Published 12:47 IST, January 3rd 2020

Holidays in 2020: Here is a complete list to plan your vacation well in advance

Holidays in 2020: Here is a complete list of holidays for you to plan your leisure and important tasks. So, take a look at the complete 2020 holiday list.

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As we move into a new year, the one thing that all are curious about is the number of holidays in 2020 that one will get. While there is a fixed public holiday on Republic Day (January 26), Independence Day (August 15) and Gandhi Jayanti (October 2), there are some holidays in 2020 that one will get for festivals and religious practice. This list of the holiday can differ from one state to another depending upon the state and what festivals are celebrated in the region. For example, offices, schools/colleges, banks in Kerala for Onam while in Assam they are closed for Bihu. The list of holidays in 2020 is not only important to plan some leisure activities but also for other important tasks.

A lot of people wait for the holidays in 2020 so that they can plan their vacation with family and friends. Here is a 2020 holiday list that one could refer to plan their holidays well in advance. The complete list of holidays in 2020 includes government holidays and bank holidays.

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2020 Holidays list

Day	Date	Holiday Name	Type	State
Wednesday	Jan 01	New Year's Day	Regional Holiday	Several states
Thursday	Jan 02	Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Several states
Thursday	Jan 02	New Year's Celebration	Regional Holiday	Mizoram Only
Thursday	Jan 02	Mannam Jayanthi	Regional Holiday	Kerala Only
Saturday	Jan 11	Missionary Day	Regional Holiday	Mizoram
Sunday	Jan 12	Birthday of Swami Vivekananda	Regional Holiday	West Bengal only
Tuesday	Jan 14	Bhogi	Regional Holiday	Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
Tuesday	Jan 14	Makar Sankranti	Regional Holiday	Several states
Wednesday	Jan 15	Pongal	Regional Holiday
Wednesday	Jan 15	Sankranti	Regional Holiday	Several states
Thursday	Jan 16	Tusu Puja	Regional Holiday	Assam
Thursday	Jan 16	Thiruvalluvar Day	Regional Holiday	Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Thursday	Jan 16	Kanuma	Regional Holiday	Andhra Pradesh only
Friday	Jan 17	Uzhavar Tirunal	Regional Holiday	Tamil Nadu only
Thursday	Jan 23	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Assam, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal
Saturday	Jan 25	Statehood Day	Regional Holiday	Himachal Pradesh only
Saturday	Jan 25	Sonam Lochhar	Regional Holiday	Tamang New Year
Sunday	Jan 26	Republic Day	Public Holiday
Tuesday	Jan 28	Gothar Bathou Sun	Regional Holiday	Assam
Thursday	Jan 30	Vasant Panchami	Regional Holiday	Several states
Thursday	Jan 30	Sir Chhotu Ram Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Haryana
Friday	Jan 31	Me-dam-me-phi	Regional Holiday	Assam
Sunday	Feb 09	Guru Ravidas Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Several states. Full moon of Magh
Sunday	Feb 09	Bir Chilarai Divas	Regional Holiday
Friday	Feb 14	Lui-Ngai-Ni	Regional Holiday	Manipur
