India

India public holidays 2025

India had 18 nationwide public holidays in 2025, and 18 to 33 in total once regional days are added, depending on where you are. After them, 2025 had 248 working days.

Public holidays in India in 2025
Date	Holiday
January
Jan 2Thursday	Post New YearMizoram
Jan 6Monday	Guru Gobind Singh's BirthdayChandīgarh, Punjab
Jan 11Saturday	Missionary DayMizoram
Jan 14Tuesday	Magh BihuAssam, Dādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu
Jan 14Tuesday	Makar SankrantiDādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu, Karnātaka
Jan 14Tuesday	PongalDādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu, Tamil Nādu
Jan 14Tuesday	UttarayanGujarāt
Jan 15Wednesday	Thiruvalluvar Day / Mattu PongalTamil Nādu
Jan 16Thursday	Uzhavar ThirunalTamil Nādu
Jan 23Thursday	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's BirthdayAssam, Tripura
Jan 25Saturday	Statehood DayHimāchal Pradesh
Jan 26Sunday	Republic DayNationwide
Jan 28Tuesday	Shab-I-Miraj EstimatedJammu and Kashmīr
February
Feb 2Sunday	Sir Chottu Ram's BirthdayHaryāna
Feb 12Wednesday	Guru Ravi Das's BirthdayHimāchal Pradesh
Feb 19Wednesday	Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's BirthdayMahārāshtra
Feb 20Thursday	Statehood DayArunāchal Pradesh
Feb 26Wednesday	Maha ShivaratriNationwide
March
Mar 13Thursday	Holika DahanRājasthān, Uttarākhand
Mar 14Friday	HoliNationwide
Mar 20Thursday	Veerangana Avantibai's Martyrdom DayMadhya Pradesh
Mar 21Friday	NowruzJammu and Kashmīr, Ladākh
Mar 22Saturday	Bihar DayBihār
Mar 23Sunday	Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru's Martyrdom DayHaryāna, Punjab
Mar 30Sunday	1st NavratraJammu and Kashmīr
Mar 30Sunday	Chaitra SukladiDādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu
Mar 30Sunday	Cheti Chand Dādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu, Gujarāt + 2 more Dādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu, Gujarāt, Rājasthān, Uttarākhand
Mar 30Sunday	Gudi PadwaDādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu, Goa, Mahārāshtra
Mar 30Sunday	UgadiDādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu, Karnātaka
Mar 31Monday	Eid al-FitrNationwide
April
Apr 1Tuesday	Odisha Day (Utkala Dibasa)Odisha
Apr 8Tuesday	Guru Nabha Dass's BirthdayPunjab
Apr 10Thursday	Mahavira's BirthdayNationwide
Apr 11Friday	Mahatma Jyotiba Phule's BirthdayRājasthān
Apr 13Sunday	BaisakhiJammu and Kashmīr
Apr 13Sunday	VaisakhiHaryāna, Punjab
Apr 14Monday	Dr. B. R. Ambedkar's BirthdayNationwide
Apr 14Monday	Bahag BihuAssam
Apr 14Monday	Bengali New YearTripura
Apr 14Monday	Puthandu (Tamil New Year)Tamil Nādu
Apr 15Tuesday	Bahag BihuArunāchal Pradesh, Assam
Apr 15Tuesday	Bengali New YearWest Bengal
Apr 15Tuesday	Himachal DayHimāchal Pradesh
Apr 15Tuesday	Maha Vishuva Sankranti / Pana SankrantiOdisha
Apr 16Wednesday	Bahag BihuAssam
Apr 18Friday	Good FridayNationwide
Apr 21Monday	Garia PujaTripura
Apr 29Tuesday	Akshay TritiyaHaryāna
Apr 29Tuesday	Lord Shri Parshuram's Birthday Gujarāt, Himāchal Pradesh + 3 more Gujarāt, Himāchal Pradesh, Haryāna, Punjab, Rājasthān
May
May 1Thursday	Maharashtra DayMahārāshtra
May 1Thursday	May DayAssam, Karnātaka
May 9Friday	Rabindra JayantiWest Bengal
May 12Monday	Buddha PurnimaNationwide
May 16Friday	Sikkim State DaySikkim
May 29Thursday	Maharana Pratap's BirthdayHimāchal Pradesh, Haryāna, Rājasthān
May 30Friday	Guru Arjun Dev's Martyrdom DayPunjab
June
Jun 7Saturday	Eid al-AdhaNationwide
Jun 11Wednesday	Sant Kabir's BirthdayHimāchal Pradesh, Haryāna, Punjab
Jun 15Sunday	Young Mizo Association's DayMizoram
Jun 30Monday	Peace Accord DayMizoram
