Indian Holiday List 2024

We all have searched the words ‘Is today a holiday?’ with one sleepy eye while breath hangs on to the hope of a holiday, but sadly we’ve been disappointed countless times. We have rallied all the holidays into a curated list to save one from disappointment. This list covers the festive holidays enthusiastically celebrated in India’s diverse culture and all the national holidays in India.

With this list of holidays, 2024 says goodbye to the questions – ‘is tomorrow a holiday?’ or ‘is today a holiday in India?’ Scroll down to plan a day of rest with the 2024 holiday calendar.

List of Gazetted Holidays in 2024: 

Occasion / Holidays	Date	Day
Republic Day	January 26	Friday
Holi	March 25	Monday
Good Friday	March 29	Friday
Id-ul-Fitr	April 11	Thursday
Ram Navmi	April 17	Wednesday
Mahavir Jayanti	April 21	Sunday
Buddha Purnima	May 23	Thursday
Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)	June 17	Monday
Muharram	July 17	Wednesday
Independence Day / Parsi New Year’s Day / Nauraj	August 15	Thursday
Janamashtami (Vaishnva)	August 26	Monday
Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)	September 16	Monday
Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday	October 2	Wednesday
Dussehra	October 12	Saturday
Diwali	October 31	Thursday
Guru Nanak’s Birthday	November 15	Friday
Christmas	December 25	Wednesday

 

Public Holidays 2024

Public holidays are the national holidays in India recognised by most businesses and institutions, resulting in a declared holiday on that particular date or day. The list of gazetted holidays in 2024 are as follows:

 

Public Holidays In January 2024

Date	Day	Holiday	States
1 January 2024	Monday	New Year’s Day	Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Pondicherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Telangana, Tamil Nadu
2 January 2024	Tuesday	New Year Holiday	Mizoram
2 January 2024	Tuesday	Mannam Jayanti	Kerala
11 January 2024	Thursday	Missionary Day	Mizoram
12 January 2024	Friday	Swami Vivekananda Jayanti	West Bengal
15 January 2024	Monday	Magh Bihu	Assam
15 January 2024	Monday	Makara Sankranti	Gujarat, Karnataka, Telangana, Sikkim
15 January 2024	Monday	Pongal	Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu
16 January 2024	Tuesday	Thiruvalluvar Day	Tamil Nadu
16 January 2024	Tuesday	Kanuma Panduga	Andhra Pradesh
17 January 2024	Wednesday	Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti	Chandigarh, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan
17 January 2024	Wednesday	Uzhavar Thirunal	Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu
23 January 2024	Tuesday	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti	Assam, Jharkhand, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal
23 January 2024	Tuesday	Gaan-Ngai	Manipur
25 January 2024	Thursday	Hazrat Ali Jayanti	Uttar Pradesh
25 January 2024	Thursday	State Day	Himachal Pradesh
26 January 2024	Friday	Republic Day	National

Public Holidays In February 2024

Date	Day	Holiday	States
10 February 2024	Saturday	Losar	Sikkim
10 February 2024	Saturday	Sonam Losar	Sikkim
14 February 2024	Wednesday	Vasant Panchami	Haryana, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal
15 February 2024	Thursday	Lui-Ngai-Ni	Manipur
19 February 2024	Monday	Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti	Maharashtra
20 February 2024	Tuesday	State Day	Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram
24 February 2024	Saturday	Guru Ravidas Jayanti	Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab

Public Holidays In March 2024

Date	Day	Holiday	States
5 March 2024	Tuesday	Panchayatiraj Divas	Odisha
8 March 2024	Friday	Maha Shivaratri	National except Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Goa, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Pondicherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
22 March 2024	Friday	Bihar Day	Bihar
23 March 2024	Saturday	S. Bhagat Singh’s Martyrdom Day	Haryana
25 March 2024	Monday	Holi	National except Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
25 March 2024	Monday	Doljatra	West Bengal
25 March 2024	Monday	Yaosang	Manipur
26 March 2024	Tuesday	Yaosang 2nd Day	Manipur
29 March 2024	Friday	Good Friday	National except Haryana & Jammu and Kashmir
30 March 2024	Saturday	Easter Saturday	Nagaland
31 March 2024	Sunday	Easter Sunday	Kerala, Nagaland

