Public Holidays in India in 2023

When are the next Public holidays in India?

Upcoming Holidays

Ram Navami
Mar 30, . Celebrates the birth of Lord Rama to King Dasharatha of Ayodhya celebrated on the ninth ...
Odisha Day
Apr 1, . Celebrated in Odisha to mark formation of the state as a separate province on April 1st ...
Mahavir Jayanti
Apr 4, . Mahavir Jayanti celebrates the birth of Mahavira, the last Tirthankara (24 great sages)
Babu Jagjivan Ram Birthday
Apr 5, . Andhra Pradesh, Telangana. Birthday of an Indian independence activist and politician ...
Maundy Thursday
Apr 6, . Also Known as Holy Thursday, Maundy Thursday commemorates the last supper and established ...
Good Friday
Apr 7, . Good Friday occurs on the Friday before Easter. The day commemorates the Crucifixion of ...

List of Holidays in India in 2023

Day	Date	Holiday Name	Type	Comments
Sunday	Jan 01	New Year's Day	Regional Holiday	Several states
Monday	Jan 02	Mannam Jayanthi	Regional Holiday	Kerala Only
Monday	Jan 02	New Year Celebration	Regional Holiday	Several states
Monday	Jan 02	Public Holiday	Regional Holiday	Tripura
Tuesday	Jan 03	Imoinu Iratpa	Regional Holiday	Manipur
Wednesday	Jan 04	Gann-Ngai	Regional Holiday	Manipur
Thursday	Jan 05	Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Uttar Pradesh
Wednesday	Jan 11	Missionary Day	Regional Holiday	Mizoram
Thursday	Jan 12	Birthday of Swami Vivekananda	Regional Holiday	West Bengal only.
Saturday	Jan 14	Pongal	Regional Holiday
Saturday	Jan 14	Sankranti	Regional Holiday	Several states
Saturday	Jan 14	Bhogi	Regional Holiday
Sunday	Jan 15	Pongal	Regional Holiday
Sunday	Jan 15	Tusu Puja	Regional Holiday	Assam only
Sunday	Jan 15	Sankranti	Regional Holiday	Harvest festival
Sunday	Jan 15	Sankranti	Regional Holiday	Several states
Monday	Jan 16	Thiruvalluvar Day	Regional Holiday	Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Monday	Jan 16	Kanuma	Regional Holiday	Andhra Pradesh only
Tuesday	Jan 17	Uzhavar Tirunal	Regional Holiday	Several states
Sunday	Jan 22	Sonam Lhosar	Regional Holiday
Monday	Jan 23	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti	Not A Public Holiday	Assam, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal
Monday	Jan 23	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Assam, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal
Tuesday	Jan 24	Gothar Bathou Sun	Not A Public Holiday	Assam
Wednesday	Jan 25	Statehood Day	Regional Holiday	Himachal Pradesh only
Thursday	Jan 26	Republic Day	Public Holiday
Thursday	Jan 26	Vasant Panchami	Regional Holiday	Several states
Thursday	Jan 26	Sir Chhotu Ram Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Haryana
Saturday	Jan 28	Devnarayan Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Rajasthan
Tuesday	Jan 31	Me-dam-me-phi	Regional Holiday	Assam
Sunday	Feb 05	Guru Ravidas Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Several states. Full moon of Magh
Sunday	Feb 05	Thaipoosam	Regional Holiday	Several states
Sunday	Feb 05	Imam Ali's Birthday	Regional Holiday	Uttar Pradesh only
Sunday	Feb 05	Bir Chilarai Divas	Regional Holiday	Assam
Wednesday	Feb 15	Lui-Ngai-Ni	Regional Holiday	Manipur
Saturday	Feb 18	Maha Shivratri	Regional Holiday	Most states
Saturday	Feb 18	Shab-I-Miraj	Regional Holiday	The Prophet's Ascension
Sunday	Feb 19	Chahhtrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Maharashtra only
Monday	Feb 20	Mizoram State Day	Regional Holiday	Mizoram
Monday	Feb 20	Statehood Day	Regional Holiday	Arunachal Pradesh