July
Jul 3Thursday	Kharchi PujaTripura
Jul 6Sunday	AshuraNationwide
Jul 6Sunday	Mizo Hmeichhe Insuihkhawm Pawl's DayMizoram
Jul 16Wednesday	HarelaUttarākhand
Jul 19Saturday	Ker PujaTripura
Jul 31Thursday	Shaheed Udham Singh's Martyrdom DayHaryāna, Punjab
August
Aug 9Saturday	International Day of the World's Indigenous PeoplesRājasthān
Aug 9Saturday	Raksha Bandhan Dādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu, Gujarāt + 5 more Dādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu, Gujarāt, Haryāna, Madhya Pradesh, Rājasthān, Uttarākhand, Uttar Pradesh
Aug 15Friday	Independence DayNationwide
Aug 15Friday	Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi)Dādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu, Gujarāt, Mahārāshtra
Aug 16Saturday	Janmashtami (Vaishnava)Nationwide
Aug 16Saturday	Puducherry De Jure Transfer DayPuducherry
Aug 19Tuesday	Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur's BirthdayTripura
Aug 27Wednesday	Ganesh ChaturthiGoa, Karnātaka, Mahārāshtra
Aug 27Wednesday	Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayak ChaturthiDādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu
Aug 28Thursday	Ganesh Chaturthi (Day 2)Goa
Aug 28Thursday	Samvatsari DayGujarāt
September
Sep 5Friday	Prophet's BirthdayNationwide
Sep 5Friday	OnamAndaman and Nicobar Islands, Kerala
Sep 11Thursday	Khejarli's Martyrdom DayRājasthān
Sep 17Wednesday	Vishwakarma PujaUttarākhand
Sep 22Monday	Maharaj Agrasen's BirthdayHaryāna, Punjab, Rājasthān
Sep 22Monday	Sharad NavratriRājasthān
Sep 23Tuesday	Haryana War Heroes' Martyrdom DayHaryāna
Sep 23Tuesday	Maharaja Hari Singh's BirthdayJammu and Kashmīr
Sep 29Monday	MahasaptamiTripura
Sep 30Tuesday	DurgashtamiRājasthān
Sep 30Tuesday	MahashtamiArunāchal Pradesh, Tripura
October
Oct 1Wednesday	MahanavamiJammu and Kashmīr
Oct 2Thursday	DussehraNationwide
Oct 2Thursday	Mahatma Gandhi's BirthdayNationwide
Oct 7Tuesday	Maharishi Valmiki's Birthday Chandīgarh, Himāchal Pradesh + 3 more Chandīgarh, Himāchal Pradesh, Haryāna, Punjab, Uttarākhand
Oct 20Monday	Diwali (Deepavali)Nationwide
Oct 22Wednesday	Diwali (Bali Pratipada)Mahārāshtra
Oct 22Wednesday	Govardhan Puja Dādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu, Madhya Pradesh + 2 more Dādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu, Madhya Pradesh, Rājasthān, Uttar Pradesh
Oct 22Wednesday	Gujarati New YearGujarāt
Oct 22Wednesday	Vishwakarma DayHaryāna, Punjab
Oct 23Thursday	Bhai DujGujarāt, Rājasthān, Uttar Pradesh
Oct 23Thursday	Chitragupt's BirthdayUttar Pradesh
Oct 26Sunday	Accession DayJammu and Kashmīr
Oct 28Tuesday	Chhath PujaBihār, Jhārkhand
Oct 28Tuesday	Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhath Puja)Dādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu
Oct 31Friday	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's BirthdayGujarāt
November
Nov 1Saturday	Haryana DayHaryāna
Nov 1Saturday	Kerala Foundation DayKerala
Nov 1Saturday	Puducherry Liberation DayPuducherry
Nov 5Wednesday	Guru Nanak's BirthdayNationwide
Nov 15Saturday	Jharkhand Formation DayJhārkhand
Nov 16Sunday	Kartar Singh Sarabha's Martyrdom DayPunjab
Nov 24Monday	Guru Tegh Bahadur's Martyrdom DayPunjab, Uttarākhand
December
Dec 1Monday	Indigenous Faith DayArunāchal Pradesh
Dec 3Wednesday	Saint Francis Xavier's DayGoa
Dec 19Friday	Goa Liberation DayGoa
Dec 24Wednesday	Christmas EveMizoram
Dec 25Thursday	ChristmasNationwide
Dec 26Friday	Post ChristmasMizoram
Dec 27Saturday	Guru Gobind Singh's BirthdayChandīgarh, Punjab
Dec 28Sunday	Jor Mela Fatehgarh SahibPunjab
Dec 31Wednesday	New Year's EveMizoram

