India Holiday Calendar 2014

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List of holidays in year 2014

Holidays in India of the year 2014 has only two gazetted holidays which fall on Sunday i.e. Republic Day and Mahavir Jayanti, unlike the year 2013 when many gazette holidays fell on Sunday. October in 2014 is one month which has most number of festivals, some of which are in continuum. In all there are 17 Days which have the approval of Central government towards their status as gazetted that implies more than two weeks of holidays, which coincidentally are the same as of the previous year.

Holidays in January 2014

Occasion

Held on

Day

Holiday Status

New Year's Day

1st January

Wednesday

Restricted

Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti

7th January

Tuesday

Restricted

Makar Sankranti

14th January

Tuesday

Restricted

Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)

14th January

Tuesday

Gazetted

Pongal

14th January

Tuesday

Gazetted

Republic Day

26th January

Sunday

Gazetted

 

Holidays in February 2014

Occasion

Held on

Day

Holiday Status

Basant Panchmi / Shri Panchmi

4th February

Tuesday

Restricted

Guru Ravidas Birthday / Guru Ravidas Jayanti

14th February

Friday

Restricted

Shivaji Jayanti

19th February

Wednesday

Restricted

Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti

24th February

Monday

Restricted

Maha Shivratri

27th February

Thursday

Restricted

 

Holidays in March 2014

Occasion

Held on

Day

Holiday Status

Holika Dahan (Dol yatra)

16th March

Sunday

Restricted

Holi

17th March

Monday

Gazetted

Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava / Ugadi / Cheti Chand

31st March

Monday

Restricted

Holidays in April 2014

Occasion

Held on

Day

Holiday Status

Ram Navami

8th April

Tuesday

Gazetted

Mahavir Jayanti

13th April

Sunday

Gazetted

Vaisakhi / Vishu / Mesadi

14th April

Monday

Restricted

Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam)

15th April

Tuesday

Restricted

Good Friday

18th April

Friday

Gazetted

Easter Sunday

20th April

Sunday

Restricted

 

Holidays in May 2014

Occasion

Held on

Day

Holiday Status

Guru Rabindranath's Birthday

9th May

Friday

Restricted

Hazarat Ali's Birthday

13th May

Tuesday

Restricted

Buddha Purnima / Buddha Jayanti

14th May

Wednesday

Gazetted

 

Holidays in June 2014

Occasion

Held on

Day

Holiday Status

Rath Yatra

29th June

Sunday

Restricted

 

Holidays in July 2014

Occasion

Held on

Day

Holiday Status

Jamat-Ul-Vida

25th July

Friday

Restricted

Idu’l Fitr (date may change)

29th July

Tuesday

Gazetted

 

Holidays in August 2014

Occasion

Held on

Day

Holiday Status

Raksha Bandhan

10th August

Sunday

Restricted

Independence Day

15th August

Friday

Gazetted

Janmashtami

18th August

Monday Gazetted

Parsi New Year

18th August

Monday

Restricted

Ganesh Chaturthi

29th August

Friday

Restricted

 

Holidays in September 2014

Occasion

Held on

Day

Holiday Status

Onam

7th September

Sunday

Restricted

 

Holidays in October 2014

Occasion

Held on

Day

Holiday Status

Maha Saptami

1st October

Wednesday

Restricted

Maha Ashtami

2nd October

Thursday

Restricted

Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti

2nd October

Thursday

Gazetted

Maha Navami

3rd October

Friday

Restricted

Dussehra (Vijay Dashmi)

3rd October

Friday

Gazetted

Idu’l Zuha (Bakrid)

6th October

Monday

Gazetted

Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti

8th October

Wednesday

Restricted

Karaka Chaturthi  (Karva Chouth)

11th October

Wednesday

Restricted

Naraka Chaturdasi

22nd October

Wednesday

Restricted

Diwali / Deepavali

23rd October

Thursday

Gazetted

Govardhan Puja

24th October

Friday

Restricted

Bhai Duj

25th October

Saturday

Restricted

Pratihar Sashthi / Surya Sashthi (Chhat Puja)

29th October

Wednesday

Restricted

 

Holidays in November 2014

Occasion

Held on

Day

Holiday Status

Muharram

4th November

Tuesday

Gazetted

Guru Nanak Jayanti

6th November

Thursday

Gazetted

Guru Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom Day

24th November

Monday

Restricted

 

Holidays in December 2014

Occasion

Held on

Day

Holiday Status

Christmas Eve

24th December

Wednesday

Restricted

Christmas

25th December

Thursday

Gazetted