Here is a useful tool to help plan your work schedules, meetings and travel to India. (See “
Navigating India’s Holidays” for a more in-depth treatment, with many useful tips.) See below for "Print" and "Email" instructions.
These are the principal Indian public holidays for 2012. Not all of them are observed in every state, or in every company. Also, the names differ a bit from state to state. Those in bold and marked "(C)" are the 14 public holidays observed universally throughout India.
| DATE |
HOLIDAY |
TYPE |
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| Jan 1 |
New Year's Day |
Secular |
| Jan 14 |
Makara Sankranthi (Sun entering Capricorn) - celebrated as Pongal winter harvest festival in Tamilnadu |
Hindu |
| Jan 26 |
REPUBLIC DAY (Celebrates the adoption of India’s Constitution in 1950) |
NATIONAL (C) |
| Feb 5 |
Id-e-Milad /Milad-un-Nabi (Prophet Muhammad's Birthday) |
Muslim (C) |
| Feb 20 |
Mahashivaratri (Celebration of Lord Shiva) |
Hindu |
| Mar 8 |
Holi (Festival of Colors) - especially important in North India |
Hindu |
| Mar 23 |
Ugadi / Gudi Padwa / Chaitra Purnima (Hindu Lunar New Year) - especially in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra
|
Hindu |
| Apr 1 |
Ram Navami (Birth of Lord Ram) |
Hindu |
| Apr 5 |
Mahavir Jayanti (Birth of Lord Mahavira) |
Jain (C) |
| Apr 6 |
Good Friday (Crucifixion of Lord Jesus Christ) |
Christian (C) |
Apr 6
|
Buddha Purnima (Birth of Lord Buddha) |
Buddhist (C) |
Apr 14
|
Birthday of Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar (Architect of India's Constitution and leader of the Dalits)
|
Secular |
| May 1 |
May Day (Labor Day) |
Secular |
Aug 2
|
Raksha Bandhan (Brother-Sister Holiday) |
Hindu |
| Aug 10 |
Shrikrishna Jayanti / Janmashtami (Birth of Lord Krishna)
|
Hindu |
Aug 15
|
INDEPENDENCE DAY (Celebrates India's independence from Great Britain in 1947)
|
NATIONAL (C) |
Aug 18
|
Parsi New Year - celebrated in Mumbai and cities of Gujarat
|
Zoroastrian |
Aug 20
|
Id-ul-Fitr / Ramzan Id (End of Ramadan Fast)
|
Muslim (C) |
| Sept 19 |
Ganesh Chaturthi (Birth of Lord Ganesh) - especially popular in Mahatrashtra
|
Hindu |
| Oct 2 |
MAHATMA GANDHI’S BIRTHDAY
Mahatma Gandhi is considered the “Father of the Nation” |
NATIONAL (C) |
| Oct 24 |
Dussehra / Vijaya Dashami (Lord Ram's Triumph and Celebration of the Goddess Durga) - one of the main all-India Hindu festivals |
Hindu (C) |
| Oct 27 |
Id-ul-Zuha / Bakrid (Feast of Sacrifice)
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Muslim (C) |
Nov 13
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Diwali / Deepavali (Festival of Lights) - the main and most popular all-India Hindu festival
|
Hindu (C) |
Nov 25
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Muharram / Ashura (Martyrdom of Imam Hussain) - especially important to Shia Muslims |
Muslim (C)
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Nov 28
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Guru Nanak Jayanti (Birth of Guru Nanak, founder of Sikhism) |
Sikh (C) |
Dec 25
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Christmas (Birth of Lord Jesus Christ) |
Christian (C) |
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