Wednesday	Feb 19	Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Maharashtra only
Thursday	Feb 20	Statehood Day	Regional Holiday	Arunachal Pradesh only
Thursday	Feb 20	Mizoram State Day	Regional Holiday	Mizoram
Friday	Feb 21	Maha Shivratri	Regional Holiday	Most states
Friday	Feb 21	Maha Shivratri	Regional Holiday	Several states
Thursday	Mar 05	Panchayati Raj Diwas	Regional Holiday	Odisha
Friday	Mar 06	Chapchar Kut	Regional Holiday	Mizoram
Sunday	Mar 08	Hazrat Ali's Birthday	Regional Holiday	Uttar Pradesh only. 13th day of the Islamic month of Rajab
Monday	Mar 09	Holi Dahan	Regional Holiday	Holi Dahan
Monday	Mar 09	Imam Ali's Birthday	Regional Holiday	Uttar Pradesh only
Monday	Mar 09	Doljatra	Regional Holiday
Monday	Mar 09	Doljatra	Regional Holiday	Day before Holi
Tuesday	Mar 10	Holi	Regional Holiday
Tuesday	Mar 10	Holi Dahan	Regional Holiday	Holi Dahan
Tuesday	Mar 10	Yaosang 2nd Day	Regional Holiday	Manipur
Sunday	Mar 22	Bihar Divas	Regional Holiday	Bihar Only
Monday	Mar 23	Martyrs' Day	Regional Holiday
Wednesday	Mar 25	Ugadi	Regional Holiday	Telugu and Kannada New Year
Wednesday	Mar 25	Gudi Padwa	Regional Holiday	Telugu and Kannada New Year
Wednesday	Mar 25	Gudi Padwa	Regional Holiday	Telugu and Kannada New Year. Goa
Wednesday	Mar 25	Sajibu Nongmapanba	Regional Holiday	Manipur. 1st day of the Month of Sajibu
Wednesday	Mar 25	1st Navratra	Regional Holiday	Jammu and Kashmir
Wednesday	Mar 25	Cheti Chand	Regional Holiday
Thursday	Mar 26	Cheti Chand	Regional Holiday
Friday	Mar 27	Sarhul	Regional Holiday	Jharkhand
Wednesday	Apr 01	Bank Holiday	Not A Public Holiday	Banks only. Annual accounts closing
Wednesday	Apr 01	Odisha Day	Regional Holiday	Odisha only. Utkal Divas
Thursday	Apr 02	Ram Navami	Regional Holiday
Sunday	Apr 05	Babu Jagjivan Ram Birthday	Regional Holiday	Andhra Pradesh, Telangana only
Monday	Apr 06	Mahavir Jayanti	Regional Holiday
Monday	Apr 06	Mahavir Jayanti	Regional Holiday	The most important religious holiday in Jainism
Thursday	Apr 09	Maundy Thursday	Regional Holiday	Kerala only
Thursday	Apr 09	Shab e-Barat	Regional Holiday	15 Sha'aban
Friday	Apr 10	Good Friday	Regional Holiday
Sunday	Apr 12	Easter Sunday	Regional Holiday
Monday	Apr 13	Biju Festival	Regional Holiday	Tripura only
Monday	Apr 13	Bohag Bihu	Regional Holiday	Assamese New Year
Tuesday	Apr 14	Dr Ambedkar Jayanti	Regional Holiday
Tuesday	Apr 14	Mahabishuba Sankranti	Regional Holiday	Odisha
Tuesday	Apr 14	Tamil New Year	Regional Holiday	Tamil Nadu, Puducherry
Tuesday	Apr 14	Bohag Bihu	Regional Holiday	Arunachal Pradesh, Assam only
Tuesday	Apr 14	Bohag Bihu Holiday	Regional Holiday	Arunachal Pradesh, Assam only
Tuesday	Apr 14	Bengali New Year	Regional Holiday	Tripura, West Bengal only
Tuesday	Apr 14	Vishu	Regional Holiday	Kerala Only. First day of Tulu calendar
Tuesday	Apr 14	Ashoka's Birth Anniversary	Regional Holiday	Bihar only
Tuesday	Apr 14	Vaisakhi	Regional Holiday	Several states
Wednesday	Apr 15	Himachal Day	Regional Holiday	Himachal Pradesh only
Wednesday	Apr 15	Bohag Bihu Holiday	Regional Holiday	Assam
Tuesday	Apr 21	Baisakhi	Regional Holiday	Several states
Thursday	Apr 23	Tithi of Damodar Deva	Regional Holiday	Assam only
