Complete list of 2016 Natiaonal, Public & Gazetted Holidays in India. You can bookmark this page or can save JPG image format of this 2016 public holidays list and can make your 2016 holiday plan accordingly. We have tried to mentioned every state public holiday in this list of 2016 public & gazetted holidays list if we missed any just dropped in below comment box.
2016 National, Public & Gazetted Holidays in India
Date |
Day |
Holiday Name |
| 1-Jan | Friday | New Year’s Day |
| 14-Jan | Thursday | Makar Sankranti |
| 15-Jan | Friday | Pongal |
| 16-Jan | Saturday | Guru Govind Singh Jayanti |
| 26-Jan | Tuesday | Republic Day |
| 12-Feb | Friday | Vasant Panchami |
| 19-Feb | Friday | Shivaji Jayanti |
| 22-Feb | Monday | Guru Ravidas Jayanti |
| 4-Mar | Friday | Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti |
| 7-Mar | Monday | Maha Shivaratri/Shivaratri |
| 23-Mar | Wednesday | Holika Dahana |
| 24-Mar | Thursday | Holi |
| 25-Mar | Friday | Good Friday |
| 27-Mar | Sunday | Easter Day |
| 8-Apr | Friday | Chaitra Sukhladi |
| 13-Apr | Wednesday | Vaisakhi |
| 14-Apr | Thursday | Mesadi/Vaisakhadi |
| 14-Apr | Thursday | Ambedkar Jayanti |
| 15-Apr | Friday | Rama Navami |
| 20-Apr | Wednesday | Mahavir Jayanti |
| 21-Apr | Thursday | Hazarat Ali’s Birthday |
| 8-May | Sunday | Birthday of Ravindranath |
| 21-May | Saturday | Buddha Purnima/Vesak |
| 1-Jul | Friday | Jamat Ul-Vida |
| 6-Jul | Wednesday | Rath Yatra |
| 8-Jul | Friday | Ramzan Id/Eid-ul-Fitar |
| 15-Aug | Monday | Independence Day |
| 17-Aug | Wednesday | Parsi New Year |
| 18-Aug | Thursday | Raksha Bandhan (Rakhi) |
| 25-Aug | Thursday | Janmashtami |
| 5-Sep | Monday | Ganesh Chaturthi/Vinayaka Chaturthi |
| 12-Sep | Monday | Bakr Id/Eid ul-Adha |
| 14-Sep | Wednesday | Onam |
| 2-Oct | Sunday | Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti |
| 11-Oct | Tuesday | Dussehra (Maha Navami) |
| 12-Oct | Wednesday | Muharram/Ashura |
| 16-Oct | Sunday | Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti |
| 19-Oct | Wednesday | Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chauth) |
| 29-Oct | Saturday | Naraka Chaturdasi |
| 30-Oct | Sunday | Diwali/Deepavali |
| 31-Oct | Monday | Govardhan Puja |
| 1-Nov | Tuesday | Bhai Duj |
| 6-Nov | Sunday | Chhat Puja (Pratihar Sashthi/Surya Sashthi) |
| 24-Nov | Thursday | Guru Tegh Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day |
| 13-Dec | Tuesday | Milad un-Nabi/Id-e-Milad |
| 25-Dec | Sunday | Christmas |
