Public Holidays in India in 2017

India 2017
India
2017

List of Holidays in India in 2017

Day Date Holiday Name Type Comments
Sunday New Year's Day Regional Holiday Arunachal pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Miizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu only
Tuesday Prakash Parv of Guru Gobind Singh Regional Holiday 350th Birthday of the tenth Sikh Guru
Wednesday Prakash Parv of Guru Gobind Singh Regional Holiday 350th Birthday of the tenth Sikh Guru
Thursday Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti Regional Holiday
Thursday Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti Government Holiday 350th Birthday of the tenth Sikh Guru
Wednesday Missionary Day Regional Holiday Mizoram
Thursday Birthday of Swami Vivekananda Regional Holiday West Bengal only.
Friday Sankranti Regional Holiday Andhra Pradesh Only
Friday Bhogi Regional Holiday
Saturday Pongal Regional Holiday
Sunday Thiruvalluvar Day Regional Holiday Tamil Nadu only
Sunday Kanuma Regional Holiday Andhra Pradesh only
Monday Sankranti Regional Holiday Puducherry, Tamil Nadu only
Monday Tusu Puja Regional Holiday Assam only
Tuesday Public Holiday Regional Holiday 100th Birth Anniversary of Puratchi Thalaivar M.G.R.
Monday Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti Regional Holiday Assam, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal
Wednesday Statehood Day Regional Holiday Himachal Pradesh only
Thursday Republic Day Public Holiday
Saturday Losar Regional Holiday Tibetan New Year
Tuesday Me-dam-me-phi Regional Holiday Assam
Wednesday Sir Chhotu Ram Jayanti Regional Holiday Haryana
Wednesday Vasant Panchami Regional Holiday Haryana, Odisha,Tripura, West Bengal only
Friday Guru Ravidas Jayanti Regional Holiday Several states.  Full moon of Magh
Wednesday Lui-Ngai-Ni Regional Holiday Manipur
Sunday Chahhtrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti Regional Holiday Maharashtra only
Monday Mizoram State Day Regional Holiday Mizoram
Monday Statehood Day Regional Holiday Arunachal Pradesh
Tuesday Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti Regional Holiday Haryana only
Friday Maha Shivratri Regional Holiday Most states
Saturday Maha Shivratri Regional Holiday Most states
Friday Chapchar Kut Regional Holiday Mizoram
Sunday Panchayati Raj Diwas Regional Holiday Odisha
Sunday Holi Dahan Regional Holiday Day before Holi
Sunday Doljatra Regional Holiday
Monday Holi Regional Holiday
Monday Yaosang 2nd Day Regional Holiday Manipur
Monday Doljatra Regional Holiday Day before Holi
Tuesday Holi Regional Holiday
Tuesday Nauroz Regional Holiday Spring Festival. Persian New Year.
Thursday Shaheedi Diwas Regional Holiday Haryana
Thursday Shahidi Divas S. Bhagat Singh Ji Regional Holiday Haryana, Punjab only
Tuesday Gudi Padwa Regional Holiday Telugu and Kannada New Year
Tuesday Cheti Chand Regional Holiday
Tuesday 1st Navratra Regional Holiday Jammu and Kashmir
Wednesday Ugadi Regional Holiday Telugu and Kannada New Year. Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh only.
Wednesday Sajibu Nongma Panba Regional Holiday Manipur
Thursday Sarhul Regional Holiday Jahrkhand
Saturday Bank Holiday Not A Public Holiday Banks only. Annual accounts closing
Saturday Odisha Day Regional Holiday Odisha only. Utkal Divas
Tuesday Ram Navami Regional Holiday
Wednesday Ram Navami Regional Holiday
Wednesday Babu Jagjivan Ram Birthday Regional Holiday Andhra Pradesh, Telangana only
Saturday Public Holiday Regional Holiday Punjab. Birth anniversary of Guru Nabha Das
Sunday Mahavir Jayanti Regional Holiday The most important religious holiday in Jainism
Tuesday Imam Ali's Birthday Regional Holiday Uttar Pradesh only
Thursday Vaisakhi Regional Holiday
Thursday Vaisakhi Regional Holiday Punjab only
Friday Dr Ambedkar Jayanti Regional Holiday
Friday Good Friday Regional Holiday
Friday Tamil New Year Regional Holiday Puthandu. Tamil Nadu only
Friday Vishu Regional Holiday Kerala Only. First day of Tulu calendar
Friday Tamil New Year Regional Holiday Puthandu
Friday Biju Festival Regional Holiday Tripura only
Saturday Bengali New Year Regional Holiday Tripura, West Bengal only
Saturday Bohag Bihu Regional Holiday Assamese New Year
Saturday Bohag Bihu Regional Holiday Assam only
Saturday Himachal Day Regional Holiday Himachal Pradesh only. The province of Himachal Pradesh was created on 15 April 1948
Saturday Holy Saturday Regional Holiday Nagaland only