Tuesday	Feb 21	Losar	Regional Holiday	Tibetan New Year
Friday	Mar 03	Chapchar Kut	Regional Holiday	Mizoram
Monday	Mar 06	Holika Dahan	Regional Holiday	Day before Holi
Tuesday	Mar 07	Holi Dahan	Regional Holiday	Day before Holi
Tuesday	Mar 07	Doljatra	Regional Holiday
Tuesday	Mar 07	Bhumchu Festival	Regional Holiday	Sikkim
Tuesday	Mar 07	Holi	Regional Holiday
Wednesday	Mar 08	Holi	Regional Holiday
Wednesday	Mar 08	Yaosang 2nd Day	Regional Holiday	Manipur
Thursday	Mar 09	Holi Holiday	Regional Holiday
Tuesday	Mar 21	Nauroz	Regional Holiday
Wednesday	Mar 22	Bihar Divas	Regional Holiday	Bihar Only
Wednesday	Mar 22	Sajibu Nongma Panba	Regional Holiday	Manipur
Wednesday	Mar 22	1st Navratra	Regional Holiday	Jammu and Kashmir
Wednesday	Mar 22	Gudi Padwa	Regional Holiday
Wednesday	Mar 22	Ugadi	Regional Holiday	Telugu and Kannada New Year
Wednesday	Mar 22	Cheti Chand	Regional Holiday
Thursday	Mar 23	Shaheedi Diwas	Regional Holiday	Haryana
Thursday	Mar 23	Cheti Chand	Regional Holiday
Friday	Mar 24	Sarhul	Regional Holiday	Jahrkhand
Thursday	Mar 30	Ram Navami	Regional Holiday
Saturday	Apr 01	Bank Holiday	Not A Public Holiday	Banks only. Annual accounts closing
Saturday	Apr 01	Odisha Day	Regional Holiday	Odisha
Tuesday	Apr 04	Mahavir Jayanti	Regional Holiday
Wednesday	Apr 05	Babu Jagjivan Ram Birthday	Regional Holiday	Andhra Pradesh, Telangana only
Thursday	Apr 06	Maundy Thursday	Regional Holiday	Kerala only
Friday	Apr 07	Good Friday	Regional Holiday
Sunday	Apr 09	Easter Sunday	Regional Holiday
Friday	Apr 14	Cheiraoba	Regional Holiday	Manipur
Friday	Apr 14	Biju Festival	Regional Holiday	Tripura
Friday	Apr 14	Mahabishuba Sankranti	Regional Holiday	Odisha
Friday	Apr 14	Vaisakhi	Regional Holiday	several states
Friday	Apr 14	Dr Ambedkar Jayanti	Regional Holiday
Friday	Apr 14	Bohag Bihu Holiday	Regional Holiday	Assam only
Friday	Apr 14	Tamil New Year	Regional Holiday	Puthandu. Tamil Nadu only
Saturday	Apr 15	Vishu	Regional Holiday	Kerala Only
Saturday	Apr 15	Bengali New Year	Regional Holiday	Tripura, West Bengal only
Saturday	Apr 15	Bohag Bihu	Regional Holiday	Assamese New Year. Assam only
Saturday	Apr 15	Himachal Day	Regional Holiday	Himachal Pradesh only
Sunday	Apr 16	Bohag Bihu	Regional Holiday	Assam
Tuesday	Apr 18	Shab-I-Qadr	Regional Holiday	Jammu and Kashmir
Thursday	Apr 20	Tithi of Damodar Deva	Regional Holiday	Assam
Friday	Apr 21	Jumat-ul-Wida	Regional Holiday	Last Friday of the month of Ramadan
Friday	Apr 21	Garia Puja	Regional Holiday	Tripura only
Friday	Apr 21	Idul Fitr	Regional Holiday	Most states
Friday	Apr 21	Sati Sadhani Divas	Regional Holiday	Assam
Saturday	Apr 22	Idul Fitr	Regional Holiday	Most states
Saturday	Apr 22	Parashurama Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Several states
Sunday	Apr 23	Basava Jayanthi	Regional Holiday	Karnataka
Sunday	Apr 23	Following Day of Ramazan	Regional Holiday	Telengana
Sunday	Apr 23	Khongjom Day	Regional Holiday	Manipur
Monday	May 01	Maharashtra Day	Regional Holiday	Maharashtra only
Monday	May 01	Labour Day	Regional Holiday	Many states
Monday	May 01	Labour Day	Regional Holiday	International Workers' Day
Friday	May 05	Buddha Purnima	Regional Holiday	Birth of Buddha
Tuesday	May 09	Birthday of Rabindra Nath Tagore	Regional Holiday	Tripura, West Bengal
Tuesday	May 16	Sikkim State Day	Regional Holiday	Sikkim only
Friday	May 19	Savitri Amavasya	Regional Holiday	Odisha
Monday	May 22	Maharana Pratap Jayanti	Regional Holiday
