Public Holidays in India in 2025

Upcoming Holidays in India

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: New Year's Day

: Losoong/Namsoong

: Mannam Jayanthi

: Losoong/Namsoong

: Losoong/Namsoong

: Losoong/Namsoong

: Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti

: Missionary Day

: Imoinu Iratpa

: Birthday of Swami Vivekananda

: Gann-Ngai

: Bhogi

: Pongal

: Sankranti

: Imam Ali's Birthday

: Tusu Puja

: Thiruvalluvar Day

: Kanuma

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


: Uzhavar Tirunal

: Uzhavar Tirunal Holiday

: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti

: Public Holiday

: Statehood Day

: Republic Day

: Shab-I-Miraj

: Sonam Lhosar

: Me-dam-me-phi

: Vasant Panchami

: Vasant Panchami

: Public Holiday

: Thaipoosam

: Guru Ravidas Jayanti

: Bir Chilarai Divas

: Paid Holiday

: Shab e-Barat

  • Muslims believe that on the night of Shab-E-Barat God writes the destinies of all men for the coming year by taking into account the deeds committed by them in the past


: Shab e-Barat

  • Muslims believe that on the night of Shab-E-Barat God writes the destinies of all men for the coming year by taking into account the deeds committed by them in the past


: Birthday of Panchanan Barma

: Lui-Ngai-Ni

: Chahhtrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti

: Mizoram State Day

: Statehood Day

: Maha Shivratri

: Losar

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


: Chapchar Kut

: Holi Dahan

: Bhumchu Festival

: Doljatra

: 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

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


: Ranga Panchami

: Nauroz

: Bihar Divas

: Shaheedi Diwas

: Shab-I-Qadr

: Jumat-ul-Wida

: Cheti Chand

: Ugadi

: Sajibu Nongma Panba

: 1st Navratra

: Gudi Padwa

: Idul Fitr

: Bank Holiday

: Odisha Day

: Following Day of Ramazan

: 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


: Sarhul Holiday

  • 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


: Babu Jagjivan Ram Birthday

: Ashoka's Birth Anniversary

: Ram Navami

: Birthday of Sri Guru Nabha Dass Ji

: Mahavir Jayanti

: Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jayanti

: Vaisakhi

: Biju Festival

: Mahabishuba Sankranti

: Cheiraoba

: Ashoka's Birth Anniversary

: Bohag Bihu Holiday

: Dr Ambedkar Jayanti

: Tamil New Year

: Vishu

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


: 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

: Himachal Day

: Bohag Bihu 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.


: Garia Puja

: Veer Kunvar Singh Jayanti

: Panchayati Raj Diwas

: Parashurama Jayanti

: Basava Jayanthi

: Parashurama Jayanti

: Akshaya Tritiya

: Labour Day

: Maharashtra Day

: Public Holiday

: Janaki Nawami

  • Janaki Nawami is celebrated every year on the ninth day of the waxing moon in the month of Baishakh according to the lunar calendar.


: Public Holiday

: Birthday of Rabindra Nath Tagore

: Buddha Purnima

: Sikkim State Day

: Savitri Amavasya

: Maharana Pratap Jayanti

: Guru Arjun Dev Martyrdom day

: Telangana Formation Day

: 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.


: Saga Dawas

: Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti

: Janmotsav of Sri Sri Madhav Dev

: 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.


: Ratha Yatra

: 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


: Kharchi Puja

: Guru Hargobind Ji's Birthday

: MHIP Day

: Ashura

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


: Bhanu Jayanti

: 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


: Harela

: U Tirot Sing Day

: Ker Puja

: Bonalu

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


: Public Holiday

: Karkidaka Vavu

: Drukpa Tsheshi

: Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Udham Singh

: Tendong Lho Rum Faat

: World Tribal Day

: Raksha Bandhan

: Patriot's Day

: Independence Day

: Parsi New Year

: Chehlum

: Sreekrishna Jayanthi

: Sreekrishna Jayanthi

: De jure Transfer Day

: Janmashtami

: Krishna Jayanthi

: Karam

: Birthday of Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarman

: Nepali Bhasha Manyata Diwas

: Tithi of Srimatna Sankardev

: Haritalika Teej

: Ganesh Chaturthi

: Vinayagar Chathurthi

: Samvatsari

: Ayyankali Jayanthi

: 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


: Mawlid

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


: Maulud Nabi

: Thiruvonam

: Maulud Nabi

: Third Onam

: Indra Jatra

: Fourth Onam

: Sree Narayana Guru Jayanti

: Pang Lhabsol

: Maulud Nabi

: Friday after Eid e-Milad-un Nabi

: Tithi of Sri Sri Madhav Dev

: Viswakarma Puja

: Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi

: Bathukamma Starting Day

: Mahalaya

: Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti

: Haryana Heroes' Martyrdom Day

: Maha Saptami

: Durga Ashtami

: 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.


: 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

: 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.


: Mahatma Gandhi Birthday

: 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

: 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.


: Vijaya Dashami Holiday

: Public Holiday Holiday

: 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.


: Vijaya Dashami Holiday

: Birthday of Nar Bahadur Bhandari

: Kumar Purnima

: Lakshmi Puja

: Maharishi Valmiki Birthday

: Kumar Purnima

: Kati Bihu

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


: 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.


: Narak Chaturdashi

: Diwali

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


: Diwali

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


: Laxmi Puja (Deepawali)

: Govardhan Puja

: Deepavali

: Diwali (Bali Pratipada)

: 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


: Vishvakarma Day

: Govardhan Puja

: Laxmi Puja (Deepawali)

: Ningol Chakkouba

: Bhai Bij

: Laxmi Puja (Deepawali)

: Bhratridwitiya

: Bhaubeej

: 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.


: Chhath Puja

: Chhath Puja

: Chhath Puja Holiday

: Sardar Patel's Birthday

: Haryana Day

: Kannada Rajyothsava

: Puducherry Liberation Day

: Kut

: Igas

: 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.


: Rasa Purnima

: Public Holiday

: Wangala Festival

: Kanakadasa Jayanthi

: Lhabab Duechen

: Public Holiday

: Birsa Munda Birth Anniversary

: Kartar Singh Sarabha Martyrdom Day

: Seng Kut Snem

: Lachit Divas

: Martyrdom of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji

: State Inauguration Day

: Indigenous Faith Day

: Asom Divas

: Feast of St. Francis Xavier

: World Disabled Day

: Birthday of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah

: Barahimizong

: Pa Togan Nengminza Sangma

: Death Anniversary of U SoSo Tham

: Goa Liberation Day

: Losoong/Namsoong

: Losoong/Namsoong

: Losoong/Namsoong

: Christmas Festival

: Losoong/Namsoong

: Christmas Eve

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


: Losoong/Namsoong

: Christmas Day

: Losoong/Namsoong

: Boxing Day

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


: Christmas Holiday

: Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti

: Christmas Festival

: U Kiang Nangbah

: Christmas Festival

: Tamu Lhosar

  • The festival of Tamu Lhosar is marked as the New Year by the Gurung people to celebrate their unique cultural and traditional values.


: New Year's Eve

: Christmas Festival

: Imoinu Iratpa

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