Public Holidays in India in 2025

Upcoming Holidays in India

May 09 : Birthday of Rabindra Nath Tagore
May 12 : Buddha Purnima
May 16 : Sikkim State Day
May 27 : Savitri Amavasya

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  • In Andhra Pradesh, the Kanuma festival is celebrated on the third day of four-day Sankranti festival
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  • Muslims believe that on the night of Shab-E-Barat God writes the destinies of all men for the coming year by taking into account the deeds committed by them in the past
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  • Muslims believe that on the night of Shab-E-Barat God writes the destinies of all men for the coming year by taking into account the deeds committed by them in the past
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  • Tibetan New year, also known as Losar, is the most important festival in the Tibetan calendar
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  • Originally a harvest and fertility festival, Holi also commemorates a legend from Hindu Mythology
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  • Manipur. This festival that combines Hindu and folk traditions is celebrated for five days in spring on the full moon in the month of Lamda
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  • Originally a harvest and fertility festival, Holi also commemorates a legend from Hindu Mythology
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  • A key tribal festival, celebrated on Chaitra Shukla Tritiya, the third day of waxing moon in Chaitra month. Sarhul marks the beginning of New Year
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  • A key tribal festival, celebrated on Chaitra Shukla Tritiya, the third day of waxing moon in Chaitra month. Sarhul marks the beginning of New Year
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  • Vishu is celebrated with much fanfare and energy in all parts of Kerala. It is considered a festival of light and fireworks
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  • Mughal Emperor Akbar introduced the Bengali calendar in 1556 (Gregorian calendar) to make the collection of land tax easier in 'Subah Bangla', much of which is now in Bangladesh.
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  • Easter Sunday is the most important date in the Christian church. In the bible, it is the day when Mary Magdalene found that an empty tomb in the cave in which Jesus had been placed.
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  • Janaki Nawami is celebrated every year on the ninth day of the waxing moon in the month of Baishakh according to the lunar calendar.
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  • Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice is the most important feast in the Muslim calendar. It celebrates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ishmael in submission to Allah's command, before he was stopped by Allah.
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  • Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice is the most important feast in the Muslim calendar. It celebrates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ishmael in submission to Allah's command, before he was stopped by Allah.
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  • Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice is the most important feast in the Muslim calendar. It celebrates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ishmael in submission to Allah's command, before he was stopped by Allah.
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  • The Young Mizo Association (YMA) is the largest non-profit and nongovernmental organisation of the Mizo people. It was established on 15 June 1935.
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  • On 30 June 1986, a peace agreement was signed between the Mizo National Front and the Central government, ending 20 years of insurgency in Mizoram
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  • Ashura is the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and marks the climax of the Mourning of Muharram
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  • Ashura is the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and marks the climax of the Mourning of Muharram
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  • Behdienkhlam (chasing away the Demon of Cholera) is celebrated in mid-July after the sowing period. It is the most important festival of the Jaintia tribes
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  • A Hindu festival in Telangana celebrating Goddess Mahakali in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad
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  • Nuakhai is an agricultural festival observed by people of western Odisha to welcome the new rice of the season
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  • Onam lasts 10 days with official state holidays on three or four days starting from Onam Eve (Uthradom) to the Third Onam Day
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  • Celebrated by Muslims on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiulawal, the third month of the Muslim calendar
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  • Durga Puja is one of the largest Hindu festivals that involves worship of Goddess Durga symbolising power and triumph of good over evil in Hindu mythology.
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  • On Ayudha Puja, the ninth day of Navaratri, many common and seemingly mundane tools and implements are cleaned and worshipped.
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  • Durga Puja is one of the largest Hindu festivals that involves worship of Goddess Durga symbolising power and triumph of good over evil in Hindu mythology.
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  • Durga Puja is one of the largest Hindu festivals that involves worship of Goddess Durga symbolising power and triumph of good over evil in Hindu mythology.
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  • Durga Puja is one of the largest Hindu festivals that involves worship of Goddess Durga symbolising power and triumph of good over evil in Hindu mythology.
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  • Durga Puja is one of the largest Hindu festivals that involves worship of Goddess Durga symbolising power and triumph of good over evil in Hindu mythology.
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  • An important Assamese festival to ensure strong growth and healthy crops that begins at the start of the month of Kati.
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  • Kali Puja is celebrated on the new moon day of the Hindu month Kartik. It is celebrated on the same day as Diwali, when other regions worship the godess Lakshmi.
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  • Celebrations revolve around the triumph of good over evil, purity over impurity, light over darkness
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  • Celebrations revolve around the triumph of good over evil, purity over impurity, light over darkness
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  • Gujuarat. Named after king Vikramaditya, this calendar remains widely used in western India. In Gujarat, the second day of Diwali is celebrated as the first day of the Vikram Samvat calendar
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  • Commemorates October 26th 1947, when Maharaja Hari Singh signed off the Instrument of Accession, in which Jammu and Kashmir joined the Dominion of India.
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  • Falls on the full moon day of the Kartik month of the Hindu calendar. It is celebrated all over India to commemorate the birth of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism.
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  • Christmas Eve marks the culmination of the Advent period before Christmas that started on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Eve.
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  • The second day of Christmas is known as Boxing Day or St. Stephens Day. St Stephen was the first Christian martyr.
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  • The festival of Tamu Lhosar is marked as the New Year by the Gurung people to celebrate their unique cultural and traditional values.
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