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CIVIL

List of National and regional Public holidays of India in 2018

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Day	Date	Holiday	Comments
Monday	January 01	New Year’s Day	Several states
Tuesday	January 02	New Year’s Celebration	Mizoram Only
Tuesday	January 02	Mannam Jayanthi	Kerala Only
Friday	January 05	Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti	Several states
Thursday	January 11	Missionary Day	Mizoram
Friday	January 12	Birthday of Swami Vivekananda	West Bengal only
Sunday	January 14	Bhogi	Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
Sunday	January 14	Pongal	Also known as Makar Sankranti, Lohri, Bihu, Hadaga, Poki
Sunday	January 14	Sankranti	Several states
Monday	January 15	Thiruvalluvar Day	Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Monday	January 15	Sankranti	Several states
Monday	January 15	Tusu Puja	Assam
Tuesday	January 16	Uzhavar Tirunal	Puducherry, Tamil Nadu only
Wednesday	January 17	Sonam Lhochar	Sikkim only. Tamang New Year
Monday	January 22	Vasant Panchami	Several states
Monday	January 22	Sir Chhotu Ram Jayanti	Haryana only
Tuesday	January 23	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti	Assam, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal. Birthday of a prominent leader in the Indian freedom movement
Thursday	January 25	Statehood Day	Himachal Pradesh only
Friday	January 26	Republic Day
Wednesday	January 31	Me-dam-me-phi	Assam. Ancestor festival
Wednesday	January 31	Guru Ravidas Birthday	Several states. Full moon of Magh
Tuesday	February 13	Maha Shivratri	Celebrated on the 13th night/14th day in the Krishna Paksha
Wednesday	February 14	Maha Shivratri	Several states
Thursday	February 15	Lui-Ngai-Ni	Manipur
Friday	February 16	Losar	Sikkim only. Tibetan New Year

Monday	February 19	Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti	Maharashtra only
Tuesday	February 20	Statehood Day	Arunachal Pradesh
Tuesday	February 20	Mizoram State Day	Mizoram
Thursday	March 01	Holi	Jammu Province only
Thursday	March 01	Doljatra	Holi Dahan
Friday	March 02	Holi
Friday	March 02	Chapchar Kut	Mizoram
Saturday	March 03	Yaosang 2nd day	Manipur.
Monday	March 05	Panchayati Raj Diwas	Odisha
Sunday	March 18	Ugadi	Telugu and Kannada New Year
Sunday	March 18	Cheti Chand	Gujarat only.
Sunday	March 18	Gudi Padwa	Telugu and Kannada New Year. Goa
Sunday	March 18	Sajibu Nongmapanba	Manipur. 1st day of the Month of Sajibu
Sunday	March 18	1st Navratra	Jammu and Kashmir only
Monday	March 19	Cheti Chand	Rajasthan, Uttarkhand
Tuesday	March 20	Sarhul	Jharkhand
Wednesday	March 21	Hazrat Ali’s Birthday	Uttar Pradesh only. Son in law of Prophet Muhammad
Thursday	March 22	Bihar Divas	Bihar Only
Friday	March 23	Shaheedi Diwas of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru & Sukhdev	Haryana only
Saturday	March 24	Ashoka’s Birth Anniversary	Bihar only
Sunday	March 25	Ram Navami	9th day of the 1st month in the Hindu calendar
Monday	March 26	Ram Navami	Sikkim
Monday	March 26	Sri Rama Navami	Celebrates the birth of Lord Rama to King Dasharatha of Ayodhya
Thursday	March 29	Mahavir Jayanti	The most important religious holiday in Jainism
Thursday	March 29	Maundy Thursday	Kerala only

