Public Holidays in India in 2023

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: New Year's Day

: Mannam Jayanthi

: New Year Celebration

: Public Holiday

: Imoinu Iratpa

: Gann-Ngai

: Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti

: Missionary Day

: Birthday of Swami Vivekananda

: Pongal

: Sankranti

: Bhogi

: Pongal

: Tusu Puja

: Sankranti

: Sankranti

: Thiruvalluvar Day

: Kanuma

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

: Uzhavar Tirunal

: Sonam Lhosar

: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti

: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti

: Gothar Bathou Sun

: Statehood Day

: Republic Day

: Vasant Panchami

: Sir Chhotu Ram Jayanti

: Devnarayan Jayanti

: Me-dam-me-phi

: Guru Ravidas Jayanti

: Thaipoosam

: Imam Ali's Birthday

: Bir Chilarai Divas

: Lui-Ngai-Ni

: Maha Shivratri

: Shab-I-Miraj

: Chahhtrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti

: Mizoram State Day

: Statehood Day

: Losar

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

: Chapchar Kut

: Holika Dahan

: Doljatra

: Holi Dahan

: Bhumchu Festival

: Holi

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

: Holi

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

: 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
  • More details about Yaosang 2nd Day

: Holi Holiday

: Nauroz

: Bihar Divas

: Sajibu Nongma Panba

: 1st Navratra

: Gudi Padwa

: Ugadi

: Cheti Chand

: Shaheedi Diwas

: Cheti Chand

: Chetrichandra

: 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
  • More details about Sarhul

: Ram Navami

: Bank Holiday

: Odisha Day

: Mahavir Jayanti

: Babu Jagjivan Ram Birthday

: 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.
  • More details about Easter Sunday

: Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jayanti

: Cheiraoba

: Biju Festival

: Mahabishuba Sankranti

: Vaisakhi

: Dr Ambedkar Jayanti

: Bohag Bihu Holiday

: 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
  • More details about Vishu

: 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.
  • More details about Bengali New Year

: Bohag Bihu

: Himachal Day

: Bohag Bihu

: Shab-I-Qadr

: Tithi of Damodar Deva

: Jumat-ul-Wida

: Garia Puja

: Ramzan

: Sati Sadhani Divas

: Id-ul-Fitr Holiday

: Idul Fitr

: Parashurama Jayanti

: Basava Jayanthi

: Following Day of Ramazan

: Khongjom Day

: Public Holiday

: Maharashtra Day

: Labour Day

: Labour Day

: Buddha Purnima

: Birthday of Rabindra Nath Tagore

: Public Holiday

: Sikkim State Day

: Savitri Amavasya

: Maharana Pratap Jayanti

: Guru Arjun Dev Martyrdom day

: Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti

: Saga Dawas

: Janmotsav of Sri Sri Madhav Dev

: 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.
  • More details about YMA Day

: Ratha Yatra

: Kharchi Puja

: 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.
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: 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.
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: Bakrid 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.
  • More details about Bakrid Holiday

: 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
  • More details about Remna Ni

: Guru Hargobind Ji's Birthday

: MHIP Day

: 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
  • More details about Behdienkhlam

: Ker Puja

: Bhanu Jayanti

: Harela

: Bonalu

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

: U Tirot Sing Day

: Public Holiday

: Drukpa Tsheshi

: Ashura

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

: Ashura

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

: Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Udham Singh

: Tendong Lho Rum Faat

: World Tribal Day

: Patriot's Day

: Haryana Public Holiday

: Independence Day

: Parsi New Year

: De jure Transfer Day

: Birthday of Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarman

: Nepali Bhasha Manyata Diwas

: 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
  • More details about First Onam

