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List of National and regional Public holidays of India in 2016

Day Date Holiday Comments

Friday Jan 1 New Years Day Arunachal pradesh, Manipur,Meghalaya, Miizoram,Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu,Telangana

Saturday Jan 2 MannamJayanthi

Kerala Only

Tue sda y Jan 12 Birthd ay ofSwamiVivekananda

West Bengal only.

Thu rsd ay Jan 14 Bhogi Telangana

Thu rsd ay Jan 14 Pongal Also known as Makar Sankranti,Lohri, Bihu, Hadaga, Poki

Friday Jan 15 Pongal Tamil Nadu

Friday Jan 15 Sankranti Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka,Telangana

Satu rd ay Jan 16 Guru GobindSingh Jayanti

Himachal Pradesh, Punjab,Rajasthan. Birthday of the finalSikh proph et-teacher

Satu rd ay Jan 16 ThiruvalluvarDay

Tamil Nadu only

Sunday Jan 17 Uzhavar Tirunal Puducherry, Tamil Nadu only

Satu rd ay Jan 23 N etaj i Subhas

Chandra BoseJayanti

Assam, Odisha, Tripura, West

Bengal. Birthday of a prominentleader in the Indian freedommovement

Monday Jan 25 Statehood Day Himachal Pradesh only

Tuesday Jan 26 Republic Day Commemorates theestablishment of the Constitutionof India

Sunday Jan 31 Me-dam-me-phi Assam. Ancestor festival

Tuesday Feb 2 Public Holiday Voting in GHMC elections

Tuesday Feb 9 Losar Sikkim only. Tibetan New Year

Tuesday Feb 9 Sonam Lhochar Sikkim only. Tamang New Year

Friday Feb 12 VasantPanchami

Haryana, Odisha, Punjab,Tripura

Friday Feb 12 Sir Chhotu RamJayanti

Haryana only

Satu rd ay Feb 13 Sree Panchami West Bengal

Friday Feb 19 ChhatrapatiShivaji Maharaj

Jayanti

Maharashtra only

Monday Feb 22 Guru RavidasBirthday

Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,Punjab only

Friday Mar 4 MaharshiDayanand

Haryana only

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SaraswatiJayanti

Saturday Mar 5 Panchayati RajDiwas

Odisha

Monday Mar 7 Maha Shivratri Celebrated on the 13thnight/14th day in the KrishnaPaksha

Wednesday Mar 9 Solar Eclipse Odisha

Wednesday Mar 23 Doljatra Holi Dahan

Wednesday Mar 23 Shahidi DivasS. Bhagat SinghJi

Punjab, Rajasthan only

Wednesday Mar 23 ShaheediDiwas of BhagatSingh, Rajguru& Sukhdev

Haryana only

Thu rsd ay Mar 24 Holi

Thu rsd ay Mar 24 MaundyThursday

Kerala

Friday Mar 25 Good Friday Friday before Easter Sunday

Friday Apr 1 Odisha Day Odisha only. Utkal Divas

Tue sda y Apr 5 Bab u Jag jivanRam Birthday

Telangana only

Friday Apr 8 Ugadi Telugu and Kannada New Year.Karnataka, Maharashtra, AndhraPradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar

Pradesh

Friday Apr 8 Cheti Chand Gujarat only.

Wed ne sd ay Apr 13 Vaisakhi H aryana , Pun jab on ly

Wednesday Apr 13 Biju Festival Tripura only

Wednesday Apr 13 Maha VishubaSankranti

Odisha

Thursday Apr 14 Tamil New Year Puthandu. Tamil Nadu only

Thursday Apr 14 Bengali NewYear

Tripura, West Bengal only

Thursday Apr 14 Dr AmbedkarJayanti

Birthday of Bhimrao RamjiAmbedekar

Thursday Apr 14 Vishu Kerala Onl y. First day of Tulucalendar

Thursday Apr 14 Bohag Bihu Assamese New Year. ArunachalPradesh, Assam

Thursday Apr 14 Ashoka's BirthAnniversary

Bihar only

Friday Apr 15 Ram Navami Celebrates the birth of LordRama to King Dasharatha of

Ayodhya

Friday Apr 15 Himachal Day Himachal Pradesh only. Theprovince of Himachal Pradeshwas created on 15 April 1948

