In the year 2016, Three Months in Total have the most Holidays i.e. March, April and October including both Restricted and Gazetted. October month in 2016 has the most holidays, having a Total of 11 Holiday making it the most Ideal or Favourable month for a Trip or Excursion.
Consecutive Holidays in 2016 (inclusive of restricted and gazetted holidays)
Gazetted Holidays on Sundays:
Holidays in India for the year 2016 feature three gazetted holidays which falls on Sunday, these are - Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti which falls on 2nd October 2016, Diwali which falls on 30th October 2016 and Christmas which falls on 25th December 2016.
Occasion |
Held on |
Day |
Holiday Status |
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1st January |
Friday |
Restricted |
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14th January |
Thursday |
Restricted |
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15th January |
Friday |
Restricted |
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16th January |
Saturday |
Restricted |
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26th January |
Tuesday |
Gazetted |
Occasion |
Held on |
Day |
Holiday Status |
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Basant Panchmi / Shri Panchmi |
12th February |
Friday |
Restricted |
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Shivaji Jayanti |
19th February |
Friday |
Restricted |
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Guru Ravidas Birthday / Guru Ravidas Jayanti |
22nd February |
Monday |
Restricted |
Occasion |
Held on |
Day |
Holiday Status |
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Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti |
4th March |
Friday |
Restricted |
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Maha Shivratri |
7th March |
Monday |
Restricted |
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Holika Dahan (Dol yatra) |
23rd March |
Wednesday |
Restricted |
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24th March |
Thursday |
Gazetted |
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Good Friday |
25th March |
Friday |
Gazetted |
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27th March |
Sunday |
Restricted |
Occasion |
Held on |
Day |
Holiday Status |
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Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava / Ugadi / Cheti Chand |
8th April |
Friday |
Restricted |
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13th April |
Wednesday |
Restricted |
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Mesadi / Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam) |
14th April |
Thursday |
Restricted |
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15th April |
Friday |
Gazetted |
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Mahavir Jayanti |
20th April |
Wednesday |
Gazetted |
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Hazarat Ali's Birthday |
21st April |
Thursday |
Restricted |
Occasion |
Held on |
Day |
Holiday Status |
Guru Rabindranath's Birthday |
8th May |
Sunday |
Restricted |
21st May |
Saturday |
Gazetted |
Holidays in July 2016
Occasion |
Held on |
Day |
Holiday Status |
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Jamat-Ul-Vida |
1st July |
Friday |
Restricted |
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Idu’l Fitr (date may change) |
6th July |
Wednesday |
Gazetted |
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Rath Yatra |
6th July |
Wednesday |
Restricted |
Holidays in August 2016
Occasion |
Held on |
Day |
Holiday Status |
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15th August |
Monday |
Gazetted |
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17th August |
Wednesday |
Restricted |
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18th August |
Thursday |
Restricted |
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25th August |
Thursday |
Gazetted |
Holidays in September 2016
Occasion |
Held on |
Day |
Holiday Status |
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5th September |
Monday |
Restricted |
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Idu’l Zuha (Bakrid) |
12th September |
Monday |
Gazetted |
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Onam |
14th September |
Wednesday |
Restricted |
Holidays in October 2016
Occasion |
Held on |
Day |
Holiday Status |
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Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti |
2nd October |
Sunday |
Gazetted |
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8th October |
Saturday |
Restricted |
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9th October |
Sunday |
Restricted |
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Maha Navami |
10th October |
Monday |
Restricted |
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Dussehra |
11th October |
Tuesday |
Gazetted |
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12th October |
Wednesday |
Gazetted |
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Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti |
16th October |
Sunday |
Restricted |
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Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chouth) |
19th October |
Wednesday |
Restricted |
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Naraka Chaturdasi |
29th October |
Saturday |
Restricted |
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30th October |
Sunday |
Gazetted |
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Govardhan Puja |
31st October |
Monday |
Restricted |
Holidays in November 2016
Occasion |
Held on |
Day |
Holiday Status |
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Bhai Duj |
1st November |
Tuesday |
Restricted |
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Pratihar Sashthi / Surya Sashthi (Chhat Puja) |
6th November |
Sunday |
Restricted |
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14th November |
Monday |
Gazetted |
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Guru Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom Day |
24th November |
Thursday |
Restricted |
Holidays in December 2016
Occasion |
Held on |
Day |
Holiday Status |
Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) |
13th December |
Tuesday |
Gazetted |
24th December |
Saturday |
Restricted |
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25th December |
Sunday |
Gazetted |
Year 2016 happens to have lots of continuous holidays or consecutive holidays; the month of January has four consecutive holidays dating 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th (Sunday)
Then in March - 23rd, 24th and 25th dates are also consecutive holidays. If Saturday is a Holiday in your institute or firm then you can include 26th (Saturday) and 27th (Sunday) as well.
Then, April has 13th, 14th and 15th dates as consecutive holidays.
And lastly October, the month with most holidays, also happens to be the one with most consecutive holidays in the year 2016. The dates are 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th , 12th and 29th, 30th and 31st of October 2016.