Public Holidays in 2012, Government/ Bank Holidays 2012
Indiais having more number of holidays as it respects all religions equally. Festivals belonging to Hindu, Christian, and Muslim and Sikh religion are given holidays. Apart from that national holidays are given for national festivals like Independence Day, republic day and Gandhi Jayanti. Some states are giving holidays for local festivals and in commemoration of local leaders belong to their states.
Here is the list of holidays declared by government ofIndiafor the year 2012.
| Name of the Festival/ even forGovernment/ public/
bank holiday ( gazetted holiday) |
RestrictedHoliday | Date ( day and month) | Day | |
| 1. | New years day | 1st January | Sunday | |
| 2. | Makar Sankranti | 13th January | Saturday | |
| 3. | Pongal | 14th January | Sunday | |
| 4. | Republic Day | 26th January | Thursday | |
| 5. | Basanth panchami/ Sree Panchami | 28th January | Saturday | |
| 6. | Milad- un –Nabi/ eid E-milad | 5th February | Sunday | |
| 7. | Guru Ravidas Jayanti | 7th February | Tuesday | |
| 8. | Maharshi Dyanand Saraswati Jayanti | 16th February | Thursady | |
| 9. | Shivaji Jayanti | 19th February | Sunday | |
| 10. | Maha Shivaratri | 20th February | Monday | |
| 11. | Holika Dahan ( Dol yatra) | 7th March | Wednesday | |
| 12. | Holi | 8th March | Thursday | |
| 13. | Ugadi/ Gudi Padava/ Chaitra sukladi | 23rd march | Friday | |
| 14. | Ram Navami | 1ST April | Sunday | |
| 14. | Mahavir Jayanti | 5th April | Thursady | |
| 15. | Good Friday | 6th April | Friday | |
| 16. | Easter | 8th April | Sunday | |
| 17. | Vaisakhi/ vishu | 13th April | Friday | |
| 18. | Mesadi/ Vaisakhadi ( Bengal)/ Bahag Bahu (Assam) | 14th april | Saturday | |
| 19. | Buddha Purnima | 6th may | Sunday | |
| 20. | Guru Rabindranath’s Birth day | 8th may | Tuesday | |
| 21. | Hazrat Ali’s Birth day | 4th June | Monday | |
| 22. | Rath yatra | 21st June | Thursaday | |
| 23. | Raksha Bandhan | 2nd August | Thursday | |
| 24. | Janmastami (vaisnava) | 10th August | Friday | |
| 25. | Independence day | 15th August | Wednesday | |
| 26. | Jamat Ul- Vida | 17th August | Friday | |
| 27. | Parsi New Year | 18th August | Saturday | |
| 28. | Id-ul- Fitr | 20th August | Monday | |
| 29. | Vinayaka Chaturthi | 19th September | Wednesday | |
| 30. | Onam | 29th August | Wednesday | |
| 31. | Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti | 2nd October | Tuesday | |
| 32. | Maha Saptami | 21st October | Sunday | |
| 33. | Maha Astami | 22nd October | Monday | |
| 34. | Maha Navami | 23rd October | Tuesday | |
| 35. | Dussera ( Vijaya Dasami) | 24th October | Wednesday | |
| 36. | Id-Ul-Zuha( Bakrid) | 27th October | Saturday | |
| 37. | Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti | 29th october | Monday | |
| 38 | Karaka Chaturthi (karva Chouth) | 2nd November | Friday | |
| 39. | Naraka Chaturdasi | 12th November | Monday | |
| 40. | Diwali ( Deepavali) | 13th November | Tuesday | |
| 41. | Govardhan Puja | 14th November | Wednesday | |
| 42. | Bhai Duj | 15th November | Thursday | |
| 43. | Pratihar Sashthi/ surya Sashthi (Chhat Puja) | 19th November | Monday | |
| 44. | Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom day | 24th November | Saturday | |
| 45. | Muharram | 25th November | Sunday | |
| 46. | Guru Nanak Jayanti | 28th November | Wednesday | |
| 47. | Christmas Eve | 24th December | Monday | |
| 48. | Christmas | 25th December | Tuesday |
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Public Holidays in 2012, Government/ Bank Holidays 2012