| Thaipoosam Cavadee - Saturday February 8, 2020 Hinduism : Tamil celebration. Marks the end of a 10-day fasting period during which people go to the local temple and get themselves pierced with various needles attached to various object.
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| Guru Ravidas celebration - Sunday February 9, 2020 Hinduism : Guru or Bhagat Ravidas (also Raidas) was a north Indian Sant mystic of the bhakti movement who was active in the 15th century CE. Venerated in northern India and in the Indian state of Maharashtra, he is the Satguru of the Ravidasi sect and one of the fifteen Bhagats of the Sikhs. His devotional songs and verses made a lasting impact upon the bhakti movement.
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| Anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj - Friday February 19, 2021 Hinduism : Shivaji was born in February 19, and passed away on April 3, 1680. Shivaji Maharaj is instrumental in carving Maharastra from alien powers, especially the Mughals. He united the Maratha chiefs of Mayal, Konkan and Desh regions for a stronger Maratha nation.
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| Maha Shivaratri - Friday February 21, 2020 Hinduism : A Hindu festival in honor of Lord Shiva and his marriage to Goddess Parvati. Ceremonies involving prayers and hymns take place mostly at night.
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| Optional holiday - Friday February 21, 2020 Hinduism : Maha Shivaratri Hindu community
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| Maha Shivaratri - Saturday February 22, 2020 Hinduism : A Hindu festival in honor of Lord Shiva and his marriage to Goddess Parvati. Ceremonies involving prayers and hymns take place mostly at night.
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| Buddhist New Year - Losar - Monday February 24, 2020 Hinduism :
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| Panchayatiraj Divas - Thursday March 5, 2020 Hinduism :
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| Chapchar Kut - Friday March 6, 2020 Hinduism : Takes place after completion of the most arduous task of Jhum operation i.e., jungle-clearing (clearing of the remnants of burning). It is a spring festival celebrated with great fervour and gaiety. Chapchar Kut is estimated to have started in 1450-1700 A.D. in a village called Suaipui.
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| Holi / Holika / Medin Poya/Dola Purnima - Monday March 9, 2020 Hinduism :
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| Dolyatra - Monday March 9, 2020 Hinduism :
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| Holi / Holika / Medin Poya/Dola Purnima - Tuesday March 10, 2020 Hinduism : The religious meaning of this celebration is the burning of any perversion. It marks the victory of good over evil.
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| Holi or Holika (second day) - Tuesday March 10, 2020 Hinduism : Hindu spring festival dedicated to the god of pleasure. It is observed in a colorful and boisterous manner. People shower each other with colored water and smear red and green powder on each other,
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| Optional holiday - Tuesday March 10, 2020 Hinduism : Holi / Holika / Medin Poya/Dola Purnima Hindu community
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| Phagwah - Tuesday March 10, 2020 Hinduism : Holi is called Phagwa festival in Suriname, and is celebrated to mark the beginning of spring and Hindu mythology. In Suriname, Holi Phagwa is a festival of colour. It is customary to wear old white clothes on this day, be prepared to get them dirty and join in the colour throwing excitement and party. [Wikipedia]
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| Dolyatra - Wednesday March 11, 2020 Hinduism :
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| Nyepi Day - Balinese New Year - Wednesday March 25, 2020 Hinduism : The main purpose of the Nyepi Day ceremonies is to pray to the God (Hyang Widhi Wasa), wish that HE clean the outside universe (bhuwana agung) as well as the universe within men (bhuwana alit). Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
In Bali, no Internet, no flights, no tourist attractions based on the Saka calendar (Balinese calender):
One year has 12 sasih (Balinese month). Each sasih consists of 35 days which cover the full moon (Purnama) and one dark moon (Tilem).
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| Optional holiday - Wednesday March 25, 2020 Hinduism : Marks the beginning of Ramayana's week
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| Ramanavani - Thursday April 2, 2020 Hinduism : Festivities take place in the Rama temples. recitation of the Ramayana (Perayana), which can last up to 9 days. Classical music and sacred chants.
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| Khmer New Year - Monday April 13, 2020 Hinduism :
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| Baisakhi - Monday April 13, 2020 Hinduism :
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| Maha Vishub Sankranti - Monday April 13, 2020 Hinduism : The traditional new year day festival of Buddhists and Hindus in Odisha, India. The festival date is set with the solar cycle of the lunisolar calendar, as the first day of the traditional solar month of Mesha. This is identical to the purnimanta system of lunar month Baisakh (on Indian national system, it is the 24th day of Chaitra).
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| Vaisakh - Monday April 13, 2020 Hinduism :
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| Khmer New Year - Tuesday April 14, 2020 Hinduism : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Bohag Bihu - Tuesday April 14, 2020 Hinduism : This is the beginning of the agricultural season.Bihu is celebrated by the all parts of Assam and all cast and religion.Directly we can say that Bihu is secular festival which brings the humanity,peace and brotherhood among the various cast and religion.
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| Khmer New Year - Wednesday April 15, 2020 Hinduism : At the end of the harvest season. Lasts 3 consecutive work days during which Cambodians douse each other liberally with water, clean and decorate their houses, and make offerings at the local temple. City streets are decorated and brightly lit in the evenings. not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Khmer New Year - Thursday April 16, 2020 Hinduism : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Khmer New Year - Friday April 17, 2020 Hinduism : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Garia Puja - Tuesday April 21, 2020 Hinduism : A tribal festival celebrated in a traditional way by the people of Tripura. It is celebrated throughout the state with a lot of pomp and gaiety. The children and youth play drums, sing and dance in front of the Lord Garia, the deity of livestock and wealth to please him.
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| Parshuram Jayanti - Saturday April 25, 2020 Hinduism : Birth anniversary of sixth incarnation of Lord Vishnu
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| Buddha Purnima - Thursday May 7, 2020 Hinduism : Celebration of the ancient Gurus, in particular Sage Ved Vyas. A Guru is seen as a remover of darkness, a teacher. The date is the full moon of the month Asadha.
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| Vesak - Buddha Purnima - Visakha Bucha - Thursday May 7, 2020 Hinduism :
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| Optional holiday - Thursday May 7, 2020 Hinduism : Vesak: Magha Puja or Sangha celebration. This day falls on the full moon of the third month. It commemorates the main event in Buddha's life, after His first retreated from the rain (Vassa). The anniversary of Buddah's birthday in the Mahayana tradition; the commemoration of Buddah's birth, enlightenment, and death, celebrated on the day of the full moon of the 6th month in the Theravada tradition.
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| Savitri Brata - Friday May 22, 2020 Hinduism : A fasting day observed by married Hindu women of Nepal and the Indian states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha[1]on the Amavasya, the no moon day in month of Jyeshtha. It is also known as Sabitri Uwaans in Western Odisha region. [Wikipedia]
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