Holidays 2017
LIST OF HOLIDAYS FOR THE YEAR 2017
COMPULSORY HOLIDAYS | RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS * (Maximum available 2 days out of the following) | ||||||
Events | Day | Date | No. of days | Events | Day | Date | |
Republic Day | January, 26 | Thursday | 01 | New Year’s Day | January, 01 | Sunday | |
Sri Panchami/Basant Panchami(additional) | February,01 | Wednesday | 01 | Guru Govinda Sing’s birthday | January, 05 | Thursday | |
Holi (Additional) | March, 13 | Monday | 01 | Makar Sankranti | January, 14 | Saturday | |
Ram Navami (Additional) | April, 04 | Tuesday | 01 | Pongal | January, 14 | Saturday | |
Mahavir Jayanti | April, 09 | Sunday | X | Guru Ravidas’s Birthday | February, 10 | Friday | |
Good Friday | April, 14 | Friday | 01 | Shivaji Jayanti | February, 19 | Sunday | |
Swmi Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti | February, 21 | Tuesday | |||||
Holika Dahan/Dolyatra | March, 12 | Sunday | |||||
Chaitra Sukladi/Gudi Padva/Ugadi/Cheti Chand | March, 28 | Tuesday | |||||
Buddha Purnima | May, 10 | Wednesday | 1 | Hazrat Ali’s birthday | April, 11 | Tuesday | |
Idu’l Fitr # | June, 26 | Monday | 01 | Vaisakhi/Vishu | April, 13 | Thursday | |
Mesadi | April, 14 | Friday | |||||
Vaisakhiadi (Bengal/Behag/Bishu(Assam) | April, 15 | Saturday | |||||
Independence Day | August, 15 | Tuesday | 01 | Easter Sunday | April, 16 | Sunday | |
ID-Ul-Zuha Bakrid # | September, 02 | Saturday | x | Guru Rabindranath’s Birthday | May, 09 | Tuesday | |
Autumn Festival ** | September, 27 to October, 05 | Wednesday to Thursday | 09 | Jamat-Ul-Vida | June, 23 | Friday | |
Diwali (Deepavali) | October, 19 | Thursday | 1 | Rath Jatra | June, 25 | Sunday | |
Guru Nanak’s Birthday | November, 04 | Saturday | X | Raksha Bandhan | August, 07 | Monday | |
ID-E-Milad (birthday of Prophet Mohammad) | December, 02 | Saturday | X | Parsi New Year’s day/Nauraj | August, 17 | Thursday | |
Christmas Day | December, 25 | Monday | 01 | Vinayaka Chaturthi/ Ganesh Chatuthi | August, 25 | Friday | |
Onam | September, 04 | Monday | |||||
Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday | October, 05 | Thursday | |||||
Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chouth) | October 08 | Sunday | |||||
Deepavali (South India) | October 18 | Wednesday | |||||
Naraka Chaturdasi | October 18 | Wednesday | |||||
Govardhan Puja | October 20 | Friday | |||||
Bhai Duj | October 21 | Saturday | |||||
PratiharSashth or Surya Sashthi (Chhat Puja) | October 26 | Thursday | |||||
Guru Tej Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day | November 24 | Friday | |||||
Christmas Eve | December 24 | Sunday | |||||
# Subject to appearance of moon
* Restricted holidays may only be availed as per rules
** Working days falling within Autumn Festival period will be adjusted through some additional working days keeping the Institute open on different Saturdays, to be notified later