Festival
and Government Holiday List for 2016
You must
be curious to know about the Government Public and Gazetted Holidays for 2016.
If you wish to plan your vacations for 2016 then you need to know the
holidays and festival dates in 2016.
Below is
the list of Public and Government Holidays for the year 2016 in India
Plan your vacations in advance - Check the
Holiday list 2016
|
S No
|
Date
|
Holiday
|
Day
|
|
1
|
26th
January 2016
|
Republic
Day
|
Tuesday
|
|
2
|
24th
March 2016
|
Holi
|
Thursday
|
|
3
|
25th
March 2016
|
Good
Friday
|
Friday
|
|
4
|
15th
April 2016
|
Ram
Navami
|
Friday
|
|
5
|
20th
April 2016
|
Mahavir
Jayant
|
Wednesday
|
|
6
|
21st
May 2016
|
Buddha
Purnima
|
Saturday
|
|
7
|
16th
July 2016
|
Idu'l
Fitr
|
Wednesday
|
|
8
|
15th
August 2016
|
Independence
Day
|
Monday
|
|
9
|
25th
August 2016
|
Janmashtami
|
Thrusday
|
|
10
|
12th
September 2016
|
Id-ul-Zuha(Bakrid)
|
Monday
|
|
11
|
2nd
October 2016
|
Mahatma
Gandhi's Birthday
|
Sunday
|
|
12
|
11th
October 2016
|
Dussehra
|
Tuesday
|
|
13
|
12th
October 2016
|
Muharram
|
Wednesday
|
|
14
|
30th
October 2016
|
Diwali
(Deepavali)
|
Sunday
|
|
15
|
14th
November 2016
|
Guru
Nanak's Birthday
|
Monday
|
|
16
|
13th
December 2016
|
Milad-Un-Nabi
or Id-E-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)
|
Tuesday
|
|
17
|
25th December
2016
|
Christmas
|
Sunday
|
Government/Gazetted Holidays in January 2016
|
Monday
|
Tuesday
|
Wednesday
|
Thursday
|
Friday
|
Saturday
|
Sunday
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
New Year's Day (R)
|
2
|
3
|
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
14
Makar Sankranti (R)
|
15
Pongal (R)
|
16
Guru Govind Singh's Birthday (R)
|
17
|
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
|
25
|
26
Republic Day (G)
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
31
|
Government/Gazetted Holidays in February 2016
|
Monday
|
Tuesday
|
Wednesday
|
Thursday
|
Friday
|
Saturday
|
Sunday
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
Basant
Panchami / Sri Panchami (R)
|
13
|
14
|
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
19
Shivaji
Jayanti (R)
|
20
|
21
|
|
22
Guru
Ravidas's Birthday (R)
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
|
29
|
|
|
GOVERNMENT/GAZETTED HOLIDAYS IN MARCH 2016
|
Monday
|
Tuesday
|
Wednesday
|
Thursday
|
Friday
|
Saturday
|
Sunday
|
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
Swami
Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti (R)
|
5
|
6
|
|
7
Maha
Shivaratri (R)
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
|
21
|
22
|
23
Holika
Dahan, Dolyatra (R)
|
24
Holi
(G)
|
25
Good
Friday (G)
|
26
|
27
Easter
Sunday (R)
|
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
31
|
Government/Gazetted Holidays in April 2016
|
Monday
|
Tuesday
|
Wednesday
|
Thursday
|
Friday
|
Saturday
|
Sunday
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
Chaitra
Sukladi/Gudi Padava/ Ugadi/ Cheti Chand (R)
|
9
|
10
|
|
11
|
12
|
13
Vaisakhi/Vishu
(R)
|
14
Masadi/Vaisakhadi,Bahag
Bihu (Asam) (R)
|
15
Ram
Navami (G)
|
16
|
17
|
|
18
|
19
|
20
Mahavir
Jayanti (G)
|
21
Hazarat
Ali's Birthday (R)
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
|
25
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
Government/Gazetted Holidays in May 2016
|
Monday
|
Tuesday
|
Wednesday
|
Thursday
|
Friday
|
Saturday
|
Sunday
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
Guru
Rabindranath's Birthday (R)
|
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
21
Buddha
Purnima (G)
|
22
|
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
|
30
|
31
|
Government/Gazetted Holidays in June 2016
Unfortunately
there is no holiday in June
|
Monday
|
Tuesday
|
Wednesday
|
Thursday
|
Friday
|
Saturday
|
Sunday
|
|
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
19
|
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
26
|
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
Government/Gazetted Holidays in July 2016
|
Monday
|
Tuesday
|
Wednesday
|
Thursday
|
Friday
|
Saturday
|
Sunday
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
Jamat-Ul--Vida
(R)
|
2
|
3
|
|
4
|
5
|
6
Idu'l
Fitr (G)
Rath
Yatra (R)
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
|
25
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
31
|
Government/Gazetted Holidays in August 2016
|
Monday
|
Tuesday
|
Wednesday
|
Thursday
|
Friday
|
Saturday
|
Sunday
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
|
15
Independence
Day (G)
|
16
|
17
Parsi
New Year's day / Nauraj (R)
|
18
Raksha
Bandhan (R)
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
25
Janmashtami
(G)
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
|
29
|
30
|
31
|
Government/Gazetted Holidays in September 2016
|
Monday
|
Tuesday
|
Wednesday
|
Thursday
|
Friday
|
Saturday
|
Sunday
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
|
5
Ganesh
Chaturthi / Vinayaka Chaturthi (R)
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
|
12
Id-ul-Zuha
(Bakrid) (G)
|
13
|
14
Onam
(R)
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
Government/Gazetted Holidays in October 2016
|
Monday
|
Tuesday
|
Wednesday
|
Thursday
|
Friday
|
Saturday
|
Sunday
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
2
Mahatma
Gandhi's Birthday (G)
|
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
Dussehra
(Maha Saptami) (Additional) (R)
|
9
Dussehra
(Maha Ashtami) (Additional) (R)
|
|
10
Dussehra
(Maha Navmi) (R)
|
11
Dussehra
(G)
|
12
Muharram
(G)
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
Maharishi
Valmiki's Birthday (R)
|
|
17
|
18
|
19
Karaka
Chaturthi (Karva Chouth) (R)
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
|
24
|
25
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
Deepavali
(South India) (R)
Naraka
Chaturdasi (R)
|
30
Diwali
(Deepavali) (G)
|
|
31
Govardhan
Puja (R)
|
|
Government/Gazetted Holidays in November 2016
|
Monday
|
Tuesday
|
Wednesday
|
Thursday
|
Friday
|
Saturday
|
Sunday
|
|
|
1
Bhai
Duj (R)
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
Pratihar
Sashthi or Surya Sashthi (Chhat Puja) (R)
|
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
|
14
Guru
Nanak's Birthday (G)
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
Guru
Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom Day (R)
|
25
|
26
|
27
|
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
Government/Gazetted Holidays in December 2016
|
Monday
|
Tuesday
|
Wednesday
|
Thursday
|
Friday
|
Saturday
|
Sunday
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
|
12
|
13
Milad-Un-Nabi
or Id-E- Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) (G)
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
Christmas
Eve (R)
|
25
Christmas
(G)
|
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
31
|
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