Public Holidays in India in 2024

Upcoming Holidays in India

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: New Year's Day

: Mannam Jayanthi

: New Year Celebration

: Missionary Day

: Birthday of Swami Vivekananda

: Bhogi

: Magh Bihu

: Pongal

: Sankranti

: Tusu Puja

: Thiruvalluvar Day

: Kanuma

  • In Andhra Pradesh, the Kanuma festival is celebrated on the third day of four-day Sankranti festival


: Uzhavar Tirunal

: Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti

: Public Holiday

: Imoinu Iratpa

: Ram Mandir Inauguration

: Ram Mandir Inauguration

: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti

: Gann-Ngai

: Statehood Day

: Thaipoosam

: Imam Ali's Birthday

: Republic Day

: Me-dam-me-phi

: Shab-I-Miraj

: Losar

  • Tibetan New year, also known as Losar, is the most important festival in the Tibetan calendar


: Vasant Panchami

: Lui-Ngai-Ni

: Chahhtrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti

: Mizoram State Day

: Statehood Day

: Guru Ravidas Jayanti

: Bhumchu Festival

: Bir Chilarai Divas

: Chapchar Kut

: Maha Shivratri

: Bihar Divas

: Shaheedi Diwas

: Shahidi Divas S. Bhagat Singh Ji

: Holi Dahan

: Doljatra

: Holi

  • Originally a harvest and fertility festival, Holi also commemorates a legend from Hindu Mythology


: Holi

  • Originally a harvest and fertility festival, Holi also commemorates a legend from Hindu Mythology


: Yaosang 2nd Day

  • Manipur. This festival that combines Hindu and folk traditions is celebrated for five days in spring on the full moon in the month of Lamda


: Holi Holiday

: Maundy Thursday

: Good Friday

: Easter Sunday

  • Easter Sunday is the most important date in the Christian church. In the bible, it is the day when Mary Magdalene found that an empty tomb in the cave in which Jesus had been placed.


: Bank Holiday

: Odisha Day

: Babu Jagjivan Ram Birthday

: Jumat-ul-Wida

: Bakth Matha Karma Jayanthi

: Shab-I-Qadr

: Birthday of Sri Guru Nabha Dass Ji

: Sajibu Nongma Panba

: 1st Navratra

: Gudi Padwa

: Ugadi

: Cheti Chand

: Idul Fitr

: Sarhul

  • A key tribal festival, celebrated on Chaitra Shukla Tritiya, the third day of waxing moon in Chaitra month. Sarhul marks the beginning of New Year


: Idul Fitr

: Following Day of Ramazan

: Cheiraoba

: Biju Festival

: Bohag Bihu Holiday

: Mahabishuba Sankranti

: Vaisakhi

: Vishu

  • Vishu is celebrated with much fanfare and energy in all parts of Kerala. It is considered a festival of light and fireworks


: Dr Ambedkar Jayanti

: Ashoka's Birth Anniversary

: Tamil New Year

: Bengali New Year

  • Mughal Emperor Akbar introduced the Bengali calendar in 1556 (Gregorian calendar) to make the collection of land tax easier in 'Subah Bangla', much of which is now in Bangladesh.


: Bohag Bihu

  • This is the most important agricultural festival in Assam and marks the beginning of the Assamese New Year, signifying the time of harvest.


: Himachal Day

: Bohag Bihu Holiday

: Ram Navami

: Public Holiday

: Garia Puja

: Mahavir Jayanti

: Public Holiday

: Labour Day

: Maharashtra Day

: Labour Day

: Birthday of Rabindra Nath Tagore

: Basava Jayanthi

: Parashurama Jayanti

: Sikkim State Day

: Buddha Purnima

: Janmotsav of Sri Sri Madhav Dev

: Savitri Amavasya

: Maharana Pratap Jayanti

: Pahili Raja

: Raja Sankranti

: YMA Day

  • The Young Mizo Association (YMA) is the largest non-profit and nongovernmental organisation of the Mizo people. It was established on 15 June 1935.


: Bakrid

  • Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice is the most important feast in the Muslim calendar. It celebrates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ishmael in submission to Allah's command, before he was stopped by Allah.


: Id-ul-Ad'ha

  • Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice is the most important feast in the Muslim calendar. It celebrates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ishmael in submission to Allah's command, before he was stopped by Allah.


: Bakrid

  • Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice is the most important feast in the Muslim calendar. It celebrates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ishmael in submission to Allah's command, before he was stopped by Allah.


: Eid-ul-Azha Holiday

  • Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice is the most important feast in the Muslim calendar. It celebrates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ishmael in submission to Allah's command, before he was stopped by Allah.


: Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti

: Remna Ni

  • On 30 June 1986, a peace agreement was signed between the Mizo National Front and the Central government, ending 20 years of insurgency in Mizoram


: Behdienkhlam

  • Behdienkhlam (chasing away the Demon of Cholera) is celebrated in mid-July after the sowing period. It is the most important festival of the Jaintia tribes


: Guru Hargobind Ji's Birthday

: MHIP Day

: Ratha Yatra

: Kang (Rathajatra)

: Drukpa Tsheshi

: Kharchi Puja

: Ashura

  • Ashura is the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and marks the climax of the Mourning of Muharram


: U Tirot Sing Day

: Ashura

  • Ashura is the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and marks the climax of the Mourning of Muharram


: Bonalu

  • A Hindu festival in Telangana celebrating Goddess Mahakali in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad


: Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Udham Singh

: Ker Puja

: Karkidaka Vavu

: Hareli

: Tendong Lho Rum Faat

: Adivasi Divas

: Patriot's Day

: Independence Day

: Parsi New Year

: De jure Transfer Day

: Raksha Bandhan

: Jhulan Purnima

: Sree Narayana Guru Jayanti

: Tithi of Sri Sri Madhav Dev

: Janmashtami

: Krishna Jayanthi

: Ayyankali Jayanthi

: Janmostav of Srimatna Sankardev

: Harithalika

: Ganesh Chaturthi

: Samvatsari

: Vinayagar Chathurthi

: Ganesh Chaturthi Holiday

: Nuakhai

  • Nuakhai is an agricultural festival observed by people of western Odisha to welcome the new rice of the season


: Ramdev Jayanti and Teja Dashmi

: First Onam

  • Onam lasts 10 days with official state holidays on three or four days starting from Onam Eve (Uthradom) to the Third Onam Day


: Karam

: Thiruvonam

: Third Onam

: Mawlid

  • Celebrated by Muslims on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiulawal, the third month of the Muslim calendar


: Fourth Onam

: Indra Jatra

: Pang Lhabsol

: Friday after Eid e-Milad-un Nabi

: Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi

: Haryana Heroes' Martyrdom Day

: Maharaja Hari Singh Birth Anniversary

: Mahatma Gandhi Birthday

: Mahalaya

: Bathukamma Starting Day

: Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti

: Maha Saptami

: Durgastami

: Dussehra

: Durga Ashtami

: Navami of Durga Puja

: Ayudha Puja

  • On Ayudha Puja, the ninth day of Navaratri, many common and seemingly mundane tools and implements are cleaned and worshipped.


: Mahanavami

: Dussehra

: Ayudha Puja

  • On Ayudha Puja, the ninth day of Navaratri, many common and seemingly mundane tools and implements are cleaned and worshipped.


: Mahanavami

: Durga Puja

  • Durga Puja is one of the largest Hindu festivals that involves worship of Goddess Durga symbolising power and triumph of good over evil in Hindu mythology.


: Dussehra

: Janmostav of Srimatna Sankardev

: Dussehra

: Durga Puja

  • Durga Puja is one of the largest Hindu festivals that involves worship of Goddess Durga symbolising power and triumph of good over evil in Hindu mythology.


: Durga Puja Holiday

  • Durga Puja is one of the largest Hindu festivals that involves worship of Goddess Durga symbolising power and triumph of good over evil in Hindu mythology.


: Vijaya Dashami Holiday

: Vijaya Dashami Holiday

: Kumar Purnima

: Lakshmi Puja

: Kati Bihu

  • An important Assamese festival to ensure strong growth and healthy crops that begins at the start of the month of Kati.


: Maharishi Valmiki Birthday

: Accession Day

  • Commemorates October 26th 1947, when Maharaja Hari Singh signed off the Instrument of Accession, in which Jammu and Kashmir joined the Dominion of India.


: Narak Chaturdashi

: Sardar Patel's Birthday

: Diwali

  • Celebrations revolve around the triumph of good over evil, purity over impurity, light over darkness


: Kali Puja

  • Kali Puja is celebrated on the new moon day of the Hindu month Kartik. It is celebrated on the same day as Diwali, when other regions worship the godess Lakshmi.


: Haryana Day

: Puducherry Liberation Day

: Kannada Rajyothsava

: Kut

: Diwali

  • Celebrations revolve around the triumph of good over evil, purity over impurity, light over darkness


: Vishvakarma Day

: Govardhan Puja

: Laxmi Puja (Deepawali)

: Bhai Bij

: Vikram Samvat New Year

  • Gujuarat. Named after king Vikramaditya, this calendar remains widely used in western India. In Gujarat, the second day of Diwali is celebrated as the first day of the Vikram Samvat calendar


: Govardhan Puja

: Diwali (Bali Pratipada)

: Deepavali Holiday

: Bhai Bij

: Ningol Chakkouba

: Bhratridwitiya

: Bhatri Dwitiya

: Chhath Puja

: Wangala Festival

: Chhath Puja Holiday

: Chhath Puja

: Rasa Purnima

: Guru Nanak's Birthday

  • Falls on the full moon day of the Kartik month of the Hindu calendar. It is celebrated all over India to commemorate the birth of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism.


: Kartar Singh Sarabha Martyrdom Day

: Kanakadasa Jayanthi

: Seng Kut Snem

: Lachit Divas

: State Inauguration Day

: Indigenous Faith Day

: Asom Divas

: Feast of St. Francis Xavier

: Martyrdom of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji

: Pa Togan Nengminza Sangma

: Guru Ghasidas Jayanti

: Death Anniversary of U SoSo Tham

: Goa Liberation Day

: Christmas Eve

  • Christmas Eve marks the culmination of the Advent period before Christmas that started on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Eve.


: Christmas Day

: Christmas Holiday

: Boxing Day

  • The second day of Christmas is known as Boxing Day or St. Stephens Day. St Stephen was the first Christian martyr.


: Shaheedi Sabha

: Christmas Festival

: U Kiang Nangbah

: Losoong/Namsoong

: New Year's Eve

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