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India : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months

  • Currency: Rupee (INR)
  • Banks are NOT working on 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month.
    No alcohol served in shops, restaurants during most holidays
    The nature of holidays in India appeals to culture, national values and religion

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  • Weekend: Sunday
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    Wednesday november 13, 2024India International trade FairTradeshows
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    Friday november 15, 2024Guru Nanak/Kartick Purnima/Parswanath's Rathojatra/II PoyaSikhism
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    Friday november 29, 2024Black FridaySpecial Events
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    Monday december 23, 2024Winter holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Tuesday december 24, 2024National Consumers DayEvents, celebrations...
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    Wednesday december 25, 2024Dry day (no alcohol)Special Events
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    Wednesday december 25, 2024Christmas DayCatholic or protestant
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    Wednesday january 1, 2025School holidaysSchool holidays
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    Tuesday january 14, 2025Dry day (no alcohol)Special Events
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    Sunday january 26, 2025Dry day (no alcohol)Special Events
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    Sunday january 26, 2025Republic DaySecular holiday
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    Sunday february 2, 2025Dry day (no alcohol)Special Events
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    Friday february 14, 2025Valentine's Daycards/flowers
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    Wednesday february 26, 2025Maha ShivaratiBanks only
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    India International trade Fair

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    Wednesday november 13, 2024
    Tradeshows : Https://indiatradefair.com/iitf/ in Delhi 2023 edition confirmed

    Guru Nanak/Kartick Purnima/Parswanath's Rathojatra/II Poya

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    Friday november 15, 2024
    Sikhism : Guru Nanak Dev (1469-1539) Founder of the religion of Sikhism and the first of ten Sikh Gurus. Sikhs believe that all subsequent Gurus possessed Guru Nanak’s divinity and religious authority Wikipedia

    Black Friday

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    Friday november 29, 2024
    Special Events : Day of sales and bargains

    Winter holiday (beginning)

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    Monday december 23, 2024
    School holidays : Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan schools in Agra, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Delhi, Dehradun, Gurugram, Jaipur, Jammu and Kashmir, Ranchi, Silchar, Tinsukia and Varanasi

    National Consumers Day

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    Tuesday december 24, 2024
    Culture : The significance of December 24th is that on this day in the year 1986 the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 received assent of the President of India. The Consumer Protection Act, 1986 is considered to a historic milestone in the Consumer movement in the country. Therefore, the Government of India has decided to observe December 24 as National Consumer Day and, this is to observe every year on 24th December in addition to World Consumer Rights Day on March 15. The observance of these days provides an opportunity for highlighting the importance of the consumer movement and the need to make the consumer more aware of their rights and responsibilities.

    Dry day (no alcohol)

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    Wednesday december 25, 2024
    Special Events :

    Christmas Day

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    Wednesday december 25, 2024
    Catholic or protestant : Since pre-historic times in Europe, festivities (bonfires, offrerings) were marking the beginning of longer hours of daylight with fires and ritual. The Roman festival of Saturnalia lasted several days in December (gambling and offerings). Germanic tribes also celebrated mid-winter (drinking and rituals). The Bulgarian (with Koleduvane) and the Polish (with Gwiazdka) perpetuate this tradition. Jesus of Nazareth was probably born in springtime (Reformists favour autumn). But in the 4th century, December 25th was chosen for the celebration of his birth by Pope Julius I (Bishop Liberus is also mentioned in 354 A.D.). Thus, a Christian element was introduced in the long-established mid-winter festivals. Before 1582, the Papal States and other Italian city states celebrated New Year’s Day on Christmas Day.

    School holidays

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    Wednesday january 1, 2025
    School holidays : Calendars gazetted by the respective Departments of Education
    Each state carries its own specific set of holidays, please scroll to the concerned state


    Schools have been shut 25 weeks due to Covid epidemics


    Summer school holidays vary for Indian schools due to different weather conditions in different parts of the country at the same time.
    In northern India, schools end in mid-May and start in the first week of July, except in the Kashmir Valley, where the summer holidays last 10 days. Instead, schools in the Kashmir region are closed from mid-December (late December) to late February (early March) as a winter holiday.
    Also in central India, the summer holidays start in mid-April (late April) and end in mid-June (end of June).
    In southern India, schools end in the last week of March (early April) and start again in early June

    Dates to be double checked as calendars are being affected by the Covid epidemics
    Please note that authorities may take last-minute decisions; please double-check if this information is vital to you

    Dry day (no alcohol)

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    Tuesday january 14, 2025
    Special Events :

    Dry day (no alcohol)

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    Sunday january 26, 2025
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    Republic Day

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    Sunday january 26, 2025
    Secular holiday : It was the Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress at midnight of December 31, 1929 - January 1, 1930, that the Tri-Colour Flag was unfurled by the nationalists and a pledge taken that every year on January 26, the Independence Day would be celebrated and that the people would unceasingly strive for the establishment of a Sovereign Democratic Republic of India. The professed pledge was successfully redeemed on January 26, 1950, when the Constitution of India framed by the Constituent Assembly of India came into force, although the Independence from the British rule was achieved on August 15, 1947. It is because of this that August 15 is celebrated as Independence Day, while January 26 as Republic Day.

    Dry day (no alcohol)

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    Sunday february 2, 2025
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    Valentine's Day

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    Friday february 14, 2025
    cards/flowers : Introduced by Pope Gelasus in 498, perhaps in response to a local Roman tradition of lovers writing their names on an urn in February

    Maha Shivarati

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    Wednesday february 26, 2025
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