Regional Holidays in India in 2024
India has an extensive list of Regional Holidays, Public Holidays and Government holidays. These holidays range from religious festivals to birthdays of individuals with historical significance as well as the foundation days of the different states. Here is a list of the major Regional Holidays in India in 2024.
| Day | Date | Holiday Name | Type | States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Jan 01 | New Year's Day | Regional Holiday | Several states |
| Tuesday | Jan 02 | Mannam Jayanthi | Regional Holiday | Kerala Only |
| Tuesday | Jan 02 | New Year Celebration | Regional Holiday | Several states |
| Thursday | Jan 11 | Missionary Day | Regional Holiday | Mizoram |
| Friday | Jan 12 | Birthday of Swami Vivekananda | Regional Holiday | West Bengal only. |
| Friday | Jan 12 | Sonam Lhosar | Regional Holiday | |
| Sunday | Jan 14 | Bhogi | Regional Holiday | Some states |
| Monday | Jan 15 | Pongal | Regional Holiday | |
| Monday | Jan 15 | Sankranti | Regional Holiday | Several states |
| Tuesday | Jan 16 | Tusu Puja | Regional Holiday | Assam only |
| Tuesday | Jan 16 | Thiruvalluvar Day | Regional Holiday | Puducherry, Tamil Nadu |
| Tuesday | Jan 16 | Kanuma | Regional Holiday | Andhra Pradesh only |
| Tuesday | Jan 23 | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti | Regional Holiday | Assam, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal |
| Thursday | Jan 25 | Statehood Day | Regional Holiday | Himachal Pradesh only |
| Thursday | Jan 25 | Thaipoosam | Regional Holiday | Several states |
| Thursday | Jan 25 | Imam Ali's Birthday | Regional Holiday | Uttar Pradesh only |
| Friday | Jan 26 | Republic Day | Public Holiday | |
| Wednesday | Jan 31 | Me-dam-me-phi | Regional Holiday | Assam |
| Saturday | Feb 10 | Losar | Regional Holiday | Tibetan New Year |
| Wednesday | Feb 14 | Vasant Panchami | Regional Holiday | Several states |
| Thursday | Feb 15 | Lui-Ngai-Ni | Regional Holiday | Manipur |
| Monday | Feb 19 | Chahhtrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti | Regional Holiday | Maharashtra only |
| Tuesday | Feb 20 | Mizoram State Day | Regional Holiday | Mizoram |
| Tuesday | Feb 20 | Statehood Day | Regional Holiday | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Saturday | Feb 24 | Guru Ravidas Jayanti | Regional Holiday | Several states. Full moon of Magh |
| Saturday | Feb 24 | Bhumchu Festival | Regional Holiday | Sikkim |
| Saturday | Feb 24 | Yaosang 2nd Day | Regional Holiday | Manipur |
| Sunday | Feb 25 | Shab e-Barat | Regional Holiday | 15 Sha'aban |
| Friday | Mar 01 | Chapchar Kut | Regional Holiday | Mizoram |
| Friday | Mar 08 | Maha Shivratri | Regional Holiday | Most states |
| Friday | Mar 22 | Bihar Divas | Regional Holiday | Bihar Only |
| Saturday | Mar 23 | Shaheedi Diwas | Regional Holiday | Haryana |
| Sunday | Mar 24 | Holi Dahan | Regional Holiday | Day before Holi |
| Sunday | Mar 24 | Doljatra | Regional Holiday | |
| Monday | Mar 25 | Holi | Regional Holiday | |
| Thursday | Mar 28 | Maundy Thursday | Regional Holiday | Kerala only |
| Friday | Mar 29 | Good Friday | Regional Holiday | |
| Sunday | Mar 31 | Easter Sunday | Regional Holiday | |
| Monday | Apr 01 | Bank Holiday | Not A Public Holiday | Banks only. Annual accounts closing |
| Monday | Apr 01 | Odisha Day | Regional Holiday | Odisha |
| Friday | Apr 05 | Babu Jagjivan Ram Birthday | Regional Holiday | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana only |
| Friday | Apr 05 | Jumat-ul-Wida | Regional Holiday | Last Friday of the month of Ramadan |
