National Holidays 2023

India has only three National Holidays. Other holidays pertaining to festivals, religious holidays and births of leaders are legislated by the individual states.

List of holidays to be celebrated in INDIA during the year 2023

Following is the list of festivals to be celebrated all over India during the year 2023.






List of Government Holidays - 2023


Day Date Holiday Event Holiday type
Sunday January 01 New Years Day Restricted Holiday
Sunday January 15 Makar Sankranti Also known as Pongal, Lohri, Bihu, Hadaga, Poki
Thursday January 26 Republic Day Commemorates the establishment of the Constitution of India
Friday April 7 Good Friday Friday before Easter Sunday
Saturday April 22 Idul Fitr Many states
Monday May 01 May Day Assam, Bihar, Goa, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal only
Thursday June 29 Idul Juha Many states
Wednesday July 19 Muharram (10th Day) Day of Ashurah
Tuesday August 15 Independence Day
Wednesday September 06 Janmashtami Celebrates the birth of Lord Shri Krishna
Tuesday September 19 Ganesh Chaturthi Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata
Thursday September 28 Milad-un-Nabi
Monday October 02 Mahatma Gandhi Birthday Gandhi Jayanti
Tuesday October 24th Vijaya Dashami Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu. Dussehra
Sunday November 12 Diwali Deepawali
Monday December 25 Christmas Day Observed in all states