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Holiday

Month & Date

Days of the Week

1

Makar Sankaranti/Pongal

January 14

Thursday

2

Republic Day

January 26

Tuesday

3

Good Friday

April 2

Friday

4

Ugadi / Gudi Padva

April 13

Tuesday

5

Mahavir Jayanthi

April 25

Sunday

6

Id-ul-Fitr*

May 14

Friday

7

Buddha Purnima

May 26

Wednesday

8

Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)*

July 21

Wednesday

9

Independence Day

August 15

Sunday

10

Muharram*

August 19

Thursday

11

Ganesh Chaturthi

September 10

Friday

12

Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday

October 02

Saturday

13

Dusshra (Vijay Dashmi)

October 15

Friday

14

Id-E-Milad(Prophet Mohammad's Birhday)*

October 19

Tuesday

15

Diwali (Deepavali)

November 4

Thursday

16

Guru Nanak’s Birthday

November 19

Friday

17

Christmas Day

December 25

Saturday

* If the dates of any of these festivals are changed by the Karnataka Government, it will be deemed to be holiday for the Centre.