Public Holidays in India 2009

There are 18 Indian public holidays in 2009. 14 of them fall on working days, which leaves 247 working days after 104 weekend days.

The Indian public holidays in 2009 are Muharram (Thursday, January 8), Republic Day (Monday, January 26), Milad-un-Nabi (Prophet Mohammad's Birthday) (Tuesday, March 10), Holi (Wednesday, March 11), Ram Navami (Friday, April 3), Mahavir Jayanti (Tuesday, April 7), Good Friday (Friday, April 10), Buddha Purnima (Saturday, May 9), Janmashtami (Friday, August 14), Independence Day (Saturday, August 15), Id-ul-Fitr (Monday, September 21), Dussehra (Vijaya Dashami) (Monday, September 28), Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday (Gandhi Jayanti) (Friday, October 2), Diwali (Deepavali) (Saturday, October 17), Guru Nanak's Birthday (Monday, November 2), Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) (Saturday, November 28), Christmas Day (Friday, December 25) and Muharram (Monday, December 28).

There are 9 long weekends of three days or more in 2009: Jan 24–Jan 26 (3 days, Republic Day); Apr 3–Apr 5 (3 days, Ram Navami); Apr 10–Apr 12 (3 days, Good Friday); Aug 14–Aug 16 (3 days, Janmashtami, Independence Day); Sep 19–Sep 21 (3 days, Id-ul-Fitr); Sep 26–Sep 28 (3 days, Dussehra (Vijaya Dashami)); Oct 2–Oct 4 (3 days, Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday (Gandhi Jayanti)); Oct 31–Nov 2 (3 days, Guru Nanak's Birthday); Dec 25–Dec 28 (4 days, Christmas Day, Muharram).

The weekend in India is Saturday and Sunday. Holidays that fall on a weekend are shown in the list.

Gazetted holidays for central government offices in Delhi (DoPT). States add their own holidays, and many offices work on Saturdays. Festival dates for years without a DoPT list yet are estimated from the moon.

Dates marked tentative follow the moon: Islamic holidays use the Umm al-Qura calendar and depend on the moon sighting, and festival dates for years without an official list are estimated. The official date can differ by a day.