List of Holidays 2023 – Indian Holiday Calendar

List of Holiday in India : An extensive selection of public holidays, gazetted holidays, restricted holidays, and required observances are included in the Indian Holiday Calendar for 2023. This collection showcases the diverse cultural and religious history of India. Public holidays like Republic Day and Independence Day bring the entire country together to celebrate. Gazetted holidays are recognized by the government and include celebrations like Diwali and Eid.

While required holidays highlight significant occasions like Gandhi Jayanti, restricted holidays offer freedom for personal observances. This thorough calendar captures the nation’s peaceful fusion of customs and laws, offering a well-balanced mixture of communal celebration and personal expression throughout the year.

List Of Holiday 2023 – Indian Holiday Calander

Date	Day	Holiday	Type of Holiday	State
01-Jan Sunday	Sunday	New Year’s Day	Government Holiday	Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Pondicherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Telangana, Tamil Nadu
02-Jan	Monday	New Year Holiday	Government Holiday	Mizoram
04-Jan	Wednesday	Gaan-Ngai	Public Holiday	Manipur
11-Jan	Wednesday	Missionary Day	Public Holiday	Mizoram
12-Jan	Thursday	Swami Vivekananda Jayanti	Public Holiday	West Bengal
14-Jan	Saturday	Magh Bihu	Regional Holiday	Assam
14-Jan	Saturday	Makar Sankranti	Regional Holiday	Gujarat, Karnataka, Sikkim
15-Jan	Sunday	Pongal	Regional Holiday	Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu
15-Jan	Sunday	Thiruvalluvar Day	Regional Holiday	Tamil Nadu
16-Jan	Monday	Kanuma Panduga	Regional Holiday	Andhra Pradesh
16-Jan	Monday	Uzhavar Thirunal	Regional Holiday	Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu
22-Jan	Sunday	Sonam Losar	Regional Holiday	Sikkim
23-Jan	Monday	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Assam, Jharkhand, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal
25-Jan	Wednesday	State Day	Regional Holiday	Himachal Pradesh
26-Jan	Thursday	Republic Day	National Holiday	National
26-Jan	Thursday	Vasant Panchami	Regional Holiday	Haryana, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal
31-Jan	Tuesday	Me-Dum-Me-Phi	Regional Holiday	Assam
05-Feb	Sunday	Hazrat Ali Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Uttar Pradesh
05-Feb	Sunday	Guru Ravidas Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab
15-Feb	Wednesday	Lui-Ngai-Ni	Regional Holiday	Manipur
18-Feb	Saturday	Maha Shivaratri	Regional Holiday	National except Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Goa, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Pondicherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
19-Feb	Sunday	Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Maharashtra
20-Feb	Monday	State Day	Regional Holiday	Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram
21-Feb	Tuesday	Losar	Regional Holiday	Sikkim
05-Mar	Sunday	Panchayatiraj Divas	Regional Holiday	Odisha
07-Mar	Tuesday	Holi	Regional Holiday	Telangana
07-Mar	Tuesday	Yaosang	Regional Holiday	Manipur
08-Mar	Wednesday	Holi	Regional Holiday	National except Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, West Bengal
08-Mar	Wednesday	Doljatra	Regional Holiday	West Bengal
08-Mar	Wednesday	Yaosang 2nd Day	Regional Holiday	Manipur
22-Mar	Wednesday	Bihar Day	Regional Holiday	Bihar
22-Mar	Wednesday	Gudi Padwa	Regional Holiday	Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh
