List of National and font Public holidays of India in 2017

Day	Date	Holiday	Comments
Sunday	January 01 Jan 1	New Years Day	Arunachal pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Miizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu only
Tuesday	January 03 Jan 3	Prakash Parv of Guru Gobind Singh	350th Birthday of the tenth Sikh Guru
Wednesday	January 04 Jan 4	Prakash Parv of Guru Gobind Singh	350th Birthday of the tenth Sikh Guru
Thursday	January 05 Jan 5	Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti	350th Birthday of the tenth Sikh Guru
Thursday	January 12 Jan 12	Birthday of Swami Vivekananda	West Bengal only.
Friday	January 13 Jan 13	Bhogi	Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
Saturday	January 14 Jan 14	Pongal	Also known as Makar Sankranti, Lohri, Bihu, Hadaga, Poki
Sunday	January 15 Jan 15	Thiruvalluvar Day	Tamil Nadu only
Monday	January 16 Jan 16	Uzhavar Tirunal	Puducherry, Tamil Nadu only
Monday	January 23 Jan 23	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti	Assam, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal. Birthday of a prominent leader in the Indian freedom movement
Tuesday	January 24 Jan 24	Sir Chhotu Ram Jayanti	Haryana only
Wednesday	January 25 Jan 25	Statehood Day	Himachal Pradesh only
Thursday	January 26 Jan 26	Republic Day	Commemorates the establishment of the Constitution of India
Saturday	January 28 Jan 28	Losar	Sikkim only. Tibetan New Year
Tuesday	January 31 Jan 31	Me-dam-me-phi	Assam. Ancestor festival
Wednesday	February 01 Feb 1	Vasant Panchami	Haryana, Odisha,Tripura, Punjab , West Bengal
Friday	February 10 Feb 10	Guru Ravidas Birthday	Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab only
Sunday	February 19 Feb 19	Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti	Maharashtra only
Tuesday	February 21 Feb 21	Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti	Haryana only
Friday	February 24 Feb 24	Maha Shivratri	Celebrated on the 13th night/14th day in the Krishna Paksha
Saturday	February 25 Feb 25	Maha Shivratri	Punjab
Sunday	March 12 Mar 12	Doljatra	Holi Dahan. Odisha, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.
Monday	March 13 Mar 13	Holi
Thursday	March 23 Mar 23	Shaheedi Diwas of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru & Sukhdev	Haryana, Punjab only
Tuesday	March 28 Mar 28	Ugadi	Telugu and Kannada New Year. Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh only.
Wednesday	March 29 Mar 29	Ugadi	Telugu and Kannada New Year. Karnataka, Telangana
Wednesday	March 29 Mar 29	Telugu New Year	Telugu and Kannada New Year. Tamil Nadu only.
Saturday	April 01 Apr 1	Odisha Day	Odisha only. Utkal Divas
Saturday	April 01 Apr 1	Bank Holiday	Banks only. Annual accounts closing
Tuesday	April 04 Apr 4	Ram Navami	Celebrates the birth of Lord Rama to King Dasharatha of Ayodhya
Wednesday	April 05 Apr 5	Ram Navami	Telangana. Celebrates the birth of Lord Rama to King Dasharatha of Ayodhya
Wednesday	April 05 Apr 5	Babu Jagjivan Ram Birthday	Andhra Pradesh, Telangana only
Wednesday	April 05 Apr 5	Ram Navami	Telangana. Celebrates the birth of Lord Rama to King Dasharatha of Ayodhya
Sunday	April 09 Apr 9	Mahavir Jayanti	The most important religious holiday in Jainism
Tuesday	April 11 Apr 11	Hazrat Alis Birthday	Uttar Pradesh only.
Thursday	April 13 Apr 13	Vaisakhi	Haryana, Punjab only
Friday	April 14 Apr 14	Dr Ambedkar Jayanti	Birthday of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedekar
