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.
2022 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 2022 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 2022 calendar with holidays before releasing the same on your HR software portal.
Holidays and Observances in India in 2022
Date | Name | Type | |
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1 Jan | Saturday | New Year’s Day | Restricted Holiday |
9 Jan | Sunday | Guru Govind Singh Jayanti | Restricted Holiday |
13 Jan | Thursday | Lohri | Restricted Holiday |
14 Jan | Friday | Pongal | Restricted Holiday |
14 Jan | Friday | Makar Sankranti | Restricted Holiday |
26 Jan | Wednesday | Republic Day | Gazetted Holiday |
1 Feb | Tuesday | Chinese New Year | Observance |
5 Feb | Saturday | Vasant Panchami | Restricted Holiday |
14 Feb | Monday | Valentine’s Day | Observance |
15 Feb | Tuesday | Hazarat Ali’s Birthday | Restricted Holiday |
16 Feb | Wednesday | Guru Ravidas Jayanti | Restricted Holiday |
19 Feb | Saturday | Shivaji Jayanti | Restricted Holiday |
26 Feb | Saturday | Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti | Restricted Holiday |
1 Mar | Tuesday | Maha Shivaratri/Shivaratri | Gazetted Holiday |
17 Mar | Thursday | Holika Dahana | Restricted Holiday |
18 Mar | Friday | Holi | Gazetted Holiday |
18 Mar | Friday | Dolyatra | Restricted Holiday |
20 Mar | Sunday | March Equinox | Season |
2 Apr | Saturday | Chaitra Sukhladi | Restricted Holiday |
2 Apr | Saturday | Ugadi | Restricted Holiday |
2 Apr | Saturday | Gudi Padwa | Restricted Holiday |
10 Apr | Sunday | Rama Navami | Restricted Holiday |
14 Apr | Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Observance, Christian |
14 Apr | Thursday | Mahavir Jayanti | Gazetted Holiday |
14 Apr | Thursday | Vaisakhi | Restricted Holiday |
14 Apr | Thursday | Mesadi / Vaisakhadi | Restricted Holiday |
14 Apr | Thursday | Ambedkar Jayanti | Observance |
15 Apr | Friday | Good Friday | Gazetted Holiday |
16 Apr | Saturday | First day of Passover | Observance |
17 Apr | Sunday | Easter Day | Restricted Holiday |
29 Apr | Friday | Jamat Ul-Vida (Tentative Date) | Restricted Holiday |
1 May | Sunday | May Day | Observance |
3 May | Tuesday | Ramzan Id/Eid-ul-Fitar (Tentative Date) | Gazetted Holiday |
3 May | Tuesday | Ramzan Id/Eid-ul-Fitar (Tentative Date) | Muslim, Common local holiday |
8 May | Sunday | Mother’s Day | Observance |
9 May | Monday | Birthday of Ravindranath | Restricted Holiday |
16 May | Monday | Buddha Purnima/Vesak | Gazetted Holiday |
19 Jun | Sunday | Father’s Day | Observance |
21 Jun | Tuesday | June Solstice | Season |
1 Jul | Friday | Rath Yatra | Restricted Holiday |
10 Jul | Sunday | Bakr Id/Eid ul-Adha (Tentative Date) | Gazetted Holiday |
13 Jul | Wednesday | Guru Purnima | Observance |
7 Aug | Sunday | Friendship Day | Observance |
9 Aug | Tuesday | Muharram/Ashura (Tentative Date) | Gazetted Holiday |
11 Aug | Thursday | Raksha Bandhan (Rakhi) | Restricted Holiday |
15 Aug | Monday | Independence Day | Gazetted Holiday |
16 Aug | Tuesday | Parsi New Year | Restricted Holiday |
18 Aug | Thursday | Janmashtami (Smarta) | Restricted Holiday |
19 Aug | Friday | Janmashtami | Gazetted Holiday |
31 Aug | Wednesday | Ganesh Chaturthi/Vinayaka Chaturthi | Restricted Holiday |
8 Sep | Thursday | Onam | Restricted Holiday |
23 Sep | Friday | September Equinox | Season |
26 Sep | Monday | First Day of Sharad Navratri | Observance, Hinduism |
1 Oct | Saturday | First Day of Durga Puja Festivities | Observance, Hinduism |
2 Oct | Sunday | Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti | Gazetted Holiday |
2 Oct | Sunday | Maha Saptami | Restricted Holiday |
3 Oct | Monday | Maha Ashtami | Restricted Holiday |
4 Oct | Tuesday | Maha Navami | Restricted Holiday |
5 Oct | Wednesday | Dussehra | Gazetted Holiday |
9 Oct | Sunday | Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti | Restricted Holiday |
9 Oct | Sunday | Milad un-Nabi/Id-e-Milad (Tentative Date) | Gazetted Holiday |
13 Oct | Thursday | Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chauth) | Restricted Holiday |
24 Oct | Monday | Naraka Chaturdasi | Restricted Holiday |
24 Oct | Monday | Diwali/Deepavali | Gazetted Holiday |
25 Oct | Tuesday | Govardhan Puja | Restricted Holiday |
26 Oct | Wednesday | Bhai Duj | Restricted Holiday |
30 Oct | Sunday | Chhat Puja (Pratihar Sashthi/Surya Sashthi) | Restricted Holiday |
31 Oct | Monday | Halloween | Observance |
8 Nov | Tuesday | Guru Nanak Jayanti | Gazetted Holiday |
24 Nov | Thursday | Guru Tegh Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day | Restricted Holiday |
19 Dec | Monday | First Day of Hanukkah | Observance |
22 Dec | Thursday | December Solstice | Season |
24 Dec | Saturday | Christmas Eve | Restricted Holiday |
25 Dec | Sunday | Christmas | Gazetted Holiday |
26 Dec | Monday | Last day of Hanukkah | Observance |
29 Dec | Thursday | Guru Govind Singh Jayanti | Restricted Holiday |
31 Dec | Saturday | New Year’s Eve | Observance |