22-Mar	Wednesday	Telugu New Year	Regional Holiday	Tamil Nadu
22-Mar	Wednesday	Ugadi	Regional Holiday	Andhra Pradesh, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Goa, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Telangana
23-Mar	Thursday	S. Bhagat Singh’s	Martyrdom Day	Regional Holiday Haryana
24-Mar	Friday	Sarhul	Regional Holiday	Jharkhand
30-Mar	Thursday	Ram Navami	Regional Holiday	National except Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal
01-Apr	Saturday	Odisha Day	Regional Holiday	Odisha
04-Apr	Tuesday	Mahavir Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Daman and Diu, Delhi, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Lakshadweep, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh
05-Apr	Wednesday	Babu Jagjivan Ram Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
07-Apr	Friday	Good Friday	Regional Holiday	National except Haryana, Jharkhand
08-Apr	Saturday	Easter Saturday	Regional Holiday	Nagaland
09-Apr	Sunday	Easter Sunday	Regional Holiday	Kerala, Nagaland
13-Apr	Thursday	Bohag Bihu Holiday	Regional Holiday	Assam
14-Apr	Friday	Bohag Bihu	Regional Holiday	Arunachal Pradesh, Assam
14-Apr	Friday	Cheiraoba	Regional Holiday	Manipur
14-Apr	Friday	Dr Ambedkar Jayanti	National Holiday	National except Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Delhi, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura
14-Apr	Friday	Maha Vishuba Sankranti	Regional Holiday	Odisha
14-Apr	Friday	Tamil New Year	Regional Holiday	Tamil Nadu
14-Apr	Friday	Vaisakh	Regional Holiday	Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh
14-Apr	Friday	Vishu	Regional Holiday	Kerala
15-Apr	Saturday	Bengali New Year	Regional Holiday	Tripura
21-Apr	Friday	Garia Puja	Regional Holiday	Tripura
01-May	Monday	May Day / Labour Day	Government Holiday	National
01-May	Monday	Maharashtra Day	Regional Holiday	Maharashtra
09-May	Tuesday	Guru Rabindranath Jayanti	Regional Holiday	West Bengal
10-May	Wednesday	Buddha Purnima	Regional Holiday	National except Goa, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, West Bengal
15-May	Monday	Shab-i-Qadr	Regional Holiday	Jammu and Kashmir
26-May	Friday	Buddha Purnima	Regional Holiday	Manipur
29-May	Monday	Birthday of Kazi Nazrul Islam	Regional Holiday	West Bengal
09-Jun	Friday	Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Himachal Pradesh, Punjab
21-Jun	Wednesday	Rath Yatra	Regional Holiday	Odisha
26-Jun	Monday	Raja Sankranti	Regional Holiday	Odisha
28-Jun	Wednesday	Kharchi Puja	Regional Holiday	Tripura
30-Jun	Friday	Remna Ni	Regional Holiday	Mizoram
15-Jul	Saturday	Bhanu Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Sikkim
17-Jul	Monday	U Tirot Sing Day	Regional Holiday	Meghalaya
26-Jul	Wednesday	Kargil Victory Day	Regional Holiday	Jammu and Kashmir
07-Aug	Monday	Raksha Bandhan	Regional Holiday	Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh
15-Aug	Tuesday	Independence Day	National Holiday	National
17-Aug	Thursday	Parsi New Year	Regional Holiday	Gujarat
25-Aug	Friday	Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayaka Chaturthi	Regional Holiday	Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana
02-Sep	Saturday	Bakri Id / Eid ul-Adha	Regional Holiday	National except Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Tripura
03-Sep	Sunday	Bakri Id / Eid ul-Adha	Holiday Regional	Holiday Telangana
03-Sep	Sunday	Nuakhai	Regional Holiday	Odisha
04-Sep	Monday	Thiruvonam	Regional Holiday	Kerala