Tuesday	May 23	Martyrdom Day of Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji	Regional Holiday	Punjab, Chandigarh
Sunday	Jun 04	Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Full moon in Hindu month of Jyeshtha
Sunday	Jun 04	Saga Dawas	Regional Holiday	Birth of Buddha
Monday	Jun 05	Janmotsav of Sri Sri Madhav Dev	Regional Holiday	Assam
Wednesday	Jun 14	Pahili Raja	Regional Holiday	Odisha
Thursday	Jun 15	Raja Sankranti	Regional Holiday	Odisha only
Thursday	Jun 15	YMA Day	Regional Holiday	Mizoram
Tuesday	Jun 20	Ratha Yatra	Regional Holiday	Odisha
Monday	Jun 26	Kharchi Puja	Regional Holiday	Tripura only
Wednesday	Jun 28	Id-ul-Ad'ha	Regional Holiday	Bakrid. Kerala
Wednesday	Jun 28	Eid-ul-Azha	Regional Holiday	Many states
Thursday	Jun 29	Bakrid	Regional Holiday	Many states
Thursday	Jun 29	Eid-ul-Azha Holiday	Regional Holiday	Many states
Friday	Jun 30	Id-Ul-Zuha	Regional Holiday	Many states
Friday	Jun 30	Remna Ni	Regional Holiday	Mizoram
Wednesday	Jul 05	Guru Hargobind Ji's Birthday	Regional Holiday	Jammu and Kashmir
Thursday	Jul 06	MHIP Day	Regional Holiday	Mizoram
Sunday	Jul 09	Behdienkhlam	Regional Holiday	Meghalaya
Tuesday	Jul 11	Ker Puja	Regional Holiday	Tripura only
Sunday	Jul 16	Harela	Regional Holiday	Uttarakhand
Monday	Jul 17	Bonalu	Regional Holiday	Telangana
Monday	Jul 17	U Tirot Sing Day	Regional Holiday	Meghalaya
Friday	Jul 21	Drukpa Tsheshi	Regional Holiday	Sikkim
Friday	Jul 28	Ashura	Regional Holiday	10 Muharram
Friday	Jul 28	Ashoora	Regional Holiday	Many states
Saturday	Jul 29	Ashura	Regional Holiday	Many states
Saturday	Jul 29	Ashura	Regional Holiday	10 Muharram
Monday	Jul 31	Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Udham Singh	Regional Holiday	Haryana, Punjab only
Wednesday	Aug 09	World Tribal Day	Regional Holiday
Sunday	Aug 13	Patriot's Day	Regional Holiday	Observed on August 13th
Tuesday	Aug 15	Independence Day	Public Holiday
Wednesday	Aug 16	Parsi New Year	Regional Holiday	Jamshed Navroz
Wednesday	Aug 16	De jure Transfer Day	Regional Holiday	Puducherry
Friday	Aug 18	Tithi of Srimatna Sankardev	Regional Holiday	Assam only
Saturday	Aug 19	Birthday of Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarman	Regional Holiday	Tripura
Sunday	Aug 20	Nepali Bhasha Manyata Diwas	Regional Holiday	Sikkim
Sunday	Aug 27	Karam Puja	Regional Holiday	Assam
Monday	Aug 28	First Onam	Regional Holiday	Kerala only. Harvest Festival
Monday	Aug 28	Ayyankali Jayanthi	Regional Holiday	Kerala only
Tuesday	Aug 29	Thiruvonam	Regional Holiday	Kerala only. Harvest Festival
Wednesday	Aug 30	Third Onam	Regional Holiday	Kerala only. Harvest Festival
Wednesday	Aug 30	Raksha Bandhan	Regional Holiday	Several states
Wednesday	Aug 30	Jhulan Purnima	Regional Holiday	Odisha
Thursday	Aug 31	Raksha Bandhan	Regional Holiday	Several states
Thursday	Aug 31	Fourth Onam	Regional Holiday	Kerala only. Harvest Festival
Thursday	Aug 31	Sree Narayana Guru Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Kerala
Monday	Sep 04	Tithi of Sri Sri Madhav Dev	Regional Holiday	Assam only
Wednesday	Sep 06	Chehlum	Regional Holiday	Safar 20
Wednesday	Sep 06	Janmashtami	Regional Holiday
Wednesday	Sep 06	Krishna Jayanthi	Regional Holiday	Restricted Holiday
Wednesday	Sep 06	Janmashtami	Regional Holiday	Many states
Thursday	Sep 07	Janmashtami	Regional Holiday
Thursday	Sep 07	Janmashtami	Regional Holiday	Many states
Sunday	Sep 17	Ganesh Chaturthi	Regional Holiday	Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata
