This Holiday Calendar glossary covers-
Let’s look at them successively, one at a time.
Holiday Calendar- Meaning
Holiday calendar consists of a list of holidays in a given year. It comprises national holidays, religious holidays or any other permanent date marked as a holiday. In the calendar, holidays are classified into restricted, floating, observance, season and gazetted holidays.
Holiday Calendar Importance
It is part of the HR duty to make a yearly holiday calendar during the start of a financial year. It is mandatory for the employer to give its employees off days on national holidays that may or may not fall on a weekend. Every company irrespective of their industry type has to grant specified holiday’s ordered by the government except for media, news and healthcare.
2024 Holiday Calendar
While setting your leave policy or releasing the holiday calendar, referring to the respective year’s holiday calendar released by the government is imperative. This 2024 holiday calendar consists of all the holidays in India classified into Restricted, Gazetted, Observance, and season, and central government holiday. So, make sure you look at this 2024 calendar with holidays before releasing the same on your HR software portal.
| Date | Name | Type |
|---|
| 1 Jan | New Year’s Day | Gazetted Holiday |
| 26 Jan | Republic Day | Gazetted Holiday |
| 21 Mar | Nawroz | Gazetted Holiday |
| 25 Mar | Holi | Gazetted Holiday |
| 11 Apr | Id-ul-fitr | Gazetted Holiday |
| 21 Apr | Mahavir Jayanti | Gazetted Holiday |
| 23 May | Buddha Purnima | Gazetted Holiday |
| 17 Jun | Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) | Gazetted Holiday |
| 17 Jul | Muharram | Gazetted Holiday |
| 15 Aug | Independence Day | Gazetted Holiday |
| 26 Aug | Janmashtami | Gazetted Holiday |
| 16 Sep | Milad-un-Nabi (Prophet’s Birthday) | Gazetted Holiday |
| 02 Oct | Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday | Gazetted Holiday |
| 03 Oct | Iraqi Independence Day | Holiday Holiday |
| 12 Oct | Dussehra | Gazetted Holiday |
| 31 Oct | Diwali | Gazetted Holiday |
| 25 Dec | Christmas Day | Gazetted Holiday |
Holiday Calendar 2023
| Date | Name | Type |
|---|
| 1 Jan | New Year’s Day | Restricted Holiday |
| 14 Jan | Makar Sankranti | Restricted Holiday |
| 14 Jan | Lohri | Observance |
| 15 Jan | Pongal | Restricted Holiday |
| 22 Jan | Lunar New Year | Observance |
| 26 Jan | Republic Day | Gazetted Holiday |
| 26 Jan | Vasant Panchami | Restricted Holiday |
| 5 Feb | Guru Ravidas Jayanti | Restricted Holiday |
| 5 Feb | Hazarat Ali’s Birthday | Restricted Holiday |
| 14 Feb | Valentine’s Day | Observance |
| 15 Feb | Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti | Restricted Holiday |
| 18 Feb | Maha Shivaratri/Shivaratri | Restricted Holiday |
| 19 Feb | Shivaji Jayanti | Restricted Holiday |
| 7 Mar | Dolyatra | Restricted Holiday |
| 7 Mar | Holika Dahana | Restricted Holiday |
| 8 Mar | Holi | Gazetted Holiday |
| 21 Mar | March Equinox | Season |
| 22 Mar | Chaitra Sukhladi | Restricted Holiday |
| 22 Mar | Ugadi | Restricted Holiday |
| 22 Mar | Gudi Padwa | Restricted Holiday |
| 24 Mar | Ramadan Start | Observance |
| 30 Mar | Rama Navami | Gazetted Holiday |
| 4 Apr | Mahavir Jayanti | Gazetted Holiday |
| 6 Apr | First day of Passover | Observance |
| 6 Apr | Maundy Thursday | Observance, Christian |
| 7 Apr | Good Friday | Gazetted Holiday |
| 9 Apr | Easter Day | Restricted Holiday |
| 14 Apr | Vaisakhi | Restricted Holiday |
| 14 Apr | Ambedkar Jayanti | Observance |
| 14 Apr | Ambedkar Jayanti | Central Government Holiday |
| 15 Apr | Mesadi / Vaisakhadi | Restricted Holiday |
| 21 Apr | Jamat Ul-Vida (Tentative Date) | Restricted Holiday |
| 22 Apr | Ramzan Id/Eid-ul-Fitar | Gazetted Holiday |
| 22 Apr | Ramzan Id/Eid-ul-Fitar | Muslim, Common local holiday |
| 1 May | International Worker’s Day | Observance |
| 5 May | Buddha Purnima/Vesak | Gazetted Holiday |
| 9 May | Birthday of Rabindranath | Restricted Holiday |
| 14 May | Mother’s Day | Observance |
| 18 Jun | Father’s Day | Observance |
| 20 Jun | Rath Yatra | Restricted Holiday |
| 21 Jun | June Solstice | Season |
| 29 Jun | Bakrid/Eid ul-Adha | Gazetted Holiday |
| 3 Jul | Guru Purnima | Observance |
| 29 Jul | Muharram/Ashura | Gazetted Holiday |
| 6 Aug | Friendship Day | Observance |
| 15 Aug | Independence Day | Gazetted Holiday |
| 16 Aug | Parsi New Year | Restricted Holiday |
| 20 Aug | Vinayaka Chathurthi | Restricted Holiday |
| 29 Aug | Onam | Restricted Holiday |
| 30 Aug | Raksha Bandhan (Rakhi) | Restricted Holiday |
| 6 Sep | Janmashtami (Smarta) | Restricted Holiday |
| 7 Sep | Janmashtami | Gazetted Holiday |
| 19 Sep | Ganesh Chaturthi/Vinayaka Chaturthi | Restricted Holiday |
| 23 Sep | September Equinox | Season |
| 28 Sep | Milad un-Nabi/Id-e-Milad | Gazetted Holiday |
| 2 Oct | Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti | Gazetted Holiday |
| 15 Oct | First Day of Sharad Navratri | Observance, Hinduism |
| 20 Oct | First Day of Durga Puja Festivities | Observance, Hinduism |
| 21 Oct | Maha Saptami | Restricted Holiday |
| 22 Oct | Maha Ashtami | Restricted Holiday |
| 23 Oct | Maha Navami | Restricted Holiday |
| 24 Oct | Dussehra | Gazetted Holiday |
| 28 Oct | Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti | Restricted Holiday |
| 31 Oct | Halloween | Observance |
| 1 Nov | Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chauth) | Restricted Holiday |
| 12 Nov | Naraka Chaturdasi | Restricted Holiday |
| 12 Nov | Diwali/Deepavali | Gazetted Holiday |
| 13 Nov | Govardhan Puja | Restricted Holiday |
| 15 Nov | Bhai Duj | Restricted Holiday |
| 19 Nov | Chhat Puja (Pratihar Sashthi/Surya Sashthi) | Restricted Holiday |
| 24 Nov | Guru Tegh Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day | Restricted Holiday |
| 27 Nov | Guru Nanak Jayanti | Gazetted Holiday |
| 8 Dec | First Day of Hanukkah | Observance |
| 15 Dec | Last day of Hanukkah | Observance |
| 22 Dec | December Solstice | Season |
| 24 Dec | Christmas Eve | Restricted Holiday |
| 25 Dec | Christmas | Gazetted Holiday |
| 31 Dec | New Year’s Eve | Observance |