Indian Calendar

Indian Calendar provides you with the list of Indian Holidays. Indian Calendar showcases all the major and important holiday dates falling in the current year, according to the Hindu calendar. You can check the list of all the major Indian Holidays on mPanchang.com

Monthly Calendar is also available to check the holiday dates. The Indian Calendar includes all the major dates such as Hindu Holidays, Christian Holidays, Sikh Holidays and Muslim Holidays which are also known as Islamic Holidays.

Indian Calendar also features all the major Government Holidays falling in the year. Through this calendar, you can stay updated and aligned with all the major holidays falling in a particular year.

India is a culturally diverse society and we as a country celebrate every holiday and festival. The major national holidays are in India are as under

1. Republic Day (26th January)
2. International Workers' Day (1 May 2017)
3. Independence Day (15th August )
4. Gandhi Ji's birthday on 2 October

Apart from the above, local state holidays depend on existing religious and local demographics. Popular religious festivals include but are not limited to the Sikh festivals namely Guru Nanak Jayanti and Vaisakhi, Hindu festivals of Makar Sankranti, Maha Shivratri, Janmashtami, Deepawali, Ganesh Chaturthi, Durga Puja, Raksha Bandhan, Holi, Dusshera; Islamic festivals like the Eid ul-Fitr, Milad un-Nabi, Eid al-Adha, Muharram Buddhist festivals like Buddha Jayanti and Losar and Christian festivals of Christmas and days of observances such as Good Friday are observed throughout India.

Points to be noted while following the dates given are as under

1. Only 4 holiday are observed nationally i.e.
2. Public holidays as defined are observed on a regional basis.
3. Muslim festivals are timed according to local sightings of various phases of the moon and thus the dates change as per the lunar movement.
4.Government holidays are as per the Circular issued by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.