Holiday Almanac for the year 2010

Following is the list of holidays for the year 2010, issued by the Government of India.

S.No. Name Of Holiday Date Days
1. New Year's Day (R) January 1 Friday
2. Guru Govind Singh Jayanti (R) January 5 Tuesday
3. Makar Sakranti/ Pongal (R) January 14 Thursday
4. Basanta Panchmi / Shree panchmi (R) January 20 Wednesday
5. Republic Day (G) January 26 Tuesday
6. Guru Ravidas Jayanti (R) January 30 Saturday
7. Maharishi Dayanand Sarawati Jayanti (R) February 8 Monday
8. Maha Shivaratri (R) February 12 Friday
9. Shivaji Jayanti (R) February 19 Friday
10. Milad-Un-Nabi (G) February 27 Saturday
11. Holi ka dahana / Dol yatra (R) February 28 Sunday
12. Holi (G) March 1 Monday
13. Chaitra Sukhladi / Gudi Padava / Cheti Chand (R) March 16 Tuesday
14. Ram Navami (G) March 24 Wednesday
15. Mahavir Jayanti (G) March 28 Sunday
16. Good Friday (G) April 2 Friday
17. Easter (R) April 4 Sunday
18. Vaisakhi / Vishu / Mesadi (R) April 14 Wednesday
19. Vaisakhadi Bengal / Bahag Bihu Assam (R) April 15 Thursday
20. Guru Rabindranath's Birthday (R) May 9 Sunday
21. Buddha Purnima (G) May 27 Thursday
22. Hazarat Ali's Birthday (R) June 26 Saturday
23. Rath Yatra (R) July 13 Tuesday
24. Independence Day (G) August 15 Sunday
25. Parsi New Year (R) August 19 Thursday
26. Onam (R) August 23 Monday
27. Raksha Bandhan (R) August 24 Tuesday
28. Janamashtami (G) September 2 Thursday
29. Jamat-Ul-Vida (R) September 10 Friday
30.* Id-ul-Fitr (G) September 11 Saturday
31. Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti (G) October 2 Saturday
32. Maha Saptami (R) October 14 Thursday
33. Maha Ashtami (R) October 15 Friday
34. Maha Navami (R) October 16 Saturday
35. Dussehra (Vijaya Dashami) (G) October 17 Sunday
36. Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti (R) October 22 Friday
37. Diwali (Deepavali) (G) November 5 Friday
38. Govardhan Puja (R) November 6 Saturday
39. Bhai Duj (R) November 7 Sunday
40.* Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) (G) November 17 Wednesday
41. Guru Nanak Jayanti (G) November 21 Sunday
43. Guru Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom Day (R) November 24 Wednesday
44. Muharram (G) December 17 Friday
45. Christmas Eve (R) December 24 Friday
46. Christmas (G) December 25 Saturday

Note:

'G' denotes Gazetted Holiday and 'R' denotes Restricted Holiday.
* - subjects to change, depends on appearance of moon.