Public Holidays in India in 2015

 National and Regional Public holidays of India in 2015

Day	Date	Holiday	Comments
Thursday	January 01	New Years Day	Arunachal pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Miizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu only
Thursday	January 01	New Years Day	Public Sector. Telangana only. Compensated by Sat Feb 14
Saturday	January 03	Milad-un-Nabi	Birthday of Prophet Muhammad
Sunday	January 04	Milad-un-Nabi	Birthday of Prophet Muhammad. Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Monday	January 05	Guru Govind Singh Jayanti	Punjab only. Birthday of the tenth and final Sikh prophet-teacher
Monday	January 12	Birthday of Swami Vivekananda	West Bengal only.
Tuesday	January 13	Bhogi	Andhra Pradesh Only
Wednesday	January 14	Pongal	Also known as Makar Sankranti, Lohri, Bihu, Hadaga, Poki
Thursday	January 15	Pongal	Assam, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Friday	January 16	Thiruvalluvar Day	Tamil Nadu only
Saturday	January 17	Uzhavar Tirunal	Puducherry, Tamil Nadu only
Wednesday	January 21	Sonam Lhochar	Sikkim only. Tamang New Year
Friday	January 23	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti	Assam, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal. Birthday of a prominent leader in the Indian freedom movement
Saturday	January 24	Vasant Panchami	Haryana, Odisha,Tripura, West Bengal only
Saturday	January 24	Sir Chhotu Ram Jayanti	Haryana only
Sunday	January 25	Statehood Day	Himachal Pradesh only
Monday	January 26	Republic Day	Commemorates the establishment of the Constitution of India
Saturday	January 31	Me-dam-me-phi	Assam. Ancestor festival
Tuesday	February 03	Guru Ravidas Birthday	Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab only
Saturday	February 14	Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti	Haryana only
Tuesday	February 17	Maha Shivratri	Celebrated on the 13th night/14th day in the Krishna Paksha
Thursday	February 19	Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti	Maharashtra (Mumbai) only
Thursday	February 19	Losar	Sikkim only. Tibetan New Year
Friday	February 27	Public Holiday	Haryana only. Marks the death of a key official
Thursday	March 05	Doljatra	Holi Dahan. Assam, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal only.
Friday	March 06	Holi
Wednesday	March 18	Public Holiday	Goa. Polling day for zilla panchayat elections
Saturday	March 21	Ugadi	Telugu and Kannada New Year. Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh.
Monday	March 23	Shaheedi Diwas of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru & Sukhdev	Haryana only
Saturday	March 28	Ram Navami	Celebrates the birth of Lord Rama to King Dasharatha of Ayodhya
Wednesday	April 01	Odisha Day	Odisha only. Utkal Divas
Thursday	April 02	Mahavir Jayanti	The most important religious holiday in Jainism
Friday	April 03	Good Friday	Friday before Easter Sunday
Sunday	April 05	Babu Jagjivan Ram Birthday	Andhra Pradesh, Telangana only
Tuesday	April 14	Dr Ambedkar Jayanti	Birthday of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedekar
Tuesday	April 14	Tamil New Year	Puthandu. Tamil Nadu only
Tuesday	April 14	Vaisakhi	Haryana only
Wednesday	April 15	Himachal Day	Himachal Pradesh only. The province of Himachal Pradesh was created on 15 April 1948
Wednesday	April 15	Bengali New Year	Tripura, West Bengal only
Wednesday	April 15	Vishu	Kerala Only. First day of Tulu calendar
Friday	April 17	Public Holiday	Uttar Pradesh. Birthday of former PM Chandra Shekhar
Monday	April 20	Parashurama Jayanti	Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh only
Friday	May 01	Maharashtra Day	Maharashtra (Mumbai) only. Commemorates the formation of the state of Maharashtra on 1 May 1960
Friday	May 01	May Day	Assam, Bihar, Goa, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal only
Sunday	May 03	Hazrat Alis Birthday	Uttar Pradesh only. Son in law of Prophet Muhammad
Monday	May 04	Buddha Purnima	Birth of Buddha
Saturday	May 09	Birthday of Rabindra Nath Tagore	Tripura, West Bengal. A Bengali polymath who reshaped literature and music.
