India Holiday List of 2016
You must be wondering, why am I publishing the holiday list of 2016 in mid-October 2015?
Well, lots of people have started planning for their vacation especially during The New Year’s eve.
As the railway reservation is being now done 4 months in advance, so people travelling by train will be looking for the holiday list. For example the IT employees who are working in South India will start googling for the Holiday list of 2016.They would be planning a trip to North India during Diwali. We have curated the list of national and regional holidays in India for the year 2016. The company will be declaring the Holiday list in early December 2015.
If you would like to see the Holiday List of 2015, click here http://www.joblagao.com/voices/company-holidays
See the table below to take a peek at the Holidays of 2016. 1st Jan is a Friday. Most of the people will make it a long extended weekend. If you take a day off on the 25th of January, you will have a long extended weekend as 26th Jan (Tuesday) will be a holiday. Most of the IT companies and HR will take the Holiday list from the list given here.See the table below to plan your vacations in 2016.
Holiday List 2016
| Day | Date | Holiday | Comments | Holiday Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | January 01 | New Year’s Day | Arunachal pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Miizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu only | Restricted Holiday |
| Tuesday | January 12 | Birthday of Swami Vivekananda | West Bengal only. | Observance |
| Thursday | January 14 | Bhogi/Makar sankranti | Andhra Pradesh Only | Restricted Holiday |
| Friday | January 15 | Pongal, Sankranti, Lohri, Bihu, Hadaga, Poki | Restricted Holiday | |
| Saturday | January 16 | Guru Govind Singh Jayanti | Restricted Holiday | |
| Sunday | January 17 | Uzhavar Tirunal | Puducherry, Tamil Nadu only | Observance |
| Saturday | January 23 | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti | Assam, Odisha, Tripura, | Observance |
| Sunday | January 24 | Sir Chhotu Ram Jayanti | Haryana only | Observance |
| Monday | January 25 | Statehood Day | Himachal Pradesh only | Observance |
| Tuesday | January 26 | Republic Day | Gazetted Holiday | |
| Sunday | January 31 | Me-dam-me-phi | Assam. Ancestor festival | Observance |
| Monday | February 08 | Losar, Tibetan New Year,
Chinese New Year |
Sikkim only. | Observance |
| Friday | February 12 | Vasant Panchami | Haryana, Odisha,Tripura, West Bengal only | Restricted Holiday |
| Friday | February 19 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti | Maharashtra only | Restricted Holiday |
| Monday | February 22 | Guru Ravidas Birthday | Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab only | Restricted Holiday |
| Friday | Mar 4 | Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti | Restricted Holiday | |
| Monday | Mar 7 | Maha Shivaratri/Shivaratri | Gazetted Holiday | |
| Wednesday | March 23 | Holi | Restricted Holiday | |
| Thursday | March 24 | Holi | Delhi | Restricted Holiday |
| Friday | March 25 | Good Friday | Friday before Easter Sunday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Sunday | Mar 27 | Easter Day | Restricted Holiday | |
| Friday | April 01 | Odisha Day | Odisha only. Utkal Divas | Observance |
| Tuesday | April 05 | Babu Jagjivan Ram Birthday | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana only | Observance |
| Friday | April 08 | Ugadi, /Chaitra Sukhladi/ Mumbai Only
Gudi Parwa |
Telugu and Kannada New Year. Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh only. | Restricted Holiday |
| Wednesday | April 13 | Vaisakhi | Haryana only | Restricted Holiday |
| Thursday | April 14 | Tamil New Year/ Puthandu.
