No English Date Day National Holidays in India
1. January 1, 2008 Tuesday English New Year
2. January 15,2008 Tuesday Pongal, Makara Sankranti
3. January 16,2008 Wednesday Thiruvalluvar Day
4. January 17,2008 Thursday Farmer's Festival
5. January 20,2008 Sunday Moharam Festival (Muhorram, Muharram)
6. January 26,2008 Saturday Republic Day
7. March 21, 2008 Friday Miladi Nabi and Good Friday
8. April 7, 2008 Monday Telugu New Year
9. April 13, 2008 Sunday Tamil New Year
10. April 14, 2008 Monday Ambetkar Day (Ambedkar Day)
11. April 18, 2008 Friday Mahavir Jayanthi
12. May 1, 2008 Thursday May Day
13. August 15, 2008 Friday Independence Day
14. August 23, 2008 Saturday Sri Krishna Jayanthi
15. September 3, 2008 Wednesday Vinayagar Chathurthi (Ganesh Chaturthi)
16. October 1, 2008 Wednesday Ramzan (Id -Ul-Fitr)
17. October 2, 2008 Thursday Gandhi Jayanti
18. October 8, 2008 Wednesday Saraswathi, Ayuda Puja
19. October 9, 2008 Thursday Vijayadasami
20. October 27, 2008 Monday Deepavali (Diwali)
21. December 9, 2008 Tuesday Bakra Eid (Bakrid)
22. December 25, 2008 Thursday Christmas
以上节日期间,印度政府和公司均休假,请各级经贸团组访问印度时务必避开以上假日。另外,印度还有很多不属于公共假期的节日,具体列表如下:
January
01 Tuesday New Year
05 Saturday Guru Govind Singh Jayanti
09 Wednesday Muharam (Al Hijra)
13 Sunday Lohri
14 Monday Makar Sankranti
14 Monday Pongal
26 Saturday Republic Day
February
07 Thursday Mauni Amavashya
07 Thursday Chinese New Year
11 Monday Vasant Panchmi
14 Thursday Valentines Day
March
02 Sunday Mothering Sunday (UK)
06 Thursday Mahashivratri
16 Sunday Palm Sunday
20 Thursday Milad un Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet)
21 Friday Good Friday
21 Friday Nau Roz
22 Saturday Holi
22 Saturday Holla Mohalla
23 Sunday Easter Sunday
26 Wednesday Khordad Sal, Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra
April
06 Sunday Bikrami Samvat (Hindu New Year)
06 Sunday Gudi Padwa
14 Monday Baisakhi
14 Monday Ram Navmi
18 Friday Mahavir Jayanti
19 Saturday Hanuman Jayanti
20 Sunday Passover
27 Sunday Easter
May
11 Sunday Mother’s Day
20 Tuesday Buddha Jayanti / Buddha Purnima
June
13 Friday Ganga Dussehra
15 Sunday Father’s Day
July
16 Wednesday Rath Yatra
18 Friday Guru Poornima
August
03 Sunday Friendship Day
15 Friday Independence Day
16 Saturday Rakhi
19 Tuesday Parsi New Year
24 Sunday Sri Krishna Janmashtami
September
02 Tuesday Ramadan Starts
03 Wednesday Ganesh Chaturathi
05 Friday Teachers Day
12 Friday Onam
29 Monday Navaratri begin
October
02 Thursday Gandhi Jayanti
02 Thursday Id-Ul-Fitr -Ramadan Ends
09 Thursday Dussehra
18 Saturday Karva Chauth
26 Sunday Dhan Teras
28 Tuesday Diwali
29 Wednesday Govardhan Puja
30 Thursday Bhai Duj
31 Friday Halloween
November
13 Thursday Guru Nanak Jayanti
14 Friday Children’s Day
27 Thursday Thanksgiving Day
December
11 Thursday Eid-Ul-Adha
22 Monday Hanukkah
25 Thursday Christmas
Tags Indian, Holiday, Leave, calendar, 2008
以上节日大部分与宗教有关,建议各级经贸团组最好能避开以上节假日来访。