Friday	April 14 Apr 14	Good Friday	Friday before Easter Sunday
Friday	April 14 Apr 14	Tamil New Year	Puthandu. Tamil Nadu only
Friday	April 14 Apr 14	Vishu	Kerala Only. First day of Tulu calendar
Friday	April 14 Apr 14	Bohag Bihu	Assamese New Year
Saturday	April 15 Apr 15	Bengali New Year	Tripura, West Bengal only
Saturday	April 15 Apr 15	Himachal Day	Himachal Pradesh only. The province of Himachal Pradesh was created on 15 April 1948
Saturday	April 15 Apr 15	Bohag Bihu Holiday	Assam only
Sunday	April 16 Apr 16	Bohag Bihu Holiday	Assam only
Friday	April 28 Apr 28	Parashurama Jayanti	Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh only
Saturday	April 29 Apr 29	Basava Jayanthi	Karnataka only. The most important festival of the Lingayats.
Saturday	April 29 Apr 29	Lord Parshuram Jayanti	Punjab only
Monday	May 01 May 1	Maharashtra Day	Maharashtra only. Commemorates the formation of the state of Maharashtra on 1 May 1960
Monday	May 01 May 1	May Day	Assam, Bihar, Goa, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal only
Tuesday	May 09 May 9	Birthday of Rabindra Nath Tagore	Tripura, West Bengal. A Bengali polymath who reshaped literature and music.
Wednesday	May 10 May 10	Buddha Purnima	Birth of Buddha
Tuesday	May 16 May 16	State Day	Sikkim only
Sunday	May 28 May 28	Maharana Pratap Jayanti	Haryana, Himachal Pradesh only
Monday	May 29 May 29	Guru Arjun Dev Martyrdom day	Punjab Only
Friday	June 09 Jun 9	Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti	Gazetted holiday in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab.
Thursday	June 15 Jun 15	Raja Sankranti	Odisha only
Friday	June 23 Jun 23	Jumat-ul-Wida	Last Friday of Ramadam
Sunday	June 25 Jun 25	Ratha Yatra	Odisha
Sunday	June 25 Jun 25	Idul Fitr	Kerala
Monday	June 26 Jun 26	Idul Fitr	Many states
Tuesday	June 27 Jun 27	Idul Fitr Holiday	Telangana. Following Day of Ramzan
Monday	July 10 Jul 10	Bonalu
Monday	July 31 Jul 31	Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Udham Singh	Punjab only
Monday	August 07 Aug 7	Raksha Bandhan	Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh only.
Monday	August 14 Aug 14	Janmashtami	Celebrates the birth of Lord Shri Krishna
Tuesday	August 15 Aug 15	Independence Day
Tuesday	August 15 Aug 15	Janmashtami	Himachal Pradesh
Thursday	August 17 Aug 17	Parsi New Year	Jamshed Navroz. Mumbai Only
Tuesday	August 22 Aug 22	Parkash Utsav Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji	Punjab only
Thursday	August 24 Aug 24	Teej	Haryana only
Friday	August 25 Aug 25	Ganesh Chaturthi	Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata
Saturday	August 26 Aug 26	Nuakhai	Odisha only. Harvest Festival. Day after Ganesh Chaturthi
Wednesday	August 30 Aug 30	Birthday of Baba Sri Chand Ji	Punjab only
Friday	September 01 Sep 1	Idul Juha	Kerala, Puducherry
Saturday	September 02 Sep 2	Idul Juha	Many states
Sunday	September 03 Sep 3	First Onam	Kerala only. Harvest Festival
Monday	September 04 Sep 4	Thiruvonam	Kerala only. Harvest Festival
Wednesday	September 06 Sep 6	Sree Narayana Guru Jayanti	Kerala only. Marks the birth of a key social reformer
Tuesday	September 19 Sep 19	Mahalaya	Karnataka, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal only.
Wednesday	September 20 Sep 20	Bathukamma Starting day	Nine days before Durgastami
Thursday	September 21 Sep 21	Muharram	Observed mainly by the Shia Muslim community
Thursday	September 21 Sep 21	Maharaja Agrasen Jayanati	Haryana, Punjab only
