India Festivals and Holidays in current year

List of Festivals and Holidays

Jan 01 Friday English New Year
Jan 14 Thursday Lohri
Jan 15 Friday Pongal , Makar Sankranti
Jan 16 Saturday Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti
Jan 20 Wednesday Tailang Swami Jayanti
Jan 23 Saturday Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti
Jan 26 Tuesday Republic Day
Jan 31 Sunday Swami Vivekananda Jayanti
Feb 12 Friday Vasant Panchami
Feb 22 Monday Guru Ravidas Jayanti
Mar 04 Friday Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti
Mar 07 Monday Maha Shivaratri
Mar 10 Thursday Ramakrishna Jayanti
Mar 20 Sunday Vernal Equinox , Parsi New Year
Mar 23 Wednesday Chhoti Holi , Holika Dahan
Mar 24 Thursday Holi
Mar 25 Friday Good Friday
Mar 26 Saturday Shivaji Jayanti
Apr 08 Friday Gudi Padwa , Ugadi
Apr 09 Saturday Jhulelal Jayanti
Apr 13 Wednesday Solar New Year , Baisakhi
Apr 14 Thursday Ambedkar Jayanti
Apr 15 Friday Rama Navami
Apr 19 Tuesday Mahavir Swami Jayanti
Apr 21 Thursday Hazarat Ali's Birthday
May 03 Tuesday Vallabhacharya Jayanti
May 07 Saturday Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti
May 11 Wednesday Shankaracharya Jayanti , Surdas Jayanti
May 21 Saturday Buddha Purnima
Jun 07 Tuesday Maharana Pratap Jayanti
Jun 20 Monday Kabirdas Jayanti
Jun 21 Tuesday Longest Day of Year
Jul 01 Friday Jamat Ul-Vida
Jul 06 Wednesday Jagannath Rathyatra
Jul 07 Thursday Eid al-Fitr , Ramadan
Aug 10 Wednesday Tulsidas Jayanti
Aug 15 Monday Independence Day
Aug 18 Thursday Rakhi , Raksha Bandhan
Aug 25 Thursday Krishna Janmashtami
Sep 05 Monday Ganesh Chaturthi
Sep 13 Tuesday Onam , Eid al-Adha , Bakrid
Sep 22 Thursday Autumnal Equinox
Oct 01 Saturday Maharaja Agresen Jayanti
Oct 02 Sunday Gandhi Jayanti
Oct 03 Monday Al-Hijra , Islamic New Year
Oct 09 Sunday Durga Ashtami
Oct 10 Monday Maha Navami
Oct 11 Tuesday Dussehra , Madhvacharya Jayanti
Oct 12 Wednesday Day of Ashura , Muharram
Oct 16 Sunday Valmiki Jayanti , Meerabai Jayanti
Oct 19 Wednesday Karwa Chauth
Oct 29 Saturday Narak Chaturdashi
Oct 30 Sunday Diwali , Lakshmi Puja
Oct 31 Monday Gowardhan Puja
Nov 01 Tuesday Bhaiya Dooj
Nov 06 Sunday Chhath Puja
Nov 14 Monday Guru Nanak Jayanti , Nehru Jayanti
Dec 12 Monday Milad an-Nabi , Id-e-Milad
Dec 21 Wednesday Shortest Day of Year
Dec 25 Sunday Merry Christmas

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