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Friday Apr 15 Bohag BihuHoliday

Assam only

Saturday Apr 16 Bohag BihuHoliday

Assam only

Tuesday Apr 19 Mahavir Jayanti The most important religiousholiday in Jainism

Wed ne sd ay Apr 20 Ga ria Pu ja Tripu ra on ly

Wednesday Apr 20 Mahavir Jayanti Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh

Thursday Apr 21 Hazrat AlisBirthday

Uttar Pradesh only. Son in law ofProphet Muhammad

Sunday May 1 MaharashtraDay

Maharashtra only.Commemorates the formation ofthe state of Maharashtra on 1May 1960

Sunday May 1 May Day Many states

Sunday May 8 Birthday of

Rabindra NathTagore

Tripura, West Bengal. A Bengali

polymath who reshapedliterature and music.

Sunday May 8 ParashuramaJayanti

Himachal Pradesh only

Monday May 9 ParashuramaJayanti

Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradeshonly

Monday May 9 BasavaJayanthi

Karnataka only. The mostimportant festival of theLingayats.

Monday May 16 S tate Day Sikkim only

Satu rd ay May 21 BuddhaPurnima

Birth of Buddha

Wednesday May 25 Birthday of KaziNazrul Islam

Tripura only.

Tuesday Jun 7 MaharanaPratap Jayanti

Haryana, Himachal Pradeshonly

Wednesday Jun 8 Guru Arjun DevMartyrdom day

Punjab Only

Tuesday Jun 14 Pahili Raja Odisha

Wednesday Jun 15 Raja Sankranti Odisha only

Monday Jun 20 Sant Guru KabirJayanti

Gazetted holiday in Haryana,Himachal Pradesh, Punjab.

Friday Jul 1 Jumat-ul-Wida Last Friday of Ramadam

Wednesday Jul 6 Idul Fitr Many states

Wednesday Jul 6 Ratha Yatra Odisha

Thu rsd ay Jul 7 Ramzan Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Telangana

Tuesday Jul 12 Kharchi Puj a Tripura only

Tuesday Jul 26 Ker Puja Tripura only

Sunday Jul 31 Martyrdom Dayof ShaheedUdham Singh

Punjab only

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Monday Aug 1 Bonalu

Tue sda y Aug 2 Karkka da kaVavu

Kerala

Monday Aug 15 IndependenceDay

Wednesday Aug 17 Parsi New Year Jamshed Navroz. Gujarat,Mumbai Only

Thursday Aug 18 RakshaBandhan

Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand,Uttar Pradesh only.

Wednesday Aug 24 SreekrishnaJayanthi

Kerala, Odisha. Celebrates thebirth of Lord Shri Krishna

Thu rsd ay Aug 25 Janmashtami Restricted Holiday. Celebratesthe birth of Lord Shri Krishna

Friday Sep 2 Parkash UtsavSri Guru GranthSahib Ji

Punjab only

Sunday Sep 4 Teej Haryana only

Monday Sep 5 GaneshChaturthi

Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata

Tuesday Sep 6 Nuakhai Odisha only. Day after GaneshChaturthi

Saturday Sep 10 Birthday ofBaba Sri ChandJi

Punjab only

Monday Sep 12 Idul Juha Bakrid. Except Maharashtra,Tamil Nadu, Sikkim.