Thursday	Apr 23	Veer Kunvar Singh Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Bihar
Saturday	Apr 25	Parashurama Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Several states
Sunday	Apr 26	Parashurama Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Several states
Sunday	Apr 26	Basava Jayanthi	Regional Holiday	Karnataka
Tuesday	Apr 28	Garia Puja	Regional Holiday	Tripura only. 7th day of Vaishakha
Friday	May 01	Maharashtra Day	Regional Holiday	Maharashtra only
Friday	May 01	Labour Day	Regional Holiday	Many states
Thursday	May 07	Buddha Purnima	Regional Holiday	Birth of Buddha
Friday	May 08	Birthday of Rabindra Nath Tagore	Regional Holiday	Tripura, West Bengal
Saturday	May 16	Sikkim State Day	Regional Holiday	Sikkim only
Wednesday	May 20	Shab-I-Qadr	Regional Holiday	Jammu and Kashmir
Friday	May 22	Jumatul Bidah	Regional Holiday	Last Friday of the month of Ramadan
Sunday	May 24	Idul Fitr	Regional Holiday	Most states
Monday	May 25	Idul Fitr	Regional Holiday	Most states
Monday	May 25	Birthday of Kazi Nazrul Islam	Regional Holiday	Tripura only
Monday	May 25	Maharana Pratap Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan only
Tuesday	May 26	Martyrdom Day of Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji	Regional Holiday	Punjab Only
Tuesday	May 26	Following Day Of Ramzan	Regional Holiday	Telengana
Friday	Jun 05	Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Gazetted holiday in several states
Saturday	Jun 06	Janmotsav of Sri Sri Madhav Dev	Regional Holiday	Assam only
Sunday	Jun 14	Pahili Raja	Regional Holiday	Odisha
Sunday	Jun 14	Raja Sankranti	Regional Holiday	Odisha only
Monday	Jun 15	YMA Day	Regional Holiday	Mizoram
Monday	Jun 22	Thomas Jones Day	Regional Holiday	Meghalaya
Tuesday	Jun 23	Ratha Yatra	Regional Holiday	Odisha
Tuesday	Jun 30	Remna Ni	Regional Holiday	Mizoram
Friday	Jul 03	Behdienkhlam	Regional Holiday	Meghalaya
Monday	Jul 06	MHIP Day	Regional Holiday	Mizoram
Monday	Jul 13	Martyrs' Day	Regional Holiday	Jammu and Kashmir only
Friday	Jul 17	U Tirot Sing Day	Regional Holiday	Meghalaya
Monday	Jul 20	Bonalu	Regional Holiday
Monday	Jul 20	Karkkadaka Vavu	Regional Holiday	Kerala
Monday	Jul 27	Kharchi Puja	Regional Holiday	Tripura only
Friday	Jul 31	Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Udham Singh	Regional Holiday	Haryana
Friday	Jul 31	Id-ul-Ad'ha	Regional Holiday	Many states
Saturday	Aug 01	Bakrid	Regional Holiday	Many states
Monday	Aug 03	Raksha Bandhan	Regional Holiday	Several states. Shravana Purnima
Sunday	Aug 09	Adhivasi Divas	Regional Holiday
Monday	Aug 10	Ker Puja	Regional Holiday	Tripura only
Tuesday	Aug 11	Janmashtami	Regional Holiday	Many states
Wednesday	Aug 12	Janmashtami	Regional Holiday	Many states
Thursday	Aug 13	Patriot's Day	Regional Holiday	Observed on August 13th
Saturday	Aug 15	Independence Day	Public Holiday
Sunday	Aug 16	De jure Transfer Day	Regional Holiday	Puducherry
Sunday	Aug 16	Parsi New Year	Regional Holiday	Jamshed Navroz
Thursday	Aug 20	Tithi of Srimatna Sankardev	Regional Holiday	Assam only
Friday	Aug 21	Teej (Hari-talika)	Regional Holiday	Women only
