Public holidays in India 2020-2024

In the Christian world, most holidays are oriented towards Easter or Christmas. But also in other countries far away from home there is enough reason to celebrate.

Not all holidays are statuted by law - and those that are, do not necessarily mean a day off in all regions of India. Rather, it is often up to the respective parts of the country whether the holiday is also a day off.

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Non-movable holidays

Non-statutory holidays are written in gray.

holiday	date
New Year's Day	Jan, 1st
Guru Govind Singh Jayanti	Jan, 5th
Day of the Republic	Jan, 26th
Me-dam-me-phi (Ancestor Festival of Ahom)	Jan, 31st
Bengali New Year (Tripura + West Bengal only)	Apr, 14th
Labor Day	May, 1st
Birthday of Rabindra Nath Tagore	May, 7th
Independence Day	Aug, 15th
Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi	Oct, 2nd
Birthday of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad	Dec, 24th
Christian Christmas	Dec, 25th
New Year's Eve	Dec, 31st

Moving Holidays in India

holiday	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Good Friday	Apr, 10th	Apr, 2nd	Apr, 15th	Apr, 7th	Mar, 29th
Mother's Day	May, 10th	May, 9th	May, 8th	May, 14th	May, 12th
Festival of breaking the fast	May, 23rd	May, 12th	May, 2nd	Apr, 21st	Apr, 9th
Father's Day	Jun, 21st	Jun, 20th	Jun, 19th	Jun, 18th	Jun, 16th
Festival of Sacrifice	Jul, 30th	Jul, 19th	Jul, 9th	Jun, 28th	Jun, 16th
Awal Muharram (Islamic New Year)	Aug, 19th	Aug, 9th	Jul, 29th	Jul, 18th	Jul, 7th
Diwali (Hindu festival of lights)	Nov, 14th	Nov, 4th	Oct, 24th	Nov, 12th	Nov, 1st

Movable holidays with (so far and for us) uncalculatable dates:

holiday	Datum
Vasant Panchami	5. Tag des Hindu-Monats Magha, Januar/Februar
Makar Sankranti / Pongal	Sonnenwende im Januar
Spring Festival Holi	1. Vollmondtag des Hindu-Monats Phalgun, Februar/März
Shiva's Big Night	13. Tag des Hindu-Monats Phalgun, Februar/März
Ugadi	1. Neumond nach der Tagundnachtgleiche im Frühjahr
Rama Navami (Rama's Birthday)	9. Tag des Hindu-Monats Chaitra, März/April
Mahavir Jayanti	13. Tag des zunehmenden Mondes im Hindu-Monat Chaitra, März/April
Birthday of Buddha	Vollmondtag des Hindu-Monats Vaisakh
Raksha Bandhan	Vollmondtag des Hindu-Monats Shravana, August
Janmashtami, birth of the god Krishna	8. Tag des Hindu-Monats Shravan, August/September
Birth of the God Ganesh	4. Tag des zunehmenden Mondes im Hindu-Monat Bhaadrapada, August/September
Ganesh Chaturthi	4. Tag des Hindu-Monats Bhadrapad, September
Dashahara	10. Tag der mondhellen Hälfte des Hindu-Monats Ashvayuja
Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev	Vollmond im Hindu-Monat Kartik