General Holidays in 2017 Declared .

Day	