Saturday	Aug 22	Ganesh Chaturthi	Regional Holiday	Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata
Saturday	Aug 22	Samvatsari	Regional Holiday
Saturday	Aug 22	Vinayagar Chathurthi	Regional Holiday	Ganesh Chaturthi
Sunday	Aug 23	Nuakhai	Regional Holiday	Odisha only. Day after Ganesh Chaturthi
Friday	Aug 28	Ayyankali Jayanthi	Regional Holiday	Kerala only
Friday	Aug 28	Ramdev Jayanti and Teja Dashmi	Regional Holiday	Rajasthan
Saturday	Aug 29	Ashura	Regional Holiday	Many states
Saturday	Aug 29	Karam	Regional Holiday	Jharkhand
Sunday	Aug 30	Ashura	Regional Holiday	Many states
Sunday	Aug 30	First Onam	Regional Holiday	Kerala only. Harvest Festival
Monday	Aug 31	Thiruvonam	Regional Holiday	Kerala only. Harvest Festival
Tuesday	Sep 01	Third Onam	Regional Holiday	Kerala only. Harvest Festival
Wednesday	Sep 02	Sree Narayana Guru Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Kerala only
Wednesday	Sep 02	Fourth Onam	Regional Holiday	Kerala only. Harvest Festival
Monday	Sep 07	Tithi of Shrimanta Shankar Dev	Regional Holiday	Assam only
Tuesday	Sep 15	Mahalaya	Regional Holiday	Karnataka, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal only.
Thursday	Sep 17	Mahalaya	Regional Holiday	Karnataka, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal only.
Monday	Sep 21	Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi	Regional Holiday	Kerala only
Wednesday	Sep 23	Haryana Heroes' Martyrdom Day	Regional Holiday	Haryana
Saturday	Sep 26	Janmostav of Srimatna Sankardev	Regional Holiday	Assam only
Friday	Oct 02	Mahatma Gandhi Birthday	Public Holiday	Gandhi Jayanti
Saturday	Oct 17	Bathukamma Starting Day	Regional Holiday	Nine days before Durgatsami
Saturday	Oct 17	Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti	Regional Holiday	Several states
Monday	Oct 19	Kati Bihu	Regional Holiday	Assam only
Thursday	Oct 22	Maha Saptami	Regional Holiday	Several states
Friday	Oct 23	Maha Saptami	Regional Holiday	Several states
Saturday	Oct 24	Durga Ashtami	Regional Holiday	Several states
Saturday	Oct 24	Navami of Durga Puja	Regional Holiday	Several states. Ninth Day of Dussehra
Saturday	Oct 24	Navami of Durga Puja	Regional Holiday	Several states
Sunday	Oct 25	Dussehra	Regional Holiday	Vijaya Dashami
Sunday	Oct 25	Navami of Durga Puja	Regional Holiday	Several states
Sunday	Oct 25	Nabami	Regional Holiday	Some states
Sunday	Oct 25	Ayudha Puja	Regional Holiday	Several states
Sunday	Oct 25	Vijaya Dashami	Regional Holiday
Sunday	Oct 25	Durga Puja	Regional Holiday
Sunday	Oct 25	Durga Puja	Regional Holiday	Mahastami. Sikkim only
Monday	Oct 26	Dussehra	Regional Holiday	Vijaya Dashami
Monday	Oct 26	Durga Puja	Regional Holiday
Thursday	Oct 29	Mawlid	Regional Holiday	Birthday of Prophet Muhammad
Friday	Oct 30	Mawlid	Regional Holiday	Birthday of Prophet Muhammad
Friday	Oct 30	Lakshmi Puja	Regional Holiday	Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal only.
Saturday	Oct 31	Sardar Patel's Birthday	Regional Holiday	Gujarat
Saturday	Oct 31	Maharishi Valmiki Birthday	Regional Holiday	Several states
Saturday	Oct 31	Lakshmi Puja	Regional Holiday	Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal only.
