List of declared Holidays and Restricted Holidays for the year 2012

Holidays

S.No.	Holiday	Date	Saka Date	Day
				1933 SAKA ERA
1	Republic Day	January 26	Magha 06	Thursday
2	Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)	February 05	Magha 16	Sunday
3	Maha Shivaratri	February 20	Phalguna 01	Monday
4	Holi	March 08	Phalguna 18	Thursday

				1934 SAKA ERA
5	Mahavir Jayanti	April 05	Chaitra 16	Thursday
6	Good Friday	April 06	Chaitra 17	Friday
7	Buddha Prunima	May 06	Vaisakha 16	Sunday
8	Janamashtami (Vaisnava)	August 10	Sravana 19	Friday
9	Independence Day	August 15	Sravana 24	Wednesday
10	Idu'l Fitr	August 20	Sravana 29	Monday
11	Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday	October 02	Asvina 10	Tuesday
12	Dussehra (Vijaya Dashami)	October 24	Kartika 02	Wednesday
13	Idu'l Zuha (Bakrid)	October 27	Kartika 05	Saturday
14	Diwali (Deepavali)	November 13	Kartika 22	Tuesday
15	Muharram	November 25	Agrahayana 04	Sunday
16	Guru Nanak's Birthday	November 28	Agrahayana 07	Wednesday
17	Christmas Day	December 25	Pausa 04	Tuesday

Restricted Holidays

S.No.	Holiday	Date	Saka Date	Day
				SAKA ERA 1933
1	New Year's Day	January 01	Pausa 11	Sunday
2	Makar Sankranti	January 14	Pausa 24	Saturday
3	Pongal	January 15	Pausa 25	Sunday
4	Basanta Panchami / Sri Panchami	January 28	Magha 08	Saturday
5	Guru Ravidas' Birthday	February 07	Magha 18	Tuesday
6	Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti	February 16	Magha 27	Thursday
7	Shivaji Jayanthi	February 19	Magha 30	Sunday
8	Holika Dahan	March 07	Phalguna 17	Wednesday
				SAKA ERA 1934
9	Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava / Ugadi / Cheti Chand	March 23	Chaitra 03	Friday
10	Ram Navmi	April 01	Chaitra 12	Sunday
11	Ester Sunday	April 08	Chaitra 19	Sunday
12	Vaisakhi	April 13	Chaitra 24	Friday
13	Vishu	April 13	Chaitra 24	Friday
14	Mesadi	April 14	Chaitra 25	Saturday
15	Vaisakhadi (Bengal)/Bahag Bihu (Assam)	April 14	Chaitra 25	Saturday
16	Guru Rabindranath's Birthday	May 08	Vaisakha 18	Tuesday
17	Hazarat Ali's Birthday	June 04	Jyaishtha 14	Monday
18	Rath Yatra	June 21	Jyaishtha 31	Thursday
19	Raksha Bandhan	August 02	Sravana 26	Thursday
20	Jamat-UI-Vida	August 17	Sravana 27	Friday
21	Parsi New Year's day	August 18	Sravana 30	Saturday
22	Vinayaka Chaturthi	August 21	Sravana 30	Tuesday
23	Onam	August 29	Bhadra 07	Wednesday
24	Ganesh Chaturthi	September 19	Bhadra 07	Wednesday
25	(Maha Saptami (Additional)	October 21	Asvina 29	Sunday
26	Dussehra (Maha Astami) (Additional)	October 22	Asvina 30	Monday
27	Dussehra (Maha Navami)	October 23	Kartika 01	Tuesday
28	Maharishi Valmiki's Birthday	October 29	Kartika 07	Monday
29	Karaka Chaturdasi (Karva Chouth)	November 02	Kartika 11	Friday
30	Narak Chaturdasi	November 12	Kartika 21	Monday
31	Deepavali (South India)	November 13	Kartika 22	Tuesday
32	Govardhan Puja	November 14	Kartika 23	Wednesday
33	Bhai Duj	November 15	Kartika 24	Thursday
34	Pratihar Sashthi or Surya Sashthi (Chhat Puja)	November 19	Kartika28	Monday
35	Guru Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom Day	November 24	Agrahayana 03	Saturday
36	Christmas Eve	December 24	Pausa 03	Monday

It may happen that the change of date of the above occasions has to be declared at a very short notice. In such a situation, announcement could be made through T.V. / A.I.R. / Newspapers and the Heads of Department / Offices of the Central Government may take action according to such an announcement without waiting for a formal order, about the change of date.

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