Tuesday Sep 13 First Onam Kerala only. Harvest Festival

Tuesday Sep 13 Bakrid Maharashtra, Odisha, TamilNadu

Wednesday Sep 14 Thiruvonam Kerala only. Harvest Festival

Thursday Sep 15 Third Onam Kerala only. Harvest Festival

Friday Sep 16 Sree NarayanaGuru Jayanti

Kerala only. Marks the birth of akey social reformer

Friday Sep 16 Fourth Onam Kerala only. Harvest Festival

Wednesday Sep 21 Sree NarayanaGuru Samadhi

Kerala only. Marks the death of akey social reformer

Friday Sep 23 H aryana'sHeroes'Martyrdom Day

Haryana only

Wednesday Sep 28 Birthday of S.Bhagat Singh Ji

Punjab only

Friday Sep 30 Mahalaya Karnataka, Odisha, Tripura,West Bengal only.

Saturday Oct 1 MaharajaAgrasenJayanati

Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthanonly

Sunday Oct 2 MahatmaGandhi Birthday

Gandhi Jayanti

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Sunday Oct 2 Muharram Observed mainly by the ShiaMuslim community

Satu rd ay Oct 8 Maha Saptami Odisha, West Bengal

Sunday Oct 9 Durgastami Andhra Pradesh, Odisha,Telangana, West Bengal

Monday Oct 10 Ayudha Puja Karnataka, Tamil Nadu

Monday Oct 10 Navami ofDurga Puja Tripura,West Bengal

Monday Oct 10 Mahanavami Kerala, Odisha only. Ninth Dayof Dussehra

Tue sda y Oct 11 Dussehra Dasara/Vijaya Dashami

Tue sda y Oct 11 Vijaya Dashami Kerala, Odisha, Telangana,Tripura, Sikkim. Dussehra

Wednesday Oct 12 Muharram (10thDay)

Day of Ashurah

Wednesday Oct 12 Durga Puja Mahastami. Odisha, Sikkim only

Thursday Oct 13 Durga PujaHoliday

Tripura only

Friday Oct 14 Durga PujaHoliday

Tripura only

Saturday Oct 15 MaharishiValmiki Birthday

Delhi, Haryana, Karnataka

Saturday Oct 15 Lakshmi Puja Odisha, Tripura, West Bengalonly.

Sunday Oct 16 MaharishiValmiki Birthday Himachal Pradesh, Punjab

Monday Oct 17 ParkashGurpurab of SriGuru Ram DassJi

Punjab only

Tuesday Oct 18 Kati Bihu Assam only

Saturday Oct 29 NarakChaturdashi

Karnataka

Saturday Oct 29 Deepavali Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Tripura

Saturday Oct 29 Kali Puja Odisha, West Bengal. Festivaldedicated to the Hindu goddessKali

Sunday Oct 30 Deewali Deepawali . Except Kerala, TamilNadu, Tripura, West Bengal.

Mon da y Oct 31 Vikram Samva tNew Year

Gujarat only.

Monday Oct 31 Deepavali Karnataka, Maharashtra

Mon da y Oct 31 Vishavka rma

day

Punjab, Rajasthan

Tuesday Nov 1 Bhai Bij Gujarat only.

Tuesday Nov 1 KannadaRajyothsava

Bangalore Only. KarnatakaFormation Day

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Tuesday Nov 1 Haryana Day Haryana only.

Tue sda y N ov 1 Vishavka rmaday

Haryana only

Sunday Nov 6 Chhath Puja Haryana , Uttar Pradesh

Monday Nov 14 Guru NanakBirthday

The Birthday of the founder ofSikhism, falls on full moon day ofthe month Kartik

Mon da y N ov 14 R asa Purnima Odisha on ly

Thursday Nov 17 KanakadasaJayanthi

Karnataka only

Saturday Dec 3 World DisabledDay

Tripura only

Sunday Dec 4 Martyrdom Dayof Sri Guru TegBahadur Ji

Punjab only

Monday Dec 12 Id-e-Milad

Tuesday Dec 13 Id-e-Milad Haryana, Tripura, Rajasthan,Uttar Pradesh

Sunday Dec 25 Christmas Day Observed in all states

Monday Dec 26 ShaheedUdham Singh'sBirthday

Haryana only

Monday Dec 26 Boxing Day

Key

National Holiday

Regional Holiday

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