| Sunday | Apr 07 | Shab-I-Qadr | Regional Holiday | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Tuesday | Apr 09 | Sajibu Nongma Panba | Regional Holiday | Manipur |
| Tuesday | Apr 09 | 1st Navratra | Regional Holiday | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Tuesday | Apr 09 | Gudi Padwa | Regional Holiday | |
| Tuesday | Apr 09 | Ugadi | Regional Holiday | Telugu and Kannada New Year |
| Tuesday | Apr 09 | Cheti Chand | Regional Holiday | |
| Wednesday | Apr 10 | Id-ul-Fitr | Regional Holiday | Most states |
| Thursday | Apr 11 | Sarhul | Regional Holiday | Jahrkhand |
| Thursday | Apr 11 | Idul Fitr | Regional Holiday | Most states |
| Friday | Apr 12 | Following Day of Ramazan | Regional Holiday | Telengana |
| Saturday | Apr 13 | Cheiraoba | Regional Holiday | Manipur |
| Saturday | Apr 13 | Biju Festival | Regional Holiday | Tripura |
| Saturday | Apr 13 | Mahabishuba Sankranti | Regional Holiday | Odisha |
| Saturday | Apr 13 | Vaisakhi | Regional Holiday | several states |
| Sunday | Apr 14 | Vishu | Regional Holiday | Kerala Only |
| Sunday | Apr 14 | Dr Ambedkar Jayanti | Regional Holiday | |
| Sunday | Apr 14 | Ashoka's Birth Anniversary | Regional Holiday | Bihar only |
| Sunday | Apr 14 | Bohag Bihu Holiday | Regional Holiday | Assam only |
| Sunday | Apr 14 | Tamil New Year | Regional Holiday | Puthandu. Tamil Nadu only |
| Sunday | Apr 14 | Bengali New Year | Regional Holiday | Tripura, West Bengal only |
| Sunday | Apr 14 | Bohag Bihu | Regional Holiday | Assamese New Year. Assam only |
| Monday | Apr 15 | Himachal Day | Regional Holiday | Himachal Pradesh only |
| Monday | Apr 15 | Bohag Bihu Holiday | Regional Holiday | Assam only |
| Wednesday | Apr 17 | Ram Navami | Regional Holiday | |
| Saturday | Apr 20 | Garia Puja | Regional Holiday | Tripura only |
| Sunday | Apr 21 | Mahavir Jayanti | Regional Holiday | |
| Tuesday | Apr 23 | Veer Kunvar Singh Jayanti | Regional Holiday | Bihar |
| Tuesday | Apr 23 | Khongjom Day | Regional Holiday | Manipur |
| Wednesday | May 01 | Labour Day | Regional Holiday | International Workers' Day |
| Wednesday | May 01 | Maharashtra Day | Regional Holiday | Maharashtra only |
| Wednesday | May 01 | Labour Day | Regional Holiday | Many states |
| Wednesday | Birthday of Rabindra Nath Tagore | Regional Holiday | Tripura, West Bengal | |
| Friday | May 10 | Basava Jayanthi | Regional Holiday | Karnataka |
| Friday | May 10 | Parashurama Jayanti | Regional Holiday | Several states |
| Thursday | May 16 | Sikkim State Day | Regional Holiday | Sikkim only |
| Thursday | May 23 | Buddha Purnima | Regional Holiday | Birth of Buddha |
| Sunday | Jun 09 | Maharana Pratap Jayanti | Regional Holiday | |
| Friday | Jun 14 | Pahili Raja | Regional Holiday | Odisha |
| Saturday | Jun 15 | Raja Sankranti | Regional Holiday | Odisha only |
| Saturday | Jun 15 | YMA Day | Regional Holiday | Mizoram |
| Monday | Jun 17 | Id-ul-Ad'ha | Regional Holiday | Bakrid. Kerala |
| Monday | Jun 17 | Bakrid | Regional Holiday | Many states |
| Saturday | Jun 22 | Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti | Regional Holiday | Full moon in Hindu month of Jyeshtha |
| Sunday | Jun 23 | Guru Hargobind Ji's Birthday | Regional Holiday | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Sunday | Jun 30 | Remna Ni | Regional Holiday | Mizoram |
| Saturday | Jul 06 | MHIP Day | Regional Holiday | Mizoram |
| Sunday | Jul 07 | Ratha Yatra | Regional Holiday | Odisha |
| Saturday | Jul 13 | Bhanu Jayanti | Regional Holiday | Sikkim |
| Sunday | Jul 14 | Kharchi Puja | Regional Holiday | Tripura only |
| Tuesday | Jul 16 | Harela | Regional Holiday | Uttarakhand |
| Tuesday | Jul 16 | Ashura | Regional Holiday | 10 Muharram |
