All festivals in India are celebrated in accordance with solar and lunar almanac. Some popuar Indian festivals are Rakhi, Diwali, Dussehra, Durga Puja, Holi, Onam, Navratri, Pongal, Christmas, Bakra Eid, and Muhorram are celebrated by people of various religions in different parts of this country. Public and National Holidays calendar is the best source to know the exact date of closing office so that people can get some relaxation from a load of work and pressure. Here are the list of India’s public & National holidays in 2013 that we manage to compile. This post also provide name of Indian holidays which is comes in 2013 and more about major fairs and festivals celebrated in India.
List of Public Holidays & National Holidays For New Year 2013
- January - 01 Tuesday New Year's Day
- January - 13 Sunday Makar Sakranti
- January - 14 Monday Pongal
- January - 18 Friday Guru Gobind Singh's Birthday
- January - 25 Friday Id-E-Milad
- January - 26 Saturday Republic Day
- February - 14 Thursday Sri Panchami
- February - 15 Friday Vasant Panchami
- March - 10 Sunday Maha Shivratri
- March - 27 Wednesday Holi
- March - 29 Friday Good Friday
- March - 31 Sunday Easter
- April - 11 Thursday Hindi New Year (Gudi Padawa)
- April - 13 Saturday Vaisakhi/Vishu
- April - 24 Wednesday Mahavir Jayanthi
- May - 01 Wednesday May Day
- May - 25 Saturday Buddha Purnima
- July - 10 Wednesday Rath Yatra
- August - 09 Friday Id-Ul-Fitr
- August - 15 Thursday Independence Day
- August - 18 Sunday Parsi New Year's day
- August - 20 Tuesday Raksha Bandhan
- August - 28 Wednesday Krishna Janmastami
- September - 09 Monday Ganesh Chaturthi
- September - 16 Monday Onam
- October - 02 Wednesday Mahatma Gandhi Jayanthi
- October - 13 Sunday Vijaya Dashami
- October - 16 Wednesday Bakri Id
- October - 22 Tuesday Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chouth)
- November - 1 Friday Dhanteras
- November - 2 Saturday Narak Chaturdashi
- November - 3 Sunday Main Deepavali
- November - 4 Monday Padwa Puja & Govardhan Puja
- November - 5 Tuesday Bhai Duj
- November - 14 Thursday Muharram
- November - 17 Sunday Guru Nanak Jayanthi
- December - 25 Wednesday Christmas
