Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Friday March 3, 2023
School holidays :
Holi or Holika (second day)
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Wednesday March 8, 2023
Hinduism :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday March 13, 2023
School holidays :
Hindu, Navratri, Tamil, Telugu, Ugadi New Year
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Wednesday March 22, 2023
Buddhism (Theravada) : The Hindu New Year, also known as Ugadi, is on the day following the new moon on or after the spring equinox.
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.
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.
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Saturday April 22, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : Eid al-Fitr literally means the Festival of Breaking the Fast .
End of school year
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Friday April 28, 2023
School holidays :
Maharashtra Day/Labour Day
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Monday May 1, 2023
Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoots again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis.In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .
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 12, 2023
School holidays :
Annual Closing of Reserve Bank of India
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Saturday July 1, 2023
Banks only :
Ashura - Moharram/Dr.Babu Jagjivan Ram (may last 2 days)
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Saturday July 29, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Saturday July 29, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
Independence Day
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Tuesday August 15, 2023
Secular holiday : Commemorates the day in 1947 when India achieved freedom from British rule
Farsi New Year (may be changed to the nearest day) - in Mumbai only
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Wednesday August 16, 2023
Zoroastrian : The first day of the first month of the Zoroastrian year
Banks remain open
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Thursday September 7, 2023
Banks only :
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
Ganesh Chaturthi
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Tuesday September 19, 2023
Hinduism : During ten days, Hindus must prepare the celebration at home: their house must be cleaned up and purified, in particular at the place where the Ganesh statue wil be put. Those who participate in the procession, end and highlight of this celebration, also prepare their costume. Various religious ceremonies are celebrated. On the tenth day, the celebration culminates. Streets of main cities, especially Mumbaï (Bombay) are the field of extraordinary popular demonstrations. In this day, giant elephant idols are preceded by dancers and musicians.
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 :