GAZETTED HOLIDAYS

Sl. No. Holiday Date Days of Week

1. Republic Day January, 26 Tuesday

2. Holi March, 29 Monday

3. Good Friday April, 02 Friday

4. Mahavir Jayanti April, 25 Sunday

5. Idu’lFitr May, 14 Friday

6. Buddha Purnima May, 26 Wednesday

7. Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) July, 21 Wednesday

8. Independence Day August, 15 Sunday

9. Parsi New Year’s Day/Nauraj August, 16 Monday

10 . Muharram August, 19 Thursday

11 . Mahatma Gandhi’s Birth Day October, 02 Saturday

12 . Dussehra (Mahanavmi) October, 14 Thursday

13 . Dussehra (Vijay Dashmi) October, 15 Friday

14 . Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad (Birthday October, 19 Tuesday of Prophet Mohammad) 15 . Diwali (Deepavali) November, 04 Thursday

16 . Guru Nanak’s Birthday November, 19 Friday

17 . Christmas day December 25 Saturday

RESTRICTED HOLIDAY S Sl. No. Holiday Date Days of Week

1. New Year’s Day January, 01 Friday 2. Barahimizong January,04 Monday 3. Lohri January, 13 Wednesday 4. Makar Sankranti / Pongal January, 14 Thursday 5. Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday January, 20 Wednesday 6. Sonam Lochhar February, 12 Friday 7. Losar February, 12 Friday 8. Basanta Panchami / Shri Panchami February, 16 Tuesday 9. Sivaji Jayanti February, 19 Friday 10 . Hazarat Ali’s Birthday February, 26 Friday 11. Guru Ravidas’s Birthday February, 27 Saturday 12 . Bhumchu February, 27 Saturday 13. Swami Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti March, 08 Monday 14 . MahaShivratri March, 11 Thursday 15 . HolikaDahan/ Dolyatra March, 28 Sunday 16. Holi March, 29 Monday 17 . Good Friday April, 02 Friday 18. Easter Sunday April, 04 Sunday 19 . Chaitra Sukladi/ Gaudi Padva/ April, 13 Tuesday Ugadi/ ChetiChand/Vaisakhi/Vishu 20 . Mesadi Tamil New Year’s Day April, 14 Wednesday 21 . Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Jayanti April, 14 Wednesday 22 . Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu April, 15 Thursday (Assam) 23 . Ramnawami (ChaiteDasain) April, 21 Wednesday 24. Labour Day May, 01 Saturday 25 . Jamat -Ul -Vida May, 07 Friday 26. Guru Rabindranath’s Tagore Birthday May, 09 Sunday 27 . State Day May, 16 Sunday 28. Saga Dawa May, 26 Wednesday 29 . ShyadarPidar May, 26 Wednesday 30. Birthday of Late Tenzing Norgay Sherpa May, 29 Saturday 31 . Birthday of H.H. The Dalai Lama July, 06 Tuesday 32. RathYatra July, 12 Monday 33 . Bhanu Jayanti July, 13 Tuesday 34. Drukpa Tshe -zi July, 14 Wednesday 35 . Guru Rimpoche’sThungkarTshechu July, 19 Monday 36. TendongLho Rum Faat August, 08 Sunday 37 . Onam or Thiru Onam Day August, 21 Saturday 38. Raksha Bandhan August, 22 Sunday 39 . Pang -Lhabsol August, 22 Sunday 40. Janmasthami August, 30 Monday 41 . Janmasthami (Smarta) August, 30 Monday 42. Teej (Haritalika) September, 09 Thursday 43 . Vinayaka Chaturthi/Ganesh Chaturthi September 10 Friday 44 . Indrajatra September, 20 Monday 45 . Birthday of Late Nar Bahadur Bhandari, October, 05 Tuesday Former Chief Minister of Sikkim 46 . Dussehra (Saptami) October, 12 Tuesday 47 . Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) October, 13 Wednesday 48. Durga Puja (Dasain) October 13 - 17 Wednesday to Sunday 49. Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday October, 20 Wednesday 50 . Karka Chaturthi (KarvaChouth) October, 24 Sunday 51. LhababDuechen October, 27 Wednesday 52 . NarkaChaturdasi November, 03 Wednesday 53. Laxmi Puja (Deepawali) November, 04 - 06 Thursday to Saturday 54 . Govardhan Puja November, 05 Friday 55 . Bhai Duj November, 06 Saturday 56. PratiharSashthi or Surya Sashthi (Chhat November, 10 Wednesday Puja) 57. Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day November, 24 Wednesday 58 . PuhgalParim December, 19 Sunday 59. TeyongsiSirijungaSawanTongnam December, 19 Sunday 60 . Christmas Eve December, 24 Friday 61. Sakewa December, 24 Friday

62 . Barahimizong December, 24 Friday

63 . TamuLochar December, 30 Thursday