Public Holidays in 2017 – INDIA

Following are the Major Public Holidays of 2017 in India.

Note: Holidays in italics fall in weekends. Holidays marked with asterisk (*) are Central Government Restricted Holidays.

#	Name of the Holiday	Date-Month	Week Day
1	New Year’s Day	01-January	Sunday
2	Guru Govind Singh’s Birthday	05-January	Thursday
3	Makar Sankranti / Pongal	14-January	Saturday
4	Republic Day*	26-January	Thursday
5	Basant Panchami	01-February	Wednesday
6	Maha shivaratri	24-February	Friday
7	Holi	13-March	Monday
8	Ram Navami	04-April	Tuesday
9	Mahavir Jayanti*	09-April	Sunday
10	Good Friday*	14-April	Friday
11	Buddha Purnima*	10-May	Wednesday
12	Id-Ul-Fitr*	26-June	Monday
13	Raksha Bandhan	07-August	Monday
14	Independence Day* / Janmashtami	15-August	Tuesday
15	Ganesh Chaturthi	25-August	Friday
16	Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)*	02-September	Saturday
17	Onam	04-September	Monday
18	Dussehra*	30-September	Saturday
19	Muharram*	01-October	Sunday
20	Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday*	02-October	Monday
21	Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday	05-October	Thursday
22	Diwali*	19-October	Thursday
23	Govardhan Puja	20-October	Friday
24	Bhai Duj	21-October	Saturday
25	Chhat Puja	25-October	Wednesday
26	Guru Nanak’s Birthday*	04-November	Saturday
27	Id-e-Milad (Prophet Mohammad's Birthday)*	02-December	Saturday
28	Christmas Day*	25-December	Monday