04-Sep	Monday	Sree Narayana Guru Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Kerala
17-Sep	Sunday	Vishwakarma Puja	Regional Holiday	Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Tripura
20-Sep	Wednesday	First Onam	Regional Holiday	Kerala
21-Sep	Thursday	Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi	Regional Holiday	Kerala
27-Sep	Wednesday	S. Bhagat Singh’s Birth Anniversary	Regional Holiday	Punjab
28-Sep	Thursday	Saptami of Durgapuja	Regional Holiday	Odisha
28-Sep	Thursday	Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
29-Sep	Friday	Durgastami	Regional Holiday	Assam, Odisha
29-Sep	Friday	Durga Puja / Dussehra	Regional Holiday	Tripura
30-Sep	Saturday	Mahanavami	Regional Holiday	Assam, Odisha
30-Sep	Saturday	Durga Puja / Dussehra	Regional Holiday	National except Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, West Bengal
30-Sep	Saturday	Vijaya Dashami	Regional Holiday	Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, West Bengal
01-Oct	Sunday	Durga Puja / Dussehra	Regional Holiday	National except Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, West Bengal
01-Oct	Sunday	Muharram	Regional Holiday	National except Goa, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu
01-Oct	Sunday	Papankunsha Ekadashi	Regional Holiday	Odisha
02-Oct	Monday	Gandhi Jayanti	National Holiday	National
05-Oct	Thursday	Lakshmi Puja	Regional Holiday	Odisha, Tripura
18-Oct	Wednesday	Deewali / Deepavali	Regional Holiday	National except Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, West Bengal
18-Oct	Wednesday	Kati Bihu	Regional Holiday	Assam
19-Oct	Thursday	Goverdhan Puja	Regional Holiday	Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh
20-Oct	Friday	Balipratipada	Regional Holiday	Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra
21-Oct	Saturday	Bhai Duj	Regional Holiday	Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan
23-Oct	Monday	Chhath Puja	Regional Holiday	Bihar, Jharkhand
24-Oct	Tuesday	Chhath Puja	Regional Holiday	Bihar, Jharkhand
24-Oct	Tuesday	Lhabab Duchen	Regional Holiday	Sikkim
01-Nov	Wednesday	Haryana Day	Regional Holiday	Haryana
01-Nov	Wednesday	Kut	Regional Holiday	Manipur
02-Nov	Thursday	Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Maharashtra
02-Nov	Thursday	Wangala Festival	Regional Holiday	Meghalaya
04-Nov	Saturday	Guru Nanak Gurpurab	Regional Holiday	National except Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura
12- Nov	Sunday	Diwali / Deepavali	Regional Holiday	Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu
02-Dec	Saturday	Eid-e-Milad	Regional Holiday	National except Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chandigarh, Goa, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura
04-Dec	Monday	Death Anniversary of Guru Teg Bahadur Sahib	Regional Holiday	Punjab
05-Dec	Tuesday	Birthday of Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah	Regional Holiday	Jammu and Kashmir
09-Dec	Saturday	Shaheedi Diwas of Guru Teg Bahadur Sahib	Regional Holiday	Punjab
12-Dec	Tuesday	Pa-Togan Nengminza Sangma	Regional Holiday	Meghalaya
18-Dec	Monday	Guru Ghasidas Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Chhattisgarh
19-Dec	Tuesday	Liberation Day	Regional Holiday	Goa
22-Dec	Friday	Statehood Day	Regional Holiday	Jammu and Kashmir
23-Dec	Saturday	First Day of Losar	Regional Holiday	Sikkim
25-Dec	Monday	Christmas Day	Christian Holiday	National
30-Dec	Saturday	Tamu Lhosar	Regional Holiday	Sikkim
31-Dec	Sunday	New Year’s Eve	Public Holiday	Manipur, Mizoram