Public Holidays In April 2024

Date	Day	Holiday	States
1 April 2024	Monday	Odisha Day	Odisha
5 April 2024	Friday	Babu Jagjivan Ram Jayanti	Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
5 April 2024	Friday	Jumat-ul-Wida	Jammu Kashmir
7 April 2024	Sunday	Shab-i-Qadr	Jammu and Kashmir
9 April 2024	Tuesday	Gudi Padwa	Maharashtra
9 April 2024	Tuesday	Telugu New Year	Tamil Nadu
9 April 2024	Tuesday	Ugadi	Andhra Pradesh, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Goa, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Telangana
10 April 2024	Wednesday	Idul Fitr	National
11 April 2024	Thursday	Idul Fitr Holiday	Telangana
11 April 2024	Thursday	Sarhul	Jharkhand
13 April 2024	Saturday	Bohag Bihu Holiday	Assam
13 April 2024	Saturday	Maha Vishuba Sankranti	Odisha
13 April 2024	Saturday	Vaisakh	Jammu Kashmir and Punjab
14 April 2024	Sunday	Bengali New Year	Tripura and West Bengal
14 April 2024	Sunday	Bohag Bihu	Arunachal Pradesh and Assam
14 April 2024	Sunday	Cheiraoba	Manipur
14 April 2024	Sunday	Dr Ambedkar Jayanti	National except Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Delhi, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura
14 April 2024	Sunday	Tamil New Year	Tamil Nadu
14 April 2024	Sunday	Vishu	Kerala
15 April 2024	Monday	Himachal Day	Himachal Pradesh
17 April 2024	Wednesday	Ram Navami	National apart from Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, and West Bengal
21 April 2024	Sunday	Garia Puja	Tripura
21 April 2024	Sunday	Mahavir Jayanti	Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Daman and Diu, Delhi, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Lakshadweep, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh

Public Holidays In May 2024

Date	Day	Holiday	States
1 May 2024	Wednesday	Maharashtra Day	Maharashtra
8 May 2024	Wednesday	Guru Rabindranath Jayanti	Tripura and West Bengal
10 May 2024	Friday	Basava Jayanti	Karnataka
10 May 2024	Friday	Maharshi Parasuram Jayanti	Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan
16 May 2024	Thursday	State Day	Sikkim
23 May 2024	Thursday	Buddha Purnima	Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Odisha, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal
24 May 2024	Friday	Kazi Nazrul Islam Jayanti	Tripura

Public Holidays In June 2024

Date	Day	Holiday	States
9 June 2024	Sunday	Maharana Pratap Jayanti	Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan
10 June 2024	Monday	Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji’s Martyrdom Day	Punjab
14 June 2024	Friday	Pahili Raja	Odisha
15 June 2024	Saturday	Raja Sankranti	Odisha
15 June 2024	Saturday	YMA Day	Mizoram
17 June 2024	Monday	Bakrid / Eid al Adha	National except Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu and Sikkim
18 June 2024	Tuesday	Bakrid / Eid al Adha Holiday	Jammu and Kashmir
22 June 2024	Saturday	Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti	Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab
30 June 2024	Sunday	Remna Ni	Mizoram

Public Holidays In July 2024

Date	Day	Holiday	States
5 July 2024	Friday	Guru Hargobind Ji’s Birthday	Jammu and Kashmir
6 July 2024	Saturday	MHIP Day	Mizoram
7 July 2024	Sunday	Ratha Yathra	Odisha
8 July 2024	Monday	Behdeinkhlam Festival	Meghalaya
13 July 2024	Saturday	Bhanu Jayanti	Sikkim
13 July 2024	Saturday	Martyrs’ Day	Jammu and Kashmir
17 July 2024	Wednesday	Muharram	National except Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, Haryana, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Pondicherry, Punjab, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal
17 July 2024	Wednesday	U Tirot Sing Day	Meghalaya
31 July 2024	Wednesday	Bonalu	Telangana
31 July 2024	Wednesday	Shaheed Udham Singh’s Martyrdom Day	Haryana