Thursday	September 21 Sep 21	Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi	Kerala only. Marks the death of a key social reformer
Saturday	September 23 Sep 23	Haryana's Heroes' Martyrdom Day	Haryana only
Wednesday	September 27 Sep 27	Saptami of Durgapuja	Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal only
Thursday	September 28 Sep 28	Durga Puja	Mahastami. Odisha, Sikkim only
Thursday	September 28 Sep 28	Ayudha Puja	Tamil Nadu
Thursday	September 28 Sep 28	Durgastami	Telangana
Friday	September 29 Sep 29	Mahanavami	Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha only. Ninth Day of Dussehra
Friday	September 29 Sep 29	Dussehra	Punjab
Saturday	September 30 Sep 30	Dussehra	Vijaya Dashami
Saturday	September 30 Sep 30	Vijaya Dashami	Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu. Dussehra
Sunday	October 01 Oct 1	Muharram (10th Day)	Day of Ashurah
Monday	October 02 Oct 2	Mahatma Gandhi Birthday	Gandhi Jayanti
Thursday	October 05 Oct 5	Maharishi Valmiki Birthday	Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab.
Thursday	October 05 Oct 5	Lakshmi Puja	Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal only.
Saturday	October 07 Oct 7	Parkash Gurpurab of Sri Guru Ram Dass Ji	Punjab only
Wednesday	October 18 Oct 18	Kali Puja	West Bengal only. Festival dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali
Wednesday	October 18 Oct 18	Deewali	Deepawali
Wednesday	October 18 Oct 18	Kati Bihu	Assam only
Wednesday	October 18 Oct 18	Narak Chaturdashi	Karnataka
Thursday	October 19 Oct 19	Deewali	Maharashtra(Laxmi Pujan), Punjab
Friday	October 20 Oct 20	Vishavkarma day	Haryana, Punjab only
Friday	October 20 Oct 20	Deepavali	Karnataka, Maharashtra
Wednesday	November 01 Nov 1	Haryana Day	Haryana only.
Wednesday	November 01 Nov 1	Kannada Rajyothsava	Bangalore Only. Karnataka Formation Day
Saturday	November 04 Nov 4	Guru Nanak Birthday	The Birthday of Guru Nanak Sahib, the founder of Sikhism, falls on full moon day of the month Kartik
Saturday	November 04 Nov 4	Rasa Purnima	Odisha only
Monday	November 06 Nov 6	Kanakadasa Jayanthi	Karnataka only
Thursday	November 23 Nov 23	Martyrdom Day of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji	Punjab only
Friday	December 01 Dec 1	Milad-un-Nabi
Saturday	December 02 Dec 2	Milad-un-Nabi	Kerala, Puducherry
Sunday	December 03 Dec 3	Feast of St Francis Xavier	Goa only.
Tuesday	December 19 Dec 19	Goa Liberation Day	Goa only
Monday	December 25 Dec 25	Christmas Day	Observed in all states
Monday	December 25 Dec 25	Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti	Haryana only. Second time in 2017
Tuesday	December 26 Dec 26	Shaheed Udham Singh's Birthday	Haryana only
Tuesday	December 26 Dec 26	Boxing Day	Telangana

Notes

• Only the secular holidays of Republic Day, Independence Day and Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday are observed nationally.


• Although not government official holidays, Christmas Day and New Year's Day are observed nationally.


• Muslim festivals are timed according to local sightings of various phases of the moon and the dates given above are the latest known dates.


• Public holidays in India tend to be observed on a strictly font basis. The above dates are Government of India holidays, when government offices will be closed nationwide. In addition, there are numerous festivals and fairs which are also observed in some states as holidays, the dates of which change from year to year.