchen Buddhist Sikkim
December Pang-Lhabsol Buddhist Sikkim
August Chehlum Muslim Bihar, Uttar Pradesh
April Jumat-ul-Vida Muslim Jammu and Kashmir
28 January Mohm Hajarat Ali Muslim Bihar
April Shab-I-Qadr Muslim Jammu and Kashmir
December Feast of St. Francis Xavier Christian Goa
April Easter Christian Kerala
11 January Missionary Day Christian Meghalaya
5 January Guru Gobind Singh Ji's birthday Sikh Chandigarh, Haryana
19 June Guru Hargobind Ji's birthday Sikh Jharkhand
28 August Parkash Utsav Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Sikh Punjab
3 June Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji's Martyrdom Day   Sikh Punjab
28 November Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji's Martyrdom Day Sikh Punjab
August Samvatsari Jain Gujarat
July Behdienkhlam Indigenous Meghalaya
November Chapchar Kut Indigenous Mizoram
December Indigenous Faith Day Indigenous Arunachal Pradesh, Assam
January Gaan-Ngai Indigenous Assam, Manipur, Nagaland
January Imoinu Iratpa Indigenous Manipur
October Indrajatra Indigenous Sikkim
February Lui Ngai Ni Indigenous Manipur
January Me-Dam-Me-Phi Indigenous Assam
November Ningol Chakouba Indigenous Manipur
September Nuakhai Indigenous Odisha
August Tendong Lho Rumfaat Indigenous Sikkim
March Yaosang Indigenous Manipur

Others[edit | edit source]

State holidays:Others[22]
Date Name State/UT
1 May May Day Assam, Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Puducherry, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal
6 July MHIP day Mizoram
13 August Patriot's day Manipur
24 April Panchaytiraj Diwas Odisha
30 June Remna Ni Mizoram
23 November Seng Kut Snem Mizoram
15 June YMA Day Mizoram

Others[edit | edit source]

Banks have specific holidays according to the various states or union territories in addition to every second and fourth Saturdays of the month.[23] 1st April of every year is also a national bank holiday in India for annual closing of accounts as it is the first day of financial year.[24] Schools, colleges and other educational institutions have specific term holidays according to the state or board.

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Bank holidays in India". Forbes. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  2. ↑ Introduction to Constitution of India (Report). Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. 29 July 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2008.
  3. ↑ "Independence Day of India, 15 August 2020: History, Significance, Facts and Celebration". Times of India. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
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  7. ↑ Schussman, Aviva (1998). "The Legitimacy and Nature of Mawid al-Nabī: (analysis of a Fatwā)". Islamic Law and Society. 5 (2): 214–234. doi:10.1163/1568519982599535.
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  9. ↑ "Id al-Adha". Oxford Islamic Studies Online. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
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  11. ↑ The Chambers Dictionary. Allied Publishers. 2002. p. 639. ISBN 978-81-86062-25-8. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  12. ↑ "Buddha Purnima 2023: Date, Timings, Story, Teachings and Significance". Times of India. 5 May 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  13. ↑ "Navratri". Britannica. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  14. ↑ "Diwali". Britannica. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  15. ↑ "Guru Nanak Jayanti 2019: History, significance and traditions". Hindustan Times. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  16. ↑ "Pongal". Britannica. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  17. ↑ "Maha-shivaratri". Britannica. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  18. ↑ "Holi". Britannica. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  19. ↑ "Vishu". Britannica. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  20. ↑ "Ganesh Chaturthi". Britannica. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  21. ↑ "Government Holidays 2025 – India Holiday Calendar". India Holiday Calendar. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 "Bank holiday list". HDFC Bank. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  23. ↑ "Saturday bank holidays". RBI. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  24. ↑ Yadav, Deepak (13 April 2025). "Government Holidays In India 2025: Complete List, Bank Holidays & State Wise Dates". HolidayAlerts. Retrieved 19 October 2025. {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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