Monday	Sep 18	Ganesh Chaturthi	Regional Holiday	Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata
Monday	Sep 18	Vinayagar Chathurthi	Regional Holiday	Ganesh Chaturthi
Tuesday	Sep 19	Ganesh Chaturthi	Regional Holiday	Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata
Tuesday	Sep 19	Samvatsari	Regional Holiday
Wednesday	Sep 20	Ganesh Chaturthi Holiday	Regional Holiday	Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata
Wednesday	Sep 20	Nuakhai	Regional Holiday	Odisha only. Day after Ganesh Chaturthi
Friday	Sep 22	Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi	Regional Holiday	Kerala
Saturday	Sep 23	Haryana Heroes' Martyrdom Day	Regional Holiday	Haryana
Saturday	Sep 23	Maharaja Hari Singh Birth Anniversary	Regional Holiday	Jammu and Kashmir
Tuesday	Sep 26	Maulud Nabi	Regional Holiday	Birthday of Prophet Muhammad
Wednesday	Sep 27	Mawlid	Regional Holiday	Birthday of Prophet Muhammad
Thursday	Sep 28	Ramdev Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Rajasthan only
Thursday	Sep 28	Mawlid	Regional Holiday	Birthday of Prophet Muhammad
Friday	Sep 29	Birth Day of Prophet Mohammad	Regional Holiday	Birthday of Prophet Muhammad
Friday	Sep 29	Friday after Eid e-Milad-un Nabi	Regional Holiday	Jammu and Kashmir
Friday	Sep 29	Indra Jatra	Regional Holiday	Sikkim
Saturday	Sep 30	Jananeta Irawat Birth Day	Regional Holiday	Manipur
Monday	Oct 02	Mahatma Gandhi Birthday	Public Holiday
Thursday	Oct 05	Birthday of Nar Bahadur Bhandari	Regional Holiday	Sikkim
Saturday	Oct 14	Mahalaya	Regional Holiday	Several states
Saturday	Oct 14	Bathukamma Starting Day	Regional Holiday	Nine days before Durgatsami
Sunday	Oct 15	Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Haryana, Rajasthan
Wednesday	Oct 18	Kati Bihu	Regional Holiday	Assam
Saturday	Oct 21	Maha Saptami	Regional Holiday	Several states
Saturday	Oct 21	Durga Ashtami	Regional Holiday	Several states
Sunday	Oct 22	Durga Ashtami	Regional Holiday	Several states
Monday	Oct 23	Navami of Durga Puja	Regional Holiday	Some states
Monday	Oct 23	Ayudha Puja	Regional Holiday	Several states
Monday	Oct 23	Mahanavami	Regional Holiday	Ninth day of Dussehra
Monday	Oct 23	Vijaya Dashami	Regional Holiday	Several states
Monday	Oct 23	Navami of Durga Puja	Regional Holiday	Several states
Tuesday	Oct 24	Durga Puja	Regional Holiday	Several states
Tuesday	Oct 24	Durga Puja	Regional Holiday
Tuesday	Oct 24	Dussehra	Regional Holiday	Vijaya Dashami
Tuesday	Oct 24	Janmostav of Srimatna Sankardev	Regional Holiday	Assam only
Wednesday	Oct 25	Following day of Vijaya Dasami	Regional Holiday
Wednesday	Oct 25	Janmostav of Srimatna Sankardev	Regional Holiday	Assam only
Wednesday	Oct 25	Holiday Holiday	Regional Holiday	Tripura
Thursday	Oct 26	Accession Day	Regional Holiday	Jammu and Kashmir
Thursday	Oct 26	Holiday Holiday	Regional Holiday	Tripura
Friday	Oct 27	Holiday Holiday	Regional Holiday	Tripura
Saturday	Oct 28	Lakshmi Puja	Regional Holiday	Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal only.
Saturday	Oct 28	Maharishi Valmiki Birthday	Regional Holiday	Several states
Tuesday	Oct 31	Sardar Patel's Birthday	Regional Holiday	Gujarat
Wednesday	Nov 01	Haryana Day	Regional Holiday	Haryana only
Wednesday	Nov 01	Puducherry Liberation Day	Regional Holiday
Wednesday	Nov 01	Kannada Rajyothsava	Regional Holiday	Karnataka only
Wednesday	Nov 01	Kut	Regional Holiday	Manipur
Saturday	Nov 04	Lhabab Duechen	Regional Holiday
Friday	Nov 10	Wangala Festival	Regional Holiday	Meghalaya. Second week of November
