India public holidays 2025
6 public holidays
India: 6 public holidays in 2025. 5 of them fall on weekdays (Monday to Friday).
Some regions add their own days off: 36 regional holidays only in part of the country (listed below).
India: list of public holidays in 2025
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 26 | Sunday | Republic Day |
| Apr 14 | Monday | Ambedkar Jayanti |
| Apr 18 | Friday | Good Friday |
| Aug 15 | Friday | Independence Day |
| Oct 2 | Thursday | Gandhi Jayanti |
| Dec 25 | Thursday | Christmas Day |
Long weekends in 2025
- Monday, April 14: Ambedkar Jayanti gives a three-day weekend.
- Friday, April 18: Good Friday gives a three-day weekend.
- Friday, August 15: Independence Day gives a three-day weekend.
- Thursday, October 2: Gandhi Jayanti gives four days off if you take Friday, October 3 as a bridge day.
- Thursday, December 25: Christmas Day gives four days off if you take Friday, December 26 as a bridge day.
On a weekend this year: Republic Day (Sunday, January 26).
Holidays by month
- January1
- February0
- March0
- April2
- May0
- June0
- July0
- August1
- September0
- October1
- November0
- December1
India: regional holidays in 2025
| Date | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | New Year's Day | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Jan 5 | Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti | Chandigarh, Haryana |
| Jan 12 | Swami Vivekananda Jayanti | West Bengal |
| Jan 23 | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti | Assam, West Bengal |
| Jan 25 | State Day | Himachal Pradesh |
| Feb 20 | State Day | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Mar 22 | Bihar Day | Bihar |
| Mar 23 | Shaheed Diwas | Punjab |
| Apr 1 | Odisha Day | Odisha |
| Apr 15 | Himachal Day | Himachal Pradesh, Tripura, West Bengal |
| Apr 21 | Vaisakhi | Kerala |
| Apr 30 | Basava Jayanti | Karnataka |
| May 1 | Labour Day | Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 1 more |
| May 8 | Rabindra Jayanti | Rajasthan, West Bengal |
| May 9 | Maharana Pratap Jayanti | Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan |
| May 16 | State Day | Sikkim |
| Jun 2 | Telangana Formation Day | Telangana |
| Jun 15 | YMA Day | Meghalaya |
| Jun 30 | Remna Ni | Mizoram |
| Jul 6 | MHIP Day | Mizoram |
| Jul 13 | Bhanu Jayanti / Martyrs' Day | Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya |
| Jul 31 | Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Udham Singh | Haryana |
| Aug 13 | Patriots' Day | Manipur |
| Aug 16 | De Jure Transfer Day | Puducherry |
| Sep 17 | Hyderabad-Karnataka Liberation Day | Karnataka |
| Sep 22 | Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti | Haryana |
| Oct 7 | Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti | Himachal Pradesh |
| Oct 31 | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Jayanti | Gujarat |
| Nov 1 | Formation Day | Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala |
| Nov 8 | Kanakadasa Jayanti | Karnataka |
| Nov 23 | Seng Kut Snem | Meghalaya |
| Dec 1 | Indigenous Faith Day | Nagaland |
| Dec 3 | Feast of St. Francis Xavier | Goa |
| Dec 18 | Guru Ghasidas Jayanti | Chhattisgarh |
| Dec 19 | Goa Liberation Day | Daman and Diu, Goa |
| Dec 26 | Shaheed Udham Singh Jayanti | Haryana |
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India: how many public holidays are there in 2025?
There are 6 public holidays in 2025: Republic Day (January 26); Ambedkar Jayanti (April 14); Good Friday (April 18); Independence Day (August 15); Gandhi Jayanti (October 2); Christmas Day (December 25).
India: which 2025 holidays make a long weekend?
Monday, April 14: Ambedkar Jayanti gives a three-day weekend. Friday, April 18: Good Friday gives a three-day weekend. Friday, August 15: Independence Day gives a three-day weekend. Thursday, October 2: Gandhi Jayanti gives four days off if you take Friday, October 3 as a bridge day. Thursday, December 25: Christmas Day gives four days off if you take Friday, December 26 as a bridge day.
India: are there regional holidays?
Yes. Besides the national holidays, there are 36 regional holidays in 2025 observed only in some regions, for example New Year's Day (Arunachal Pradesh); Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti (Chandigarh, Haryana); Swami Vivekananda Jayanti (West Bengal).
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