Sunday	Nov 01	Haryana Day	Regional Holiday	Haryana only.
Sunday	Nov 01	Kannada Rajyothsava	Regional Holiday	Karnataka only
Sunday	Nov 01	Puducherry Liberation Day	Regional Holiday
Saturday	Nov 07	Lhabab Duechen	Regional Holiday
Saturday	Nov 14	Narak Chaturdashi	Regional Holiday	Karnataka
Saturday	Nov 14	Diwali	Regional Holiday	Many states
Saturday	Nov 14	Kali Puja	Regional Holiday	Assam, Odisha, West Bengal
Sunday	Nov 15	Govardhan Puja	Regional Holiday	Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
Sunday	Nov 15	Vishvakarma Day	Regional Holiday	Day after Dewali
Sunday	Nov 15	Vishvakarma Day	Regional Holiday	Govardhan Puja
Monday	Nov 16	Diwali	Regional Holiday	Bali Pratipada
Monday	Nov 16	Vikram Samvat New Year	Regional Holiday	Gujarat only.
Monday	Nov 16	Vishvakarma Day	Regional Holiday	Govardhan Puja
Monday	Nov 16	Balipadyami Deepavali	Regional Holiday	Deepavali
Monday	Nov 16	Bhai Bij	Regional Holiday	Several states
Tuesday	Nov 17	Ningol Chakkouba	Regional Holiday	2nd day of the lunar month of Hiyanggei
Friday	Nov 20	Chhath Puja	Regional Holiday	Some states
Monday	Nov 23	Rasa Purnima	Regional Holiday	Odisha only
Tuesday	Nov 24	Lachit Divas	Regional Holiday	Assam only
Thursday	Nov 26	Seng Kut Snem	Regional Holiday	Meghalaya
Monday	Nov 30	Guru Nanak's Birthday	Regional Holiday	Full moon of the month Kartik
Monday	Nov 30	Friday after Eid e-Milad-un Nabi	Regional Holiday	Jammu and Kashmir only
Tuesday	Dec 01	State Inauguration Day	Regional Holiday	Nagaland
Tuesday	Dec 01	Indigenous faith day	Regional Holiday	Arunachal Pradesh
Wednesday	Dec 02	Asom Divas	Regional Holiday	Assam only
Thursday	Dec 03	Kanakadasa Jayanthi	Regional Holiday	Karnataka
Thursday	Dec 03	World Disabled Day	Regional Holiday	Tripura only
Thursday	Dec 03	Feast of St. Francis Xavier	Regional Holiday	Goa only.
Saturday	Dec 05	Birthday of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah	Regional Holiday	Jammu and Kashmir
Saturday	Dec 12	Pa Togan Nengminza Sangma	Regional Holiday	Meghalaya
Friday	Dec 18	Guru Ghasidas Jayanti	Regional Holiday
Friday	Dec 18	Death Anniversary of U SoSo Tham	Regional Holiday	Meghalaya
Saturday	Dec 19	Martyrdom of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji	Regional Holiday	Punjab only
Saturday	Dec 19	Goa Liberation Day	Regional Holiday	Goa only
Thursday	Dec 24	Christmas Eve	Regional Holiday	Meghalaya, Mizoram
Friday	Dec 25	Christmas Day	Regional Holiday	Observed in all states
Saturday	Dec 26	Boxing Day	Regional Holiday
Wednesday	Dec 30	U Kiang Nangbah	Regional Holiday	Meghalaya

This is the complete list of holidays in 2020. You could use this 2020 holiday list to plan your long weekends, vacations and a lot more. This list also includes government holidays as well as bank holidays. This 2020 holidays list consists of various states all over India.

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Holidays in 2020: Here is a complete list to plan your vacation well in advance

Holidays in 2020: Here is a complete list of holidays for you to plan your leisure and important tasks. So, take a look at the complete 2020 holiday list.

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