Sunday	Nov 12	Narak Chaturdashi	Regional Holiday	Karnataka only
Sunday	Nov 12	Diwali	Regional Holiday	Most states
Sunday	Nov 12	Diwali	Regional Holiday	Deepavali
Sunday	Nov 12	Kali Puja	Regional Holiday	Assam, Odisha, West Bengal
Monday	Nov 13	Diwali	Regional Holiday	Some states
Monday	Nov 13	Vishvakarma Day	Regional Holiday	Day after Dewali
Monday	Nov 13	Govardhan Puja	Regional Holiday	Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
Monday	Nov 13	Laxmi Puja (Deepawali)	Regional Holiday
Tuesday	Nov 14	Vikram Samvat New Year	Regional Holiday	Gujarat only.
Wednesday	Nov 15	Ningol Chakkouba	Regional Holiday	2nd day of the lunar month of Hiyanggei
Wednesday	Nov 15	Bhai Bij	Regional Holiday	Some states
Wednesday	Nov 15	Bhratridwitiya	Regional Holiday	West Bengal
Wednesday	Nov 15	Unified Forces Day	Regional Holiday	Central Equatoria State
Sunday	Nov 19	Chhath Puja	Regional Holiday	Some states
Monday	Nov 20	Chhath Puja	Regional Holiday	Some states
Thursday	Nov 23	Seng Kut Snem	Regional Holiday	Meghalaya
Friday	Nov 24	Lachit Divas	Regional Holiday	Assam
Monday	Nov 27	Rasa Purnima	Regional Holiday	Odisha only
Monday	Nov 27	Guru Nanak's Birthday	Regional Holiday	Full moon of the month Kartik
Monday	Nov 27	Teyongsi Sirijunga Sawan Tongnam	Regional Holiday	Sikkim
Thursday	Nov 30	Kanakadasa Jayanthi	Regional Holiday	Karnataka
Friday	Dec 01	State Inauguration Day	Regional Holiday	Nagaland
Friday	Dec 01	Indigenous Faith Day	Regional Holiday	Arunachal Pradesh
Saturday	Dec 02	Asom Divas	Regional Holiday	Assam only
Monday	Dec 04	Feast of St. Francis Xavier (in lieu)	Regional Holiday	Goa
Monday	Dec 11	Kagyed Dance	Regional Holiday	Sikkim
Tuesday	Dec 12	Pa Togan Nengminza Sangma	Regional Holiday	Meghalaya
Wednesday	Dec 13	Losoong/Namsoong	Regional Holiday	Sikkim
Thursday	Dec 14	Losoong/Namsoong	Regional Holiday	Sikkim
Friday	Dec 15	Losoong/Namsoong	Regional Holiday	Sikkim
Saturday	Dec 16	Losoong/Namsoong	Regional Holiday	Sikkim
Sunday	Dec 17	Losoong/Namsoong	Regional Holiday	Sikkim
Sunday	Dec 17	Martyrdom of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji	Regional Holiday	Punjab
Monday	Dec 18	Death Anniversary of U SoSo Tham	Regional Holiday	Meghalaya
Tuesday	Dec 19	Goa Liberation Day	Regional Holiday	Goa only
Sunday	Dec 24	Christmas Eve	Regional Holiday	Several states
Monday	Dec 25	Christmas Day	Regional Holiday	Observed in all states
Tuesday	Dec 26	Christmas Holiday	Regional Holiday	Several states
Tuesday	Dec 26	Sakewa	Regional Holiday	Sikkim
Wednesday	Dec 27	Christmas Festival	Regional Holiday	Nagaland
Wednesday	Dec 27	Christmas Festival	Regional Holiday	Several states
Saturday	Dec 30	U Kiang Nangbah	Regional Holiday	Meghalaya
Saturday	Dec 30	Tamu Lhosar	Regional Holiday
Sunday	Dec 31	New Year's Eve	Regional Holiday
Sunday	Dec 31	Barahimizong	Regional Holiday	Sikkim

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Notes

Only the secular holidays of Republic Day, Independence Day and Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday are observed nationally.

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28 January 2023: Indian bank Holidays in February 2023 source: Public Holiday News
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Public Holidays in India in 2023

When are the next Public holidays in India?

Upcoming Holidays

Ram Navami

Odisha Day

Mahavir Jayanti

Babu Jagjivan Ram Birthday

Maundy Thursday

Good Friday

List of Holidays in India in 2023

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