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