Friday	March 30	Good Friday	Friday before Easter Sunday
Sunday	April 01	Bank Holiday	Banks only. Annual accounts closing
Sunday	April 01	Odisha Day	Odisha only. Utkal Divas
Monday	April 02	Bank Holiday	Banks only. Annual accounts closing
Thursday	April 05	Babu Jagjivan Ram Birthday	Andhra Pradesh, Telangana only
Saturday	April 14	Biju Festival	Tripura only
Saturday	April 14	Bohag Bihu Holiday	Assamese New Year
Saturday	April 14	Dr Ambedkar Jayanti	Birthday of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedekar
Saturday	April 14	Maha Vishuba Sankranti	Odisha
Saturday	April 14	Tamil New Year	Puthandu. Tamil Nadu only
Saturday	April 14	Vaisakhi	Several states
Sunday	April 15	Bohag Bihu	Arunachal Pradesh, Assam only
Sunday	April 15	Bengali New Year	Tripura, West Bengal only
Sunday	April 15	Himachal Day	Himachal Pradesh only. The province of Himachal Pradesh was created on 15 April 1948
Sunday	April 15	Vishu	Kerala Only. First day of Tulu calendar
Monday	April 16	Bohag Bihu Holiday	Assam only
Monday	April 16	Tithi of Damodar Deva	Assam only
Wednesday	April 18	Parashurama Jayanti	Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh
Wednesday	April 18	Basava Jayanthi	Karnataka only. The most important festival of the Lingayats. 3rd Vaiskha
Saturday	April 21	Garia Puja	Tripura only
Monday	April 23	Veer Kunvar Singh Jayanti	Bihar
Monday	April 30	Buddha Purnima	Birth of Buddha
Tuesday	May 01	Maharashtra Day	Maharashtra only. Commemorates the formation of the state of Maharashtra on 1 May 1960
Tuesday	May 01	May Day	Many states
Wednesday	May 02	Shab e-Barat	Bihar. Celebrated on the 15th Sha’aban

Wednesday	May 09	Birthday of Rabindra Nath Tagore	Tripura, West Bengal
Wednesday	May 16	State Day	Sikkim only
Saturday	May 26	Birthday of Kazi Nazrul Islam	Tripura only.
Wednesday	May 30	Janmotsav of Sri Sri Madhav Dev	Assam only
Friday	June 08	Jumat-ul-Wida	Last Friday of Ramadam
Monday	June 11	Shab-I-Qadar	Jammu and Kashmir. Celebrated on the 27th day of Ramadan
Thursday	June 14	Pahili Raja	Odisha
Friday	June 15	Jumat-ul-Wida	Last Friday of Ramadam
Friday	June 15	Idul Fitr	Many states
Friday	June 15	Raja Sankranti	Odisha only
Saturday	June 16	Idul Fitr	Several states
Saturday	June 16	Maharana Pratap Jayanti	Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan only
Sunday	June 17	Guru Arjun Dev Martyrdom day	Punjab Only
Sunday	June 17	Idul Fitr Holiday	Telangana
Thursday	June 28	Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti	Gazetted holiday in several states
Saturday	June 30	Remna Ni	Mizoram
Thursday	July 05	Guru Hargobind Ji’s Birthday	Jammu and Kashmir
Friday	July 06	MHIP Day	Mizoram
Friday	July 13	Martyr’s Day	Jammu and Kashmir only
Saturday	July 14	Ratha Yatra	Odisha
Friday	July 20	Kharchi Puja	Tripura only
Tuesday	July 31	Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Udham Singh	Haryana only
Saturday	August 04	Ker Puja	Tripura only
Monday	August 06	Bonalu
Saturday	August 11	Karkkadaka Vavu	Kerala

Monday	August 13	Patriot’s Day	Manipur
Wednesday	August 15	Independence Day
Friday	August 17	Parsi New Year	Jamshed Navroz. Gujarat, Mumbai Only
Wednesday	August 22	Idul Juha	Bakrid. Many states
Thursday	August 23	Idul Juha Holiday	Jammu and Kashmir
Friday	August 24	First Onam	Kerala only. Harvest Festival
Saturday	August 25	Thiruvonam	Kerala only. Harvest Festival
Sunday	August 26	Raksha Bandhan	Several states. Shravana Purnima
Sunday	August 26	Third Onam	Kerala only. Harvest Festival
Monday	August 27	Sree Narayana Guru Jayanti	Kerala only
Tuesday	August 28	Ayankali Jayanthi	Kerala only
Friday	August 31	Tithi of Sri Sri Madhav Dev	Assam only
Sunday	September 02	Sreekrishna Jayanthi	Kerala, Odisha. Celebrates the birth of Lord Shri Krishna
Sunday	September 02	Janmashtami	Tamil Nadu. Celebrates the birth of Lord Shri Krishna
Monday	September 03	Janmashtami	Celebrates the birth of Lord Shri Krishna
Tuesday	September 11	Muharram	Observed mainly by the Shia Muslim community
Tuesday	September 11	Tithi of Shrimanta Shankar Dev	Assam only
Tuesday	September 11	Tithi of Srimatna Sankardev	Assam only
Thursday	September 13	Ganesh Chaturthi	Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata
Friday	September 14	Nuakhai	Odisha only. Day after Ganesh Chaturthi
Wednesday	September 19	Ramdev Jayanti and Teja Dashmi	Rajasthan
Wednesday	September 19	Janmostav of Srimatna Sankardev	Assam only
Thursday	September 20	Muharram (10th Day)	Day of Ashurah
Thursday	September 20	Karam	Jharkhand. 11th day of full moon in the month of Bhadro
Friday	September 21	Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi	Kerala only. Marks the death of a key social reformer