Nationwide: 18public holidays
By region: 18–33across 36 regions
Working days: 248after nationwide days off
Long weekends: 8+3 with 1 day off

Dates marked Estimated depend on the moon or an official announcement and can shift by a day or two.

Dates come from the open-source holidays project, which compiles each country's statutory holidays from official sources. Governments sometimes add or move days at short notice, so check official announcements for critical plans. See our sources.

Long weekends in 2025

Stretches of three or more days off built from nationwide holidays and the weekend, plus the ones you can make by taking a single day off.

3 daysFri, Mar 14 – Sun, Mar 16 · Holi4 days in Rājasthān and Uttarākhand, with Holika Dahan
3 daysSat, Mar 29 – Mon, Mar 31 · Eid al-Fitr4 days in Odisha, with Odisha Day (Utkala Dibasa)
5 daysThu, Apr 10 – Mon, Apr 14 · Mahavira's Birthday, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar's BirthdayTake Fri, Apr 11 off to join it up
3 daysSat, Apr 12 – Mon, Apr 14 · Dr. B. R. Ambedkar's Birthday4 days in Arunāchal Pradesh and Assam, with Bahag Bihu
3 daysFri, Apr 18 – Sun, Apr 20 · Good Friday4 days in Tripura, with Garia Puja
3 daysSat, May 10 – Mon, May 12 · Buddha Purnima4 days in West Bengal, with Rabindra Jayanti
3 daysFri, Aug 15 – Sun, Aug 17 · Independence Day, Janmashtami (Vaishnava)
3 daysFri, Sep 5 – Sun, Sep 7 · Prophet's Birthday
4 daysThu, Oct 2 – Sun, Oct 5 · Dussehra, Mahatma Gandhi's BirthdayTake Fri, Oct 3 off to join it up
3 daysSat, Oct 18 – Mon, Oct 20 · Diwali (Deepavali)
4 daysThu, Dec 25 – Sun, Dec 28 · ChristmasTake Fri, Dec 26 off to join it up

India public holidays by year

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Frequently asked questions

How many public holidays are there in India in 2025?

18 nationwide public holidays: Republic Day (Jan 26); Maha Shivaratri (Feb 26); Holi (Mar 14); Eid al-Fitr (Mar 31); Mahavira's Birthday (Apr 10); Dr. B. R. Ambedkar's Birthday (Apr 14); Good Friday (Apr 18); Buddha Purnima (May 12); Eid al-Adha (Jun 7); Ashura (Jul 6); Independence Day (Aug 15); Janmashtami (Vaishnava) (Aug 16); Prophet's Birthday (Sep 5); Dussehra (Oct 2); Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday (Oct 2); Diwali (Deepavali) (Oct 20); Guru Nanak's Birthday (Nov 5); Christmas (Dec 25). Regions add 101 more days between them.

Which month has the most public holidays in 2025?

April and October, with 3 nationwide public holidays each. 0 months have none.

Which region has the most public holidays?

Punjab, with 33 in 2025, against 18 in the regions with the fewest. Use the filter above the list to see one region's days.

How many working days are there in 2025?

248 working days, counting Monday to Friday and taking out the nationwide holidays that fall on working days. Regional holidays and company closures can lower it further.

Why are some dates marked "Estimated"?

They follow a lunar calendar or wait for an official announcement — for example Islamic holidays, which depend on sighting the new moon. The date shown is the expected one and can move by a day or two.