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Holiday

Month & Date

Days of the Week

1

Makara Sankaranti/Pongal

January 14

Friday

2

Republic Day

January 26

Wednesday

3

Maha Shivarathri

March 1

Tuesday

4

Mahavir Jayanthi

April 14

Thursday

5

Good Friday

April 15

Friday

6

Id-ul-Fitr*

May 3

Tuesday

7

Buddha Purnima

May 16

Monday

8

Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)*

July 10

Sunday

9

Muharram

August 9

Tuesday

10

Independence Day

August 15

Monday

11

Ganesh Chaturthi

August 31

Wednesday

12

Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday

October 02

Sunday

13

Dussehra (Vijay Dashmi)

October 5

Wednesday

14

Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad*

October 9

Sunday

15

Diwali (Deepavali)

October 24

Monday

16

Guru Nanak’s Birthday

November 8

Tuesday

17

Christmas Day

December 25

Sunday

If the festival for which the holiday is declared does not fall on the day indicated, members of the staff who are desirous of celebrating the festive occasion may apply for Casual Leave/RH for which they are eligible.

In addition to the above, with prior sanction from the Competent Authority, 2 (two) days of Casual leave/RH can be availed of on any occasion and can be prefixed or suffixed to a Casual leave or any other type of leave with pay but not with both Casual Leave and regular leave.

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