India Holidays 2016
Check India Public Holidays, Local Holidays and Optional Holidays for the year 2016.
Public Holidays
No Date Day Holiday
1 January 26 Tuesday Republic Day
2 March 24 Thursday Holi
3 March 25 Friday Good Friday
4 April 15 Friday Ram Navami
5 April 20 Wednesday Mahavir Jayanti
6 May 21 Saturday Buddha Purnima
7 July 6 Wednesday Eid-al-Fitr
8 August 15 Monday Independence Day
9 August 25 Thursday JanmaAshtami
10 September 12 Monday Eid-al-Adha
(Bakri-Eid)
11 October 2 Sunday Mahatma Gandhi Birthday
12 October 11 Tuesday Dussehra
13 October 12 Wednesday Muharram
14 October 30 Sunday Deepawali
(Diwali)
15 November 14 Monday Guru Nanak Jayanti
16 December 13 Tuesday Id-e-Milad
(Prophet Mohammad’s Birthday)
17 December 25 Sunday Christmas


Restricted Holidays
No Date Day Holiday
1 January 1 Friday New Year's Day
2 January 14 Thursday Makar Sankranti
3 January 15 Friday Pongal
4 January 16 Saturday Guru Govind Singhs Birthday
5 February 12 Friday Basant Panchami
(Sri Panchami)
6 February 19 Friday Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti
7 February 22 Monday Guru Ravidas's Birthday
8 March 4 Friday Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti
9 March 7 Monday Maha Shivratri
10 March 23 Wednesday Holika Dahan
11 March 27 Sunday Easter Sunday
12 April 8 Friday Ugadi
(Gudi Padava/ Chaitra Sukladi)
13 April 13 Wednesday Vaisakhi
(Vishu)
14 April 14 Thursday Vaisakhadi
(Bahag Bihu)
15 April 21 Thursday Hazarat Ali's Birthday
16 May 8 Sunday Guru Rabindranath;s Birthday
17 July 1 Friday Jamat-Ul-Vida
18 July 6 Wednesday Rath Yatra
19 August 17 Wednesday Parsi New Years Day
(Nauroz)
20 August 18 Thursday Raksha Bandhan
21 September 5 Monday Vinayaka Chaturthi
(Ganesh Chaturthi)
22 September 14 Wednesday Onam
23 October 8 Saturday Dussehra
(Maha Saptami)
24 October 9 Sunday Dussehra
(Maha Ashtami)
25 October 10 Monday Dussehra
(Maha Navmi)
26 October 16 Sunday Maharishi Valmiki's Birthday
27 October 19 Wednesday Karva Chouth
28 October 29 Saturday Deepawali *
29 October 29 Saturday Naraka Chaturdasi
30 October 31 Monday Govardhan Puja
31 November 1 Tuesday Bhai Dooj
32 November 6 Sunday Chhat Puja
(Surya Sashthi/ Pratihar Sashthi )
33 November 24 Thursday Guru Tegh Bahadur's Martyrdom Day
34 December 24 Saturday Christmas Eve
*
(South India)


Local Holidays
No Date Day Holiday
1 January 26 Tuesday Republic Day
2 March 25 Friday Good Friday
3 April 20 Wednesday Mahavir Jayanti
4 May 21 Saturday Buddha Purnima
5 July 6 Wednesday Eid Al-Fitr
6 August 15 Monday Independence Day
7 September 12 Monday Eid Al-Adha
(Bakrid)
8 October 2 Sunday Mahatma Gandhi Birthday
9 October 11 Tuesday Dussehra
10 October 12 Wednesday Muharram
11 October 30 Sunday Deepawali
(Diwali)
12 November 14 Monday Guru Nanak Jayanti
13 December 13 Tuesday Id-e-Milad
(Prophet Mohammad’s Birthday)
14 December 25 Sunday Christmas


Optional Holidays
No Date Day Holiday
1 January 14 Thursday Makar Sankranti
2 January 15 Friday Pongal
3 February 12 Friday Basant Panchami
(Sri Panchami)
4 March 7 Monday Maha Shivratri
5 March 24 Thursday Holi
6 April 1 Friday Annual Closing of Bank Accounts
7 April 15 Friday Ram Navami
8 July 6 Wednesday Rath Yatra
9 August 25 Thursday Janmashtami
10 September 5 Monday Vinayaka Chaturthi
11 September 14 Wednesday Onam
12 October 11 Tuesday Dussehra *
*
Additional Holidays