Sunday Bohag Bihu Regional Holiday Assam only
Friday Garia Puja Regional Holiday Tripura only
Monday Shab-I-Miraj Regional Holiday Jammu and Kashmir
Thursday Tithi of Damodar Deva Regional Holiday Assam only
Friday Parashurama Jayanti Regional Holiday Several states
Saturday Basava Jayanthi Regional Holiday Karnataka
Saturday Lord Parshuram Jayanti Regional Holiday Punjab only
Monday Maharashtra Day Regional Holiday Maharashtra only
Monday Labour Day Regional Holiday Assam, Bihar, Goa, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal only
Monday Labour Day Regional Holiday
Tuesday Birthday of Rabindra Nath Tagore Regional Holiday West Bengal
Wednesday Buddha Purnima Regional Holiday Birth of Buddha
Tuesday Sikkim State Day Regional Holiday Sikkim only
Friday Birthday of Kazi Nazrul Islam Regional Holiday Tripura only
Sunday Maharana Pratap Jayanti Regional Holiday Haryana, Himachal Pradesh only
Monday Guru Arjun Dev Martyrdom day Regional Holiday Punjab Only
Friday Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti Regional Holiday Full moon in Hindu month of Jyeshtha
Saturday Janmotsav of Sri Sri Madhav Dev Regional Holiday Assam
Sunday Public Holiday Regional Holiday Goa. For panchayat elections
Wednesday Pahili Raja Regional Holiday Odisha
Thursday Raja Sankranti Regional Holiday Odisha only
Thursday Shab-I-Qadr Regional Holiday Jammu and Kashmir
Friday Jumatul Bidah Regional Holiday Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand. Last Friday of Ramadan
Sunday Ratha Yatra Regional Holiday Odisha
Sunday Idul Fitr Regional Holiday Kerala
Monday Idul Fitr Regional Holiday All states except Goa, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh
Tuesday Following Day of Ramzan Regional Holiday Telanagana
Friday Remna Ni Regional Holiday Mizoram
Saturday Kharchi Puja Regional Holiday Tripura only
Wednesday Guru Hargobind Ji's Birthday Regional Holiday Jammu and Kashmir
Thursday MHIP Day Regional Holiday Mizoram
Monday Bonalu Regional Holiday
Thursday Martyrs' Day Regional Holiday Jammu and Kashmir
Saturday Ker Puja Regional Holiday Tripura only
Monday U Tirot Sing Day Regional Holiday Meghalaya
Wednesday Public Holiday Regional Holiday For funeral of former CM Bhandari
Monday Behdienkhlam Regional Holiday Meghalaya
Wednesday Teej Regional Holiday Haryana only
Monday Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Udham Singh Regional Holiday Punjab only
Monday Raksha Bandhan Regional Holiday
Monday Janmashtami Regional Holiday
Tuesday Independence Day Public Holiday
Tuesday Janmashtami Regional Holiday
Tuesday Janmashtami Regional Holiday Gazetted Holiday. Celebrates the birth of Lord Shri Krishna
Wednesday De jure Transfer Day Regional Holiday Puducherry
Thursday Parsi New Year Regional Holiday Jamshed Navroz
Tuesday Parkash Utsav Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Regional Holiday Punjab only
Wednesday Tithi of Srimatna Sankardev Regional Holiday Assam only
Wednesday Tithi of Sri Sri Madhav Dev Regional Holiday Assam only
Friday Ganesh Chaturthi Regional Holiday Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata
Friday Samvatsari Regional Holiday
Friday Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vratha Regional Holiday
Friday Vinayagar Chathurthi Regional Holiday Ganesh Chaturthi
Saturday Nuakhai Regional Holiday Odisha only. Day after Ganesh Chaturthi
Wednesday Birthday of Baba Sri Chand Ji Regional Holiday Punjab only
Friday Bakrid (Id-ul-Alha) Regional Holiday Puducherry
Friday Idul-Ad'ha (Bakrid) Regional Holiday
Saturday Bakrid Regional Holiday Bakrid. Except Tamil Nadu, Sikkim.
Saturday Bakrid Regional Holiday Except Tamil Nadu, Sikkim.
Saturday Bakrid Regional Holiday Many states
Sunday First Onam Regional Holiday Kerala only. Harvest Festival
Monday Thiruvonam Regional Holiday Kerala only. Harvest Festival
Wednesday Sree Narayana Guru Jayanti Regional Holiday Kerala only. Marks the birth of a key social reformer
Tuesday Saragarhi Day Government Holiday State holiday in Punjab
Sunday Karam Regional Holiday Jharkhand
Tuesday Mahalaya Regional Holiday Karnataka, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal only.
Wednesday Bathukamma Starting Day Regional Holiday Nine days before Durgatsami
Thursday Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti Regional Holiday Haryana, Punjab only