Friday	September 21	Muharram	Many states
Sunday	September 23	Haryana’s Heroes’ Martyrdom Day	Haryana only
Tuesday	October 02	Mahatma Gandhi Birthday	Gandhi Jayanti
Monday	October 08	Mahalaya	Karnataka, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal only.
Tuesday	October 09	Bathukamma Starting day	Nine days before Durgastami
Wednesday	October 10	Maharaja Agrasen Jayanati	Haryana, Rajasthan only
Tuesday	October 16	Maha Saptami	Several states
Wednesday	October 17	Durgastami	Several states
Thursday	October 18	Ayudha Puja	Several states
Thursday	October 18	Mahanavami	Several states. Ninth Day of Dussehra
Thursday	October 18	Navami of Durga Puja	Several states
Thursday	October 18	Dusshera	Vijaya Dashmi. Several states
Thursday	October 18	Kati Bihu	Assam only
Friday	October 19	Durga Puja	Mahastami. Sikkim only
Friday	October 19	Dussehra	Dasara/Vijaya Dashami
Saturday	October 20	Durga Puja Holiday	Sikkim, Tripura
Monday	October 22	Durga Puja Holiday	Tripura
Tuesday	October 23	Durga Puja Holiday	Tripura
Wednesday	October 24	Lakshmi Puja	Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal only.
Wednesday	October 24	Maharishi Valmiki Birthday	Delhi, Haryana, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab
Wednesday	October 31	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s Birthday	Gujarat only.
Thursday	November 01	Haryana Day	Haryana only.
Thursday	November 01	Kannada Rajyothsava	Bangalore Only. Karnataka Formation Day
Thursday	November 01	Kut	Manipur
Tuesday	November 06	Narak Chaturdashi	Karnataka

Tuesday	November 06	Kali Puja	Assam, West Bengal. Festival dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali
Tuesday	November 06	Deepavali	Several states
Wednesday	November 07	Kali Puja	Odisha. Festival dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali
Wednesday	November 07	Deepavali	Telengana
Wednesday	November 07	Deewali	Many states
Thursday	November 08	Deepavali	Maharashtra, Sikkim
Thursday	November 08	Vikram Samvat New Year	Gujarat only.
Thursday	November 08	Vishvakarma Day	Govardhan Puja
Thursday	November 08	Balipadyami	Karnataka
Friday	November 09	Bhai Bij	Several states
Friday	November 09	Deewali Holiday	Rajasthan, Sikkim
Friday	November 09	Ningol Chakkouba	Manipur. 2nd day of the lunar month of Hiyanggei
Friday	November 09	Vishvakarma Day	Haryana
Tuesday	November 13	Chhath Puja	Bihar, Jharkhand
Wednesday	November 14	Chhath Puja	Bihar
Tuesday	November 20	Id-e-Milad	Kerala
Wednesday	November 21	Id-e-Milad
Friday	November 23	Guru Nanak Birthday	The Birthday of the founder of Sikhism, falls on full moon day of the month Kartik
Friday	November 23	Rasa Purnima	Odisha only
Friday	November 23	Friday after Eid e-Milad-un Nabi	Jammu and Kashmir only
Saturday	November 24	Lachit Divas	Assam only
Monday	November 26	Kanakadasa Jayanthi	Karnataka only
Saturday	December 01	State Inauguration Day	Nagaland
Saturday	December 01	Indigenous faith day	Arunachal Pradesh
Sunday	December 02	Asom Divas	Assam only
Monday	December 03	World Disabled Day	Tripura only
Monday	December 03	Feast of St Francis Xavier	Goa only.
Wednesday	December 05	Birthday of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah	Jammu and Kashmir
Wednesday	December 12	Martyrdom Day of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji	Punjab only
Wednesday	December 19	Goa Liberation Day	Goa only
Monday	December 24	Christmas Eve	Mizoram
Tuesday	December 25	Christmas Day	Observed in all states
Wednesday	December 26	Boxing Day	Mizoram, Telangana

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