Complete List of Public Holidays & Festival Dates in 2019

Here is the complete list of public holidays & festival dates in 2019.

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As the year 2018 is coming to a close, here is the complete list of public holidays & festival dates in the next year, to help you plan your schedule.

Gazetted Holidays in 2019

• 26 January, Saturday Republic Day
• 17 April, Wednesday Mahavir Jayanti
• 19 April, Friday Good Friday
• 18 May, Saturday Buddha Purnima
• 5 June, Wednesday Ramazan/Idu’l Fitr
• 12 August, Monday Id-ul-Zuha/Bakr-Eid
• 15 August, Thursday Independence Day
• 10 September, Tuesday Muharram
• 2 October, Wednesday Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday
• 8 October, Tuesday Dussehra

A file photo of Dussehra celebrations in Jaipur.

• 27 October, Sunday Diwali (Deepavali)
• 10 November, Sunday Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-ul-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Muhammad)
• 12 November, Tuesday Guru Nanak Jayanti
• 25 December, Wednesday Christmas Day

File photo of a giant Christmas tree decorated during the X-Mas celebrations.

Optional Holidays in 2019

• 1 January, Tuesday New Year's Day
• 13 January, Sunday Lohri
• 14 January, Monday Makar Sankranti
• 15 January, Tuesday Pongal
• 10 February, Sunday Basant Panchami/Sri Panchami
• 19 February, Tuesday Guru Ravidas's Birthday
• 19 February, Tuesday Shivaji Jayanti
• 01 March, Thursday Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti

• 20 March, Wednesday Holika Dahan
• 21 March, Thursday Dol Yatra
• 21 March, Thursday Hazarat Ali's Birthday
• 6 April, Saturday Chaitra Sukladi/Gudi Padava/Ugadi/Cheti Chand
• 13 April, Saturday Ram Navami
• 14 April, Sunday Vaisakhi/Vishu/Meshadi

Devotees throng the Golden Temple during Vaisakhi celebrations in Amritsar. 

• 15 April, Monday Pahela Vaisakh (Bengal)/Bahag Bihu (Assam)
• 21 April, Sunday Easter Sunday
• 9 May, Thursday Rabindra Jayanti
• 31 May, Friday Jamat-Ul-Vida
• 4 July, Thursday Rath Yatra

People look at the threads (Rakhis) displayed at a shop, ahead of the Raksha Bandhan Festival.

• 15 August, Thursday Raksha Bandhan
• 17 August, Saturday Parsi New Year's day/Nauraj
• 2 September, Monday Vinayaka Chaturthi/Ganesh Chaturthi
• 11 September, Wednesday Onam or Thiru Onam Day

A file photo of Onam celebrations.

• 5 October, Saturday Maha Saptami (Dussehra)
• 6 October, Sunday Maha Ashtami (Dussehra)
• 7 October, Monday Maha Navami (Dussehra)
• 13 October, Sunday Maharishi Valmiki's Birthday
• 17 October, Thursday Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chauth)

A file photo of women observing Karva Chauth.

• 27 October, Sunday Deepavali (South India) / Naraka Chaturdasi
• 28 October, Monday Govardhan Puja
• 29 October, Tuesday Bhai Dooj

People offer prayers to the setting sun during the Chhath puja at the bank of Yamuna River in the backdrop of Taj Mahal in Agra.

• 2 November, Saturday Pratihar Sashthi /Surya Sashthi (Chhath Puja)
• 24 November, Sunday Guru Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom Day
• 24 December, Tuesday Christmas Eve

(Source: Indian government calendar)