Public Holidays in Tamil Nadu in 2024

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List of Holidays in Tamil Nadu in 2024

Day	Date	Holiday Name	Type	Comments
Monday	Jan 01	New Year's Day	Regional Holiday	Several states
Monday	Jan 15	Pongal	Regional Holiday
Tuesday	Jan 16	Thiruvalluvar Day	Regional Holiday	Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Wednesday	Jan 17	Uzhavar Tirunal	Regional Holiday	Several states
Thursday	Jan 25	Thaipoosam	Regional Holiday	Several states
Friday	Jan 26	Republic Day	Public Holiday
Friday	Mar 29	Good Friday	Regional Holiday
Monday	Apr 01	Bank Holiday	Not A Public Holiday	Banks only. Annual accounts closing
Tuesday	Apr 09	Telugu New Year's Day	Regional Holiday	Telugu and Kannada New Year
Thursday	Apr 11	Ramzan	Regional Holiday	Most states
Sunday	Apr 14	Dr Ambedkar Jayanti	Regional Holiday
Sunday	Apr 14	Tamil New Year	Regional Holiday	Puthandu. Tamil Nadu only
Friday	Apr 19	Public Holiday	Regional Holiday	Several states
Sunday	Apr 21	Mahaveer Jayanthi	Regional Holiday
Wednesday	May 01	Labour Day	Regional Holiday	Many states
Sunday	Jun 16	Bakrid	Regional Holiday	Many states
Wednesday	Jul 17	Ashura	Regional Holiday	Many states
Thursday	Aug 15	Independence Day	Public Holiday
Monday	Aug 26	Krishna Jayanthi	Regional Holiday	Restricted Holiday
Saturday	Sep 07	Vinayakar Chathurthi	Regional Holiday	Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata
Tuesday	Sep 17	Milad-un-Nabi	Regional Holiday	Birthday of Prophet Muhammad
Wednesday	Oct 02	Mahatma Gandhi Birthday	Public Holiday
Friday	Oct 11	Ayutha Pooja	Regional Holiday	Several states
Saturday	Oct 12	Vijaya Dasami	Regional Holiday	Vijaya Dashami
Wednesday	Oct 16	Public Holiday	Regional Holiday	Tamil Nadu
Thursday	Oct 31	Deepavali	Regional Holiday	Most states
Friday	Nov 01	Deepavali	Regional Holiday	Several states
Wednesday	Dec 25	Christmas Day	Regional Holiday	Observed in all states

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Notes

• Public holidays observed by private companies usually follow the Tamil Nadu Industrial Establishments (National and Festival Holidays) Act. The four national holidays, (26th January, 1st May, 15th August and 2nd October) are supplemented by five festival holidays selected from any of the festivals given the religious and regional interests of the employees