: Ayyankali Jayanthi

: Thiruvonam

: Third Onam

: Raksha Bandhan

: Jhulan Purnima

: Raksha Bandhan

: Fourth Onam

: Sree Narayana Guru Jayanti

: Pang Lhabsol

: Tithi of Sri Sri Madhav Dev

: Chehlum

: Janmashtami

: Krishna Jayanthi

: Janmashtami

: Janmashtami

: Janmashtami

: Public Holiday

: Public Holiday

: Public Holiday

: Tithi of Srimatna Sankardev

: Ganesh Chaturthi

: Vinayagar Chathurthi

: Ganesh Chaturthi

: Samvatsari

: Ganesh Chaturthi Holiday

: Nuakhai

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

: Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi

: Haryana Heroes' Martyrdom Day

: Maharaja Hari Singh Birth Anniversary

: Janmostav of Srimatna Sankardev

: Karam Puja

: Maulud Nabi

: Mawlid

  • Celebrated by Muslims on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiulawal, the third month of the Muslim calendar
  • More details about Mawlid

: Ramdev Jayanti

: Mawlid

  • Celebrated by Muslims on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiulawal, the third month of the Muslim calendar
  • More details about Mawlid

: Friday after Eid e-Milad-un Nabi

: Indra Jatra

: Public Holiday

: Jananeta Irawat Birth Day

: Mahatma Gandhi Birthday

: Birthday of Nar Bahadur Bhandari

: Mahalaya

: Bathukamma Starting Day

: Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti

: Kati Bihu

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

: Maha Saptami

: Durga Ashtami

: 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.
  • More details about Ayudha Puja

: Mahanavami

: Navami of Durga Puja

: 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.
  • More details about Durga Puja

: Dussehra

: Following day of Vijaya Dasami

: Vijaya Dashami Holiday

: 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.
  • More details about Accession Day

: Vijaya Dashami Holiday

: Vijaya Dashami Holiday

: Kumar Purnima

: Lakshmi Puja

: Maharishi Valmiki Birthday

: Parkash Gurpurab of Sri Guru Ram Dass Ji

: Sardar Patel's Birthday

: Haryana Day

: Puducherry Liberation Day

: Kannada Rajyothsava

: Kut

: Lhabab Duechen

: Paid Holiday

: Wangala Festival

: Narak Chaturdashi

: Diwali

  • Celebrations revolve around the triumph of good over evil, purity over impurity, light over darkness
  • More details about Diwali

: 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.
  • More details about Kali Puja

: Diwali

  • Celebrations revolve around the triumph of good over evil, purity over impurity, light over darkness
  • More details about Diwali

: Vishvakarma Day

: Govardhan Puja

: Laxmi Puja (Deepawali)

: Diwali Holiday

: 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
  • More details about Vikram Samvat New Year

: Ningol Chakkouba

: Bhai Bij

: Bhratridwitiya

: Chitragupta Jayanti

: Kartar Singh Sarabha Martyrdom Day

: Chhath Puja

: Chhath Puja

: Seng Kut Snem

: Lachit Divas

: 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.
  • More details about Guru Nanak's Birthday

: Teyongsi Sirijunga Sawan Tongnam

: Kanakadasa Jayanthi

: Public Holiday

: State Inauguration Day

: Indigenous Faith Day

: Asom Divas

: Feast of St. Francis Xavier (in lieu)

: Public Holiday

: Mahaparinirvan Diwas

: Kagyed Dance

  • Kagyed is a masked dance performed by Buddhist monks in Sikkim as reverence to the almighty and as a means to ward off evils.
  • More details about Kagyed Dance

: Pa Togan Nengminza Sangma

: Losoong/Namsoong

: Losoong/Namsoong

: Losoong/Namsoong

: Losoong/Namsoong

: Losoong/Namsoong

: Martyrdom of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji

: 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.
  • More details about Christmas Eve

: Christmas Day

: Christmas Holiday

: Sakewa

: Christmas Festival

: Christmas Festival

: Public Holiday

: Shaheedi Sabha

: U Kiang Nangbah

: 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.
  • More details about Tamu Lhosar

: New Year's Eve

: Barahimizong

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