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