Few Important Holidays In India

Certainly, the following justifies a few significant Indian holidays:

1. New Year’s Day – January 1, 2023

The year starts with the festival of New Year’s Day, a worldwide occasion where individuals bid goodbye to the old year and welcome the enhanced one with delight and energy. As people embrace the spirit of new beginnings, celebrations, parties, and fireworks fill the streets.

2. Makar Sankranti – January 14, 2023

Makar Sankranti this year took place on the 14th of January 2023. This is a harvest festival which is observed in various parts of India with a great deal of fervor. The significant part about this festival is that it marks the end of winter solstice and sun’s transition into the Makara (Zodaic sign- Capricorn). People fly colorful kites, exchange traditional sweets, and take holy dips in sacred rivers.

3. Republic Day – January 26, 2023

On 26th January 1950, India’s constitution came into effect which makes it a momentous occasion and brings in a big celebration. Since India was made a sovereign public, we celebrate this day by showcasing the country’s military achievements, cultural diversity, and might. Grand parades are organized all over the country.

4. Holi – March 9, 2023

Holi, the festival of colors, is celebrated by Hindus with joy. People smearing each other with colored powder and water, people gather to mark the triumph of good over evil. It encourages a feeling of solidarity and spreads love and satisfaction among all.

5. Eid al-Fitr – April 2, 2023

As said, India is a multicultural nation and Muslims are a major piece of it. Eid al-Fitr, is praised by Muslims in India in a fantastic way. This celebration is otherwise called the “Celebration of Breaking the fast.” The blessed month of fasting marks the finish of Ramadan. In this favorable event, there are a few essential parts which include exchange of gifts and prayers.

6. Independence Day – August 15, 2023

Independence Day holds massive importance as it marks India’s independence from British rule in 1947. The day is set apart with flag hoisting functions, patriotic talks, and social ceremonies that touch off the soul of patriotism in each Indian heart.

7. Ganesh Chaturthi – September 19, 2023

Ganesh Chaturthi is a lively celebration celebrated with extraordinary commitment across India, particularly in Maharashtra. It respects Lord Ganesha, the remover of obstacles. Cultural events fill the roads during this ten-day-long festival.

8. Diwali – November 12, 2023

Diwali will be celebrated this year on 12th Nov 2023. Being one of the most important festivals for Indians, it is celebrated in a majestic way. The festival is celebrated for the victory of good over evil and therefore we call it the festival of lights. We illuminate our homes with candles, lamps, diyas, and lights. Gifts are also exchanged.

9. Eid al-Adha – November 22, 2023

Eid al-Adha, otherwise called the “Celebration of Penance,” is a critical Islamic celebration. It honors Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham)’s willingness to sacrifice his son in response to God’s command. The celebration cultivates a feeling of noble cause and division between the Muslim people group.

10. Christmas – December 25, 2023

Christmas, though celebrated by a minority in India, encourages a festive spirit in various regions. Churches are beautifully adorned, and people come together to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ with prayers, carols, and acts of kindness.

Before we conclude the article, you can take a look at the entire year’s detailed holiday’s list which mentions the date, day, holiday name, type of holiday and the states in which it is majorly celebrated.

Conclusion

India’s vacation schedule for 2023 involves a colorful calendar of festivals, and religious observances. Every celebration holds social importance and adds to the country’s rich embroidered artwork of variety and agreement. These events unite individuals, reinforcing the power of profound devotion and unity among citizens.

Frequently Asked Question’s on Holidays in 2023

1. What are India’s major celebrations in 2023?

India celebrations in 2023 include Eid al-Adha, Eid al-Fitr, Christmas, Diwali, Holi, Ganesh Chaturthi, Republic day, Makar Sankranti, and New Year’s Day.

2. How many holidays are there in 2023 in India?

According to a circular from the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, there are 17 proclaimed holidays and more than 25 restricted holidays for the upcoming year.

3. How many holidays are there in 2023 in India ?

17 Gazetted and more than 50 restrictive. Around 76 Holidays in total.

4. What takes place in India on Republic Day?

Republic Day recognizes the day when India’s constitution became effective, pronouncing the country a sovereign republic. Grand parades and cultural displays mark its celebration.

5. In India, how is Holi celebrated?

The playful throwing of colored powder and water is how Holi is celebrated. It promotes unity and joy among people and represents the triumph of good over evil.