| Wednesday | Jul 17 | U Tirot Sing Day | Regional Holiday | Meghalaya |
| Wednesday | Jul 17 | Ashura | Regional Holiday | 10 Muharram |
| Wednesday | Jul 17 | Ashura | Regional Holiday | Many states |
| Monday | Jul 29 | Ker Puja | Regional Holiday | Tripura only |
| Monday | Jul 29 | Bonalu | Regional Holiday | Telangana |
| Wednesday | Jul 31 | Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Udham Singh | Regional Holiday | Haryana, Punjab only |
| Saturday | Aug 03 | Karkidaka Vavu | Regional Holiday | Kerala |
| Friday | Aug 09 | World Tribal Day | Regional Holiday | |
| Tuesday | Aug 13 | Patriot's Day | Regional Holiday | Observed on August 13th |
| Thursday | Aug 15 | Independence Day | Public Holiday | |
| Thursday | Aug 15 | Parsi New Year | Regional Holiday | Jamshed Navroz |
| Friday | Aug 16 | De jure Transfer Day | Regional Holiday | Puducherry |
| Monday | Raksha Bandhan | Regional Holiday | Several states | |
| Tuesday | Aug 20 | Fourth Onam | Regional Holiday | Kerala only. Harvest Festival |
| Saturday | Aug 24 | Chehlum | Regional Holiday | Safar 20 |
| Monday | Aug 26 | Janmashtami | Regional Holiday | |
| Monday | Aug 26 | Krishna Jayanthi | Regional Holiday | Restricted Holiday |
| Wednesday | Aug 28 | Ayyankali Jayanthi | Regional Holiday | Kerala only |
| Saturday | Sep 07 | Ganesh Chaturthi | Regional Holiday | Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata |
| Saturday | Sep 07 | Samvatsari | Regional Holiday | |
| Saturday | Sep 07 | Vinayagar Chathurthi | Regional Holiday | Ganesh Chaturthi |
| Saturday | Sep 07 | Ganesh Chaturthi Holiday | Regional Holiday | Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata |
| Sunday | Sep 08 | Nuakhai | Regional Holiday | Odisha only. Day after Ganesh Chaturthi |
| Friday | Sep 13 | Ramdev Jayanti and Teja Dashmi | Regional Holiday | Rajasthan only |
| Saturday | Sep 14 | First Onam | Regional Holiday | Kerala only. Harvest Festival |
| Sunday | Sep 15 | Thiruvonam | Regional Holiday | Kerala only. Harvest Festival |
| Monday | Sep 16 | Third Onam | Regional Holiday | Kerala only. Harvest Festival |
| Monday | Sep 16 | Mawlid | Regional Holiday | Birthday of Prophet Muhammad |
| Tuesday | Sep 17 | Fourth Onam | Regional Holiday | Kerala only. Harvest Festival |
| Tuesday | Sep 17 | Karam Puja | Regional Holiday | Assam |
| Friday | Sep 20 | Friday after Eid e-Milad-un Nabi | Regional Holiday | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Saturday | Sep 21 | Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi | Regional Holiday | Kerala |
| Monday | Sep 23 | Haryana Heroes' Martyrdom Day | Regional Holiday | Haryana |
| Monday | Sep 23 | Maharaja Hari Singh Birth Anniversary | Regional Holiday | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Monday | Sep 30 | Jananeta Irawat Birth Day | Regional Holiday | Manipur |
| Tuesday | Oct 01 | Bathukamma Starting Day | Regional Holiday | Nine days before Durgatsami |
| Wednesday | Oct 02 | Mahatma Gandhi Birthday | Public Holiday | |
| Wednesday | Oct 02 | Mahalaya | Regional Holiday | Several states |
| Thursday | Oct 03 | Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti | Regional Holiday | Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan only |
| Thursday | Oct 10 | Maha Saptami | Regional Holiday | Several states |
| Thursday | Oct 10 | Durga Ashtami | Regional Holiday | Several states |
| Friday | Oct 11 | Navami of Durga Puja | Regional Holiday | Some states |
| Friday | Oct 11 | Ayudha Puja | Regional Holiday | Several states |
| Friday | Oct 11 | Mahanavami | Regional Holiday | Ninth day of Dussehra |
| Saturday | Oct 12 | Mahanavami | Regional Holiday | Ninth day of Dussehra |
