List of Holidays in 2014

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: With the New Year just around the corner, many of you must have started preparing for next year`s vacations or other important engagements. Most of us lookout for extended weekends to plan for such events. To help you out, we here present a list of holidays in 2014 as declared by the Government of India: January 1 – New Year`s Day (Restricted Holiday) Jan 7 - Guru Gobind Singh`s Birthday (RH) Jan 14 - Id-E-Milad (Gazetted Holiday), Makar Sankranti (RH), Pongal (RH) Jan 26 - Republic Day (GH) February 4 - Basant Panchami (RH) Feb 14 - Guru Ravidas`s Birthday (RH) Feb 19 - Shivaji Jayanti (RH) Feb 24 - Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti (RH) Feb 27 - Maha Shivaratri (RH) March 16 - Holika Dahan (RH) Mar 17 - Holi (GH) Mar 31 - Chaitra Suldadi/Gudi Padava/Ugadi/Cheti Chand (RH) April 8 - Ram Navami (GH) Apr 13 - Mahavir Jayanti (GH) April 14 - Vaisakhi/Vishu/Masadi (RH) Apr 15 - Vaisakhadi(Bengal)/Bahag Bihu (Assam) (RH) Apr 18 - Good Friday (GH) Apr 20 - Easter Sunday (RH) May 9 - Guru Rabindranath`s birthday (RH) May 13 - Hazarat Ali`s Birthday (RH) May 14 - Buddha Purnima (GH) June 29 - Rath Yatra (RH) July 25 - Jamat-Ul-Vida (RH) Jul 29 - Idu`l Fitr (GH) August 10 - Raksha Bandhan (RH) Aug 15 - Independence Day (GH) Aug 18 - Janmashtami (GH), Nauroz (RH) Aug 29 - Ganesh Chaturthi (RH) September 7 - Onam (RH) October 2 - Mahatma Gandhi`s Birthday (GH) Oct 3 - Dussehra (GH) Oct 6 – Id-ul-Zuha (GH) Oct 8 - Maharishi Valmiki`s Birthday (RH) Oct 11 - Karva Chouth (RH) Oct 23 - Diwali (GH) Oct 24 - Govardhan Puja (RH) Oct 25 - Bhai Duj (RH) Oct 29 - Chhat Puja (RH) November 4 - Muharram (GH) Nov 6 - Guru Nanak`s Birthday (GH) Nov 24 - Guru Teg Bahadur`s Martyrdom Day (RH) December 25 - Christmas (GH) Dec 28 - Guru Gobind Singh`s Birthday (RH) * GH - Gazetted Holiday, RH - Restricted Holiday