Bengali New Year Tripura, / Ambedkar Jayanti |
Tamil Nadu only
West Bengal only |
Restricted Holiday
/ Observance |
| Friday | April 15 | Rama Navami | Gazetted Holiday | |
| Tuesday | April 19 / April 20 | Mahavir Jayanti | Gazetted Holiday | |
| Thursday | April 21 | Hazrat Alis Birthday | Uttar Pradesh only | Restricted Holiday |
| Sunday | May 1 | May Day | Observance | |
| Sunday | May 08 | Mother’s day/Birthday of Rabindra Nath Tagore /
Parashurama Jayanti |
Tripura, West Bengal. / Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh only | Observance/ Restricted Holiday |
| Saturday | May 21 | Buddha Purnima/vesak | Gazetted Holiday | |
| Tuesday | June 07 | Maharana Pratap Jayanti | Haryana, Himachal Prades h only | Observance |
| Tuesday | June 14 | Raja Sankranti | Odisha only | |
|
Thursday |
June 16 | Guru Arjun Dev Martyrdom day | Punjab Only | |
| Sunday | Jun 19 | Father’s Day | Observance | |
| Monday . | June 20 | Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti | Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab | Gazetted holiday |
| Friday | July 01 | Jumat-ul-Wida | Restricted Holiday | |
| Tuesday | July 05 | Idul Fitr | All states except Delhi, Goa, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh | |
| Friday | Jul 8 | Ramzan Id/Eid-ul-Fitar Muslim, | Common Local holidays | |
| Monday | August 15 | Independence Day | Gazetted holiday | |
| Thursday | August 18 | Raksha Bandhan | Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh only. | Restricted Holiday |
| Saturday | August 20 | Parsi New Year,Jamshed Navroz. | Mumbai Only | Restricted Holiday |
| Thursday | August 25 | Janmashtami | Gazetted holiday | |
| Sunday | August 28 | Nuakhai | Odisha only. | |
| Sunday | September 04 | Teej | Haryana only | |
| Monday | September 05 | Ganesh Chaturthi Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata | Restricted Holiday | |
| Monday | September 12 | Idul Juha, Bakrid. | Restricted Holiday | |
| Tuesday | September 13 | First Onam | Kerala only. Harvest Festival | Restricted Holiday |
| Wednesday | September 14 | onam | Kerala only. Harvest Festival | |
| Wednesday | September 21 | Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi ,
Marks the death of a key social reformer |
Kerala only. | |
| Thursday | September 22 | equinox Season | Season | |
| Friday | September 23 | Haryana’s Heroes’ Martyrdom Day | Haryana only | |
| Friday | September 30 | Mahalaya | Karnataka, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal only. | |
| Sunday | October 02 | Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti | Gazetted holiday | |
| Sunday | October 09 | Saptami of Durgapuja, Ayudha Puja | Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal only/ Karnataka only | |
| Tuesday | October 11 | Mahanavami, Ninth Day of Dussehra
/ Dussehra |
Kerala, Odisha only. | Gazetted Holiday |
| Wednesday | October 12 | Muharram ,
Vijaya Dashami / Durga Puja/ Mahastami |
Kerala, Odisha, Sikkim only. Dussehra/. Odisha, Sikkim only | Gazetted Holiday |
| Thursday | October 13 | Maharaja Agrasen Jayanati | Haryana only | Observance |
| Saturday | October 15 | Maharishi Valmiki Birthday | Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab. | |
| Sunday | October 16 | Lakshmi Puja | Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal only. | |
| Sunday | October 16 | Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti | Restricted Holiday | |
| Wednesday | October 19 | Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chauth) | Restricted Holiday | |
| Saturday | Oct 29 | Naraka Chaturdasi | Restricted Holiday | |
| Sunday | October 30 | Deewali /Deepawali. | Gazetted Holiday | |
| Sunday | October 30 | Kali Puja/ Festival dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali | West Bengal only. | Restricted Holiday |
| Monday | October 31 | Halloween/Govardhan Puja / Vishavkarma day(Haryana only) | Observance/ Restricted Holiday | |
| Tuesday | November 01 | Kannada Rajyothsava | Bangalore Only
. Karnataka Formation Day |
|
| Tuesday | November 01 | Haryana Day . | Haryana only | |
| Tuesday | November 01 | Bhai Duj | Observance/ Restricted Holiday | |
| Sunday | November 06 | Chhat Puja (Pratihar Sashthi/Surya Sashthi) | Bihar | Restricted Holiday |
| Monday | November 14 | Guru Nanak Birthday The Birthday of Guru Nanak Sahib, the founder of Sikhism, falls on full moon day of the month Kartik | ||
| Monday | November 14 | Rasa Purnima | Odisha only | |
| Tuesday | December 13 | Id-e-Milad | Date to be confirmed | |
| Wednesday | December 21 | December Solstice | Season | |
| Sunday | December 25 | Christmas Day | Observed in all states | Restricted Holiday |
| Sunday | December 25 | First Day of Hanukkah | Observance | |
| Monday | December 26 | Shaheed Udham Singh’s Birthday | Haryana, Punjab only | Observance |
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