Public Holidays In August 2024

Date	Day	Holiday	States
7 August 2024	Wednesday	Haryali Teej	Haryana
8 August 2024	Thursday	Tendong Lho Rum Faat	Sikkim
13 August 2024	Tuesday	Patriots Day	Manipur
15 August 2024	Thursday	Independence Day	National
15 August 2024	Thursday	Parsi New Year	Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Gujarat & Maharashtra
16 August 2024	Friday	De Jure Transfer Day	Pondicherry
19 August 2024	Monday	Raksha Bandhan	Chhattisgarh, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand & Uttar Pradesh
19 August 2024	Monday	Jhulan Purnima	Odisha
26 August 2024	Monday	Janmashtami	National except Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Pondicherry & West Bengal

Public Holidays In September 2024

Date	Day	Holiday	States
5 September 2024	Thursday	Hartalika Teej	Chhattisgarh & Sikkim
5 September 2024	Thursday	Tithi of Srimanta Shankardev	Assam
7 September 2024	Saturday	Ganesh Chaturthi	Andhra Pradesh, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Pondicherry, Telangana and Tamil Nadu
8 September 2024	Sunday	Ganesh Chaturthi Holiday	Goa
8 September 2024	Sunday	Nuakhai	Odisha
13 September 2024	Friday	Ramdev Jayanti	Rajasthan
13 September 2024	Friday	Teja Dashmi	Rajasthan
14 September 2024	Saturday	First Onam	Kerala
15 September 2024	Sunday	Thiruvonam	Kerala
16 September 2024	Monday	Eid e Milad	National except Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Punjab, Sikkim, and West Bengal
17 September 2024	Tuesday	Indra Jatra	Sikkim
18 September 2024	Wednesday	Sree Narayana Guru Jayanti	Kerala
20 September 2024	Friday	Friday Following Eid e Milad	Jammu Kashmir
21 September 2024	Saturday	Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi	Kerala
23 September 2024	Monday	Heroes Martyrdom Day	Haryana

Public Holidays In October 2024

Date	Day	Holiday	States
2 October 2024	Wednesday	Mahalaya Amavasye	Karnataka, Odisha, Tripura, and West Bengal
2 October 2024	Wednesday	Gandhi Jayanti	National
3 October 2024	Thursday	First Day of Bathukamma	Telangana
3 October 2024	Thursday	Ghatasthapana	Rajasthan
3 October 2024	Thursday	Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti	Haryana
10 October 2024	Thursday	Maha Saptami	Meghalaya, Odisha, Sikkim, Tripura and West Bengal
11 October 2024	Friday	Maha Ashtami	Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Manipur, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Telangana, Tripura and West Bengal
12 October 2024	Saturday	Maha Navami	Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Pondicherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh & West Bengal
13 October 2024	Sunday	Vijaya Dashami	National except Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Manipur
13 October 2024	Sunday	Janmostav of Srimanta Shankardev	Assam
17 October 2024	Thursday	Lakshmi Puja	Odisha, Tripura & West Bengal
17 October 2024	Thursday	Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti	Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh & Punjab
17 October 2024	Thursday	Kati Bihu	Assam
31 October 2024	Thursday	Deepavali	Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Pondicherry, Telangana & Tamil Nadu
31 October 2024	Thursday	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Jayanti	Gujarat

Public Holidays In November 2024

Date	Day	Holiday	States
1 November 2024	Friday	Diwali	National except Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu & Telangana
1 November 2024	Friday	Haryana Day	Haryana
1 November 2024	Friday	Kannada Rajyothsava	Karnataka
1 November 2024	Friday	Kut	Manipur
1 November 2024	Friday	Puducherry Liberation Day	Pondicherry
2 November 2024	Saturday	Deepavali Holiday	Daman and Diu, Haryana, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand & Uttar Pradesh
2 November 2024	Saturday	Vikram Samvat New Year	Gujarat
3 November 2024	Sunday	Bhai Dooj	Gujarat, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh
7 November 2024	Thursday	Chhath Puja	Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand
15 November 2024	Friday	Guru Nanak Jayanti	National except Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Odisha, Pondicherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and Tripura
15 November 2024	Friday	Karthika Purnima	Odisha and Telangana
18 November 2024	Monday	Kanakadasa Jayanti	Karnataka
22 November 2024	Friday	Lhabab Duchen	Sikkim
23 November 2024	Saturday	Seng Kut Snem	Meghalaya