Thursday Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi Regional Holiday Kerala only. Marks the death of a key social reformer
Saturday Haryana Heroes' Martyrdom Day Regional Holiday Haryana
Wednesday Durga Puja Regional Holiday Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal only
Thursday Durga Puja Regional Holiday Mahastami. Odisha, Sikkim, West Bengal
Thursday Durgastami Regional Holiday Telangana
Thursday Birthday of S. Bhagat Singh Ji Regional Holiday Punjab only
Thursday Regional Holiday Andhra Pradesh
Thursday Maha Ashtami Regional Holiday
Friday Mahanavami Regional Holiday Ninth day of Dussehra
Friday Dussehra Regional Holiday Vijaya Dashami
Friday Nabami Regional Holiday
Friday Dussehra Regional Holiday Ninth Day of Dussehra
Saturday Vijaya Dashami Regional Holiday
Saturday Dussehra Regional Holiday Vijaya Dashami
Saturday Durga Puja Regional Holiday
Saturday Janmostav of Srimatna Sankardev Regional Holiday Assam only
Sunday Ashura Regional Holiday Day of Ashurah
Sunday Ashoora Regional Holiday Many states
Monday Mahatma Gandhi Birthday Public Holiday
Tuesday Puja Holiday (additional) Regional Holiday Tripura
Wednesday Puja Holiday (additional) Regional Holiday Tripura
Thursday Lakshmi Puja Regional Holiday Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal only.
Thursday Maharishi Valmiki Birthday Regional Holiday Several states
Saturday Parkash Gurpurab of Sri Guru Ram Dass Ji Regional Holiday Punjab only
Wednesday Kati Bihu Regional Holiday Assam only
Wednesday Deepavali Regional Holiday Puducherry
Wednesday Deepavali Regional Holiday Telanagana
Wednesday Naraka Chaturdashi Regional Holiday Karnataka
Thursday Kali Puja Regional Holiday
Thursday Diwali Regional Holiday Deepawali. Except West Bengal
Thursday Diwali Regional Holiday Several states
Friday Vishvakarma Day Regional Holiday Haryana only
Friday Deepavali Regional Holiday Karnataka
Friday Balipratipada Regional Holiday Diwali
Friday Vikram Samvat New Year Regional Holiday Gujarat only.
Friday Govardhan Puja Regional Holiday
Saturday Bhai Bij Regional Holiday Gujarat only.
Saturday Ningol Chakkouba Regional Holiday 2nd day of the lunar month of Hiyanggei
Thursday Chhath Puja Regional Holiday Delhi only
Tuesday Public Holiday Regional Holiday Gujarat. Birthday of birth anniversary of Sardar Patel and Narendra Dev
Wednesday Haryana Day Regional Holiday Haryana only.
Wednesday Kannada Rajyothsava Regional Holiday Karnataka only
Wednesday Puducherry Liberation Day Regional Holiday
Wednesday Kut Regional Holiday Manipur
Friday Public Holiday Regional Holiday Sikkim only
Saturday Guru Nanak's Birthday Regional Holiday Full moon day of the month Kartik
Saturday Rasa Purnima Regional Holiday Odisha only
Monday Kanakadasa Jayanthi Regional Holiday Karnataka
Friday Wangala Festival Regional Holiday Meghalaya. Second week of November
Tuesday Children's Day Government Holiday Delhi
Thursday Martyrdom of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji Regional Holiday Punjab only
Thursday Seng Kut Snem Regional Holiday Meghalaya
Friday Lachit Divas Regional Holiday Assam
Friday Mawlid Regional Holiday Birthday of Prophet Muhammad
Friday State Inauguration Day Regional Holiday Nagaland
Saturday Mawlid Regional Holiday Birthday of Prophet Muhammad
Saturday Meelad-Un-Nabi Regional Holiday Puducherry
Saturday Milad Un Nabi or Id E Milad Regional Holiday
Saturday Asom Divas Regional Holiday Assam only
Sunday Feast of St. Francis Xavier Regional Holiday Goa Only
Tuesday Birthday of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Regional Holiday Jammu and Kashmir
Friday Friday after Eid e-Milad-un Nabi Regional Holiday Jammu and Kashmir
Tuesday Pa Togan Nengminza Sangma Regional Holiday Meghalaya
Monday Guru Ghasidas Jayanti Regional Holiday
Monday Death Anniversary of U SoSo Tham Regional Holiday Meghalaya
Tuesday Goa Liberation Day Regional Holiday Goa only
Monday Christmas Day Public Holiday Observed in all states
Monday Guru Gobind Singh's Birthday Regional Holiday Haryana only. Second time in 2017
Tuesday Shaheed Udham Singh's Birthday Regional Holiday Haryana, Punjab only
Tuesday Boxing Day Regional Holiday
Saturday U Kiang Nangbah Regional Holiday Meghalaya
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Notes

  • Only the secular holidays of Republic Day, Independence Day and Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday are observed nationally.

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