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DATE |
FESTIVAL 2008 |
01 january |
New Year's Day |
05 january |
Guru Govind Singh's birthday |
9 january |
Muharam (Al Hijra) |
13 january |
Lohri / Lohari (HP, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi) |
14 january |
Pongal |
15 january |
Makar Sakranti |
26 january |
Republic Day |
31 january |
Guru Har Rai Sahib's birthday (Sikh) |
02 february |
Guru Ravi Dass's birthday |
07 february |
Chinese New Year |
07 february |
Mauni Amavashya |
11 february |
Vasant Panchami |
12 february |
Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti |
14 february |
Valentine Day |
02 march |
Mothering Sunday (UK) |
06 march |
Mahashivratri |
16 march |
Palm Sunday |
20 march |
Milad un Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet) |
21 march |
Good Friday |
21 march |
Nau Roz |
22 march |
Holi |
22 march |
Holla Mohalla |
23 march |
Easter Sunday |
26 march |
Khordad Sal, Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra |
31 march |
Mahavir Jayanti |
06 april |
Bikrami Samvat (Hindu New Year) |
06 april |
Gudi Padwa |
08 april |
Easter Sunday |
14 april |
Tamil New Year (Tamil Nadu) |
14 april |
Baisakhi / Vaisakhi (birth anniversary of the Khalsa) |
14 april |
Dr B.R. Ambedkar's birthday |
14 april |
Ram Navmi |
15 april |
Himachal day (Himachal Pradesh) |
18 april |
Mahavir Jayanti |
18 april |
Guru Angad Sahib's birthday (Sikh) |
18 april |
Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib's birthday (Sikh) |
19 april |
Hanuman Jayanti |
20 april |
Passover |
27 april |
Easter |
01 may |
May Day |
01 may |
Maharashtra Day |
02 may |
Guru Arjun Sahib's birthday (Sikh) |
11 may |
Mother's Day |
20 may |
Buddha Jayanti / Buddha Purnima |
21 may |
Rajiv Gandhi death anniversary |
23 may |
Guru Amar Das Sahib's birthday (Sikh) |
27 may |
Pandit Nehru death anniversary |
13 june |
Ganga Dussehra |
15 june |
Father’s Day |
16 june |
Guru Arjun Dev Sahib's Martyrdom Day |
18 june |
Kabir Das Jayanti |
05 july |
Guru Hargobinds birthday (Sikh) |
16 july |
Rath Yatra |
18 july |
Guru Purnima (Vyas pujan) |
23 july |
Guru Harkrishan Sahib' birthday (Sikh) |
28 july |
Hazrat Ali's birthday |
30 july |
Shravan Shivratri |
03 august |
Friendship Day |
08 august |
TusliDas Jayanti |
15 august |
Independence Day |
16 august |
Rakhi |
19 august |
Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi) |
24 august |
Sri Krishna Janmashtami |
02 september |
Ramadan Starts |
03 september |
Ganesh Chaturathi |
05 september |
Teachers Day |
12 september |
Onam |
29 september |
Navaratri begin |
02 october |
Gandhi Jayanti (Mahatma Gandhi's birthday) |
02 october
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Id-Ul-Fitr -Ramadan Ends |
07 october |
Durga Ashtami |
08 october |
Mahanaomi |
09 october |
Guru Ramdas Sahib's birthday (Sikh) |
09 october |
Dussehra |
14 october |
Balmiki Jayanti |
18 october |
Karva Chauth |
22 october |
Ahoi Ashtami |
26 october |
Dhan Teras |
28 october |
Diwali |
29 october |
Govardhan Puja |
30 october |
Bhai Duj |
31 october |
Halloween. |
01 november |
Kannada Rajyotsava (Karnataka founding day) |
03 november |
Guru Gobind Singh Balidaan Diwas |
13 november |
Guru Nanak Birthday |
14 november |
Children's Day |
27 november |
Thanksgiving Day |
03 december |
Guru Teg Bahadur balidan Diwas |
11 december |
Idu'l Zuha / Id ul Zuha /Eid ul Adha (Bakrid - Feast of the Sacrifice) |
22 december |
Hanukkah |
24 december |
Christmas Eve |
25 december |
Christmas |
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*subject to change; one day earlier or later depending on sighting of moon |
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