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.
Occasion |
Held on |
Day |
Holiday Status |
1st January |
Wednesday |
Restricted |
|
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 |
26th January |
Sunday |
Gazetted |
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 |
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 |
Occasion |
Held on |
Day |
Holiday Status |
Ram Navami |
8th April |
Tuesday |
Gazetted |
Mahavir Jayanti |
13th April |
Sunday |
Gazetted |
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 |
Occasion |
Held on |
Day |
Holiday Status |
Guru Rabindranath's Birthday |
9th May |
Friday |
Restricted |
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 |
18th August |
Monday | Gazetted | |
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 |
1st October |
Wednesday |
Restricted |
|
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 |