Holi / Holika
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Tuesday March 7, 2023
Hinduism :
Holi or Holika (second day)
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Wednesday March 8, 2023
Hinduism :
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Friday March 10, 2023
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday March 20, 2023
School holidays :
Banks remain open
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Friday March 24, 2023
Banks only :
Tribal festival
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Friday March 24, 2023
Secular holiday : http://www.sarhulfestival.org/
Sarhul
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Friday March 24, 2023
Secular holiday : Celebrated during spring season and the Saal trees get new flowers on their branches. It is a worship of the village deity who is considered to be the protector of the tribes. People sing and dance a lot when the new flowers appear. The deities are worshiped with saal flowers. The village priest or Pahan fasts for a couple of days. In the early morning he takes a bath and puts on new a dhoti made of virgin cotton (kachha dhaga). The previous evening, the Pahan takes three new earthen pots and fills them with fresh water; the next morning he observes these earthen pots and water level inside. If the water level decreases he predicts that there would be famine or less rain, and if the water level is normal, that is the signal of a good rain. Before pooja starts, the wife of the Pahan washes his feet and gets blessings from him. [Wikipedia]
Banks remain open
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Thursday March 30, 2023
Banks only :
Ramanavani
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Thursday March 30, 2023
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.
Banks Inventory Day
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Saturday April 1, 2023
Banks only :
Mahavir Jayanti
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Tuesday April 4, 2023
Jainism : Jain festival honoring Lord Mahavira on the founder's birthday.
Good Friday
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Friday April 7, 2023
Catholic or protestant : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.
Banks remain open
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Friday April 14, 2023
Banks only :
Vaisakh
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Friday April 14, 2023
Hinduism :
Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar's Birthday - Maha Visuv Sankrati
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Friday April 14, 2023
Secular holiday : This lawyer and politician drafted the constitution of India.
Bengali New Year
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Saturday April 15, 2023
Secular holiday : Under the Mughals, agricultural taxes were collected according to the Hijri calendar. However, as the Hijri calendar is a lunar calendar, it does not coincide with the harvest. As a result, farmers were hard-pressed to pay taxes out of season. In order to streamline tax collection, the Mughal Emperor Akbar ordered a reform of the calendar. Accordingly, Fatehullah Shirazi, a renowned scholar and astronomer, formulated the Bangla year on the basis of the lunar Hijri and Bangla solar calendars. The new year subsequently became known as Bôngabdo or Bengali year
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Saturday April 22, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : Ends the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. There were 30 days of strict fasting from sunup to sundown in honor of the first revelation to the Prophet Mohammed. In India, except in Arunachal Pradesh.
End of school year
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Friday May 5, 2023
School holidays :
Vesak - Buddha Purnima - Visakha Bucha
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Friday May 5, 2023
Buddhism (Theravada) :
Beginning of school year
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Monday June 19, 2023
School holidays :
Banks remain open
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Wednesday June 28, 2023
Banks only :
Anniversary of Guru Rinpoche
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Wednesday June 28, 2023
Buddhism (Theravada) : Padmasambhava (in Sanskrit meaning lotus-born ) founded the Tibetan or Tantric school of Buddhism in the 8th century. In Bhutan and Tibet he is better known as Guru Rinpoche ( Precious Master ) where followers of the Nyingma school regard him as the second Buddha.
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Thursday June 29, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
Annual Closing of Reserve Bank of India
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Saturday July 1, 2023
Banks only :
Awal Muharram (Maal Hijrah)
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Saturday July 29, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : The first day of the year is observed on the first day of Muharram, the first month in the Islamic calendar. The first Islamic year beginning in 610 AD during which the emigration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina, known as the Hijra [Wikipedia]
Banks remain open
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Wednesday August 9, 2023
Banks only :
World Tribal Day
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Wednesday August 9, 2023
Secular holiday : The tribal people living in different areas of Rajasthan organise religious, social and cultural programs.
Independence Day
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Tuesday August 15, 2023
Secular holiday : Commemorates the day in 1947 when India achieved freedom from British rule
Sri Krishna Jayanthi (Janmashtami)
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Thursday September 7, 2023
Hinduism : Hindu celebration of the birthday of Sri Krishna, an incarnation of Lord Krishna. Sweets, fruits and milk products are available in abundance. Sri or Shree: A prefix denoting auspiciousness.
Vishwakarma
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Sunday September 17, 2023
Culture : all creating is the Personification of ultimate reality and deity of the creative power .According to the Rigveda. It/He is considered to be the architect, divine engineer of universe from before the advent of time. [Wikipedia]
Karma Puja
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Sunday September 17, 2023
Culture : The most important festival Jharkhand. Karma Puja is not only celebrated by the tribes of this state but is also an important festival of Bihar, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Jhargram (West Bengal) and many other states
Maharaja Hari Singh’s birth anniversary
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Saturday September 23, 2023
Secular holiday : from 2022
Prophet's Anniversary - Eid-Milad Nnabi (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Thursday September 28, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
Banks Inventory Day
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Saturday September 30, 2023
Banks only :