Saturday	May 09	Public Holiday	Uttar Pradesh. Birthday of Rajput king Maharana Pratap
Wednesday	May 20	Maharana Pratap Jayanti	Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan
Tuesday	June 02	Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti	Gazetted holiday in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab.
Monday	June 15	Raja Sankranti	Odisha only
Tuesday	June 16	Arjun Dev Martyrdom day	Punjab Only
Friday	June 19	Foundation of Sri Anandpur Sahib	Punjab Only
Friday	July 10	Jumat-ul-Wida	Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand. Last Friday of Ramadam
Saturday	July 18	Idul Fitr	All states except Goa, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh
Saturday	August 15	Independence Day
Monday	August 17	Teej	Haryana only
Tuesday	August 18	Parsi New Year	Jamshed Navroz. Mumbai Only
Thursday	August 27	First Onam	Kerala only. Harvest Festival
Friday	August 28	Thiruvonam	Kerala only. Harvest Festival
Saturday	August 29	Raksha Bandhan	Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh only.
Saturday	September 05	Janmashtami	Celebrates the birth of Lord Shri Krishna
Tuesday	September 15	Tithi of Shrimanta Shankar Dev	Assam only
Thursday	September 17	Ganesh Chaturthi	Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata
Friday	September 18	Nuakhai	Odisha only. Day after Ganesh Chaturthi
Monday	September 21	Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi	Kerala only. Marks the death of a key social reformer
Wednesday	September 23	Haryana's Heroes' Martyrdom Day	Haryana only
Thursday	September 24	Idul Juha	Bakrid.
Friday	September 25	Idul Juha	Bakrid. Assam, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra
Friday	October 02	Mahatma Gandhi Birthday	Gandhi Jayanti.
Monday	October 12	Mahalaya	Karnataka, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal only.
Tuesday	October 13	Muharram	Observed mainly by the Shia Muslim community
Tuesday	October 13	Maharaja Agrasen Jayanati	Haryana only
Tuesday	October 20	Saptami of Durgapuja	Assam, Odisha, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal
Wednesday	October 21	Ayudha Puja	Assam, Karnataka, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
Thursday	October 22	Dussehra	Vijaya Dashami.
Thursday	October 22	Mahanavami	Kerala, Odisha only. Ninth Day of Dussehra
Friday	October 23	Vijaya Dashami	Assam, Kerala, Odisha, Sikkim. Dussehra
Friday	October 23	Muharram	Tamil Nadu only
Saturday	October 24	Muharram (10th Day)	Day of Ashurah
Saturday	October 24	Durga Puja	Mahastami. Odisha, Sikkim only
Monday	October 26	Lakshmi Puja	West Bengal only.
Tuesday	October 27	Maharishi Valmiki Birthday	Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab.
Tuesday	October 27	Lakshmi Puja	Odisha, Tripura only.
Sunday	November 01	Kannada Rajyothsava	Bangalore Only. Karnataka Formation Day
Sunday	November 01	Haryana Day	Haryana only.
Tuesday	November 10	Deewali	Deepawali.
Tuesday	November 10	Kali Puja	Odisha West Bengal only. Festival dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali
Wednesday	November 11	Deewali	Deepawali. Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Telangana
Wednesday	November 11	Diwali	Laxmi Puja. Maharashtra
Thursday	November 12	Diwali	Deepawali. Maharashtra
Thursday	November 12	Vishavkarma day	Haryana only
Wednesday	November 25	Rasa Purnima	Odisha only
Wednesday	November 25	Guru Nanak Birthday	The Birthday of Guru Nanak Sahib, the founder of Sikhism, falls on full moon day of the month Kartik
Sunday	December 06	Dr Ambedkar death anniversary	Uttar Pradesh.
Thursday	December 24	Milad-un-Nabi	Birthday of Prophet Muhammad. Second time in 2015.
Friday	December 25	Christmas Day	Observed in all states
Saturday	December 26	Shaheed Udham Singh's Birthday	Haryana, Punjab only.