| Saturday | Oct 12 | Durga Puja | Regional Holiday | Mahastami. Odisha, Sikkim only |
| Saturday | Oct 12 | Durga Puja | Regional Holiday | |
| Saturday | Oct 12 | Dussehra | Regional Holiday | Vijaya Dashami |
| Sunday | Oct 13 | Janmostav of Srimatna Sankardev | Regional Holiday | Assam only |
| Sunday | Oct 13 | Vijayasasami | Regional Holiday | Vijaya Dashami |
| Thursday | Oct 17 | Kati Bihu | Regional Holiday | Assam |
| Thursday | Oct 17 | Lakshmi Puja | Regional Holiday | Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal only. |
| Thursday | Oct 17 | Maharishi Valmiki Birthday | Regional Holiday | Several states |
| Saturday | Oct 26 | Accession Day | Regional Holiday | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Wednesday | Oct 30 | Narak Chaturdashi | Regional Holiday | Karnataka only |
| Thursday | Oct 31 | Sardar Patel's Birthday | Regional Holiday | Gujarat |
| Thursday | Oct 31 | Diwali | Regional Holiday | Most states |
| Thursday | Oct 31 | Kali Puja | Regional Holiday | Assam, Odisha, West Bengal |
| Friday | Nov 01 | Haryana Day | Regional Holiday | Haryana only |
| Friday | Nov 01 | Puducherry Liberation Day | Regional Holiday | |
| Friday | Nov 01 | Kannada Rajyothsava | Regional Holiday | Karnataka only |
| Friday | Nov 01 | Kut | Regional Holiday | Manipur |
| Friday | Nov 01 | Vishvakarma Day | Regional Holiday | Day after Dewali |
| Friday | Nov 01 | Govardhan Puja | Regional Holiday | Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand |
| Saturday | Nov 02 | Vikram Samvat New Year | Regional Holiday | Gujarat only. |
| Saturday | Nov 02 | Ningol Chakkouba | Regional Holiday | 2nd day of the lunar month of Hiyanggei |
| Sunday | Nov 03 | Bhai Bij | Regional Holiday | Some states |
| Monday | Nov 04 | Bhatri Dwitiya | Regional Holiday | Some states |
| Thursday | Nov 07 | Chhath Puja | Regional Holiday | Some states |
| Friday | Nov 08 | Wangala Festival | Regional Holiday | Meghalaya. Second week of November |
| Friday | Nov 15 | Birsa Munda Birth Anniversary | Regional Holiday | Madhya Pradesh |
| Friday | Nov 15 | Rasa Purnima | Regional Holiday | Odisha only |
| Friday | Nov 15 | Guru Nanak's Birthday | Regional Holiday | Full moon of the month Kartik |
| Monday | Nov 18 | Kanakadasa Jayanthi | Regional Holiday | Karnataka |
| Friday | Nov 22 | Lhabab Duechen | Regional Holiday | |
| Saturday | Nov 23 | Seng Kut Snem | Regional Holiday | Meghalaya |
| Sunday | Nov 24 | Lachit Divas | Regional Holiday | Assam |
| Sunday | Dec 01 | State Inauguration Day | Regional Holiday | Nagaland |
| Sunday | Dec 01 | Indigenous Faith Day | Regional Holiday | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Monday | Dec 02 | Asom Divas | Regional Holiday | Assam only |
| Tuesday | Dec 03 | Feast of St. Francis Xavier | Regional Holiday | Goa |
| Thursday | Dec 12 | Pa Togan Nengminza Sangma | Regional Holiday | Meghalaya |
| Wednesday | Dec 18 | Guru Ghasidas Jayanti | Regional Holiday | |
| Wednesday | Dec 18 | Death Anniversary of U SoSo Tham | Regional Holiday | Meghalaya |
| Thursday | Dec 19 | Goa Liberation Day | Regional Holiday | Goa only |
| Tuesday | Dec 24 | Christmas Eve | Regional Holiday | Several states |
| Wednesday | Dec 25 | Christmas Day | Regional Holiday | Observed in all states |
| Thursday | Dec 26 | Christmas Holiday | Regional Holiday | Several states |
| Thursday | Dec 26 | Boxing Day | Regional Holiday | |
| Monday | Dec 30 | U Kiang Nangbah | Regional Holiday | Meghalaya |
| Tuesday | Dec 31 | Losoong/Namsoong | Regional Holiday | Sikkim |
| Tuesday | Dec 31 | New Year's Eve | Regional Holiday |
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