Public Holidays In December 2024

Date	Day	Holiday	States
1 December 2024	Sunday	Indigenous Faith Day	Arunachal Pradesh
3 December 2024	Tuesday	Feast of St Francis Xavier	Goa
5 December 2024	Thursday	Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah Jayanti	Jammu and Kashmir
6 December 2024	Friday	Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji’s Martyrdom Day	Punjab
12 December 2024	Thursday	Pa Togan Nengminza Sangma	Meghalaya
18 December 2024	Wednesday	Death Anniversary of U SoSo Tham	Meghalaya
18 December 2024	Wednesday	Guru Ghasidas Jayanti	Chhattisgarh
19 December 2024	Thursday	Liberation Day	Daman and Diu, Goa
24 December 2024	Tuesday	Christmas Holiday	Meghalaya and Mizoram
25 December 2024	Wednesday	Christmas Day	National
26 December 2024	Thursday	Christmas Holiday	Meghalaya and Telangana
26 December 2024	Thursday	Shaheed Udham Singh Jayanti	Haryana
30 December 2024	Monday	Tamu Losar	Sikkim
30 December 2024	Monday	U Kiang Nangbah	Meghalaya
31 December 2024	Tuesday	New Year’s Eve	Manipur and Mizoram

List of Hindu Holidays 2024

Hindu festivals are utsavas that are celebrated by the Hindu community. Below is the calendar for 2024 with holidays associated with Hindu festivals.

Date	Day	Holiday
15 January 2024	Monday	Makar Sankranti or Pongal
26 January 2024	Friday	Thaipusam
14 February 2024	Wednesday	Vasant Panchami
8 March 2024	Friday	Maha Shivaratri
20 March 2024	Wednesday	Hindi New Year
24 March 2024	Sunday	Holika Dahan
25 March 2024	Monday	Holi
9 April 2024	Tuesday	Ugadi or Gudi Padwa or Telugu New Year
13 April 2024	Saturday	Vaisakhi or Baisakhi or Vishu
14 April 2024	Sunday	Tamil New Year
15 April 2024	Monday	Bengali New Year or Bihu
17 April 2024	Wednesday	Ramanavami
23 April 2024	Tuesday	Hanuman Jayanti
10 April 2024	Friday	Akshaya Tritiya
6 April 2024	Thursday	Savitri Pooja
7 July 2024	Sunday	Puri Rath Yatra
21 July 2024	Sunday	Guru Purnima
9 August 2024	Friday	Nag Panchami
16 August 2024	Friday	Varalakshmi Vratam
19 August 2024	Monday	Raksha Bandhan
26 August 2024	Monday	Krishna Janmashtami
7 September 2024	Saturday	Ganesh Chaturthi
16 September 2024	Monday	Vishwakarma Puja
2 October 2024	Wednesday	Mahalaya Amavasya
3 October 2024	Thursday	Navaratri begins
11 October 2024	Friday	Navaratri ends or Maha Navami
12 October 2024	Saturday	Dusshera
16 October 2024	Wednesday	Sharad Purnima
20 October 2024	Sunday	Karwa Chauthi
29 October 2024	Tuesday	Dhan Teras
1 November 2024	Friday	Diwali
3 November 2024	Sunday	Bhai Dooj
7 November 2024	Thursday	Chhath Puja
15 November 2024	Friday	Kartik Poornima
11 December 2024	Wednesday	Geeta Jayanti
15 December 2024	Sunday	Dhanu Sankranti

Conclusion 

India is home to more than 300 languages and dialects and celebrates festivals irrespective of religion. Besides India having only three mandatory national holidays, the Indian calendar 2024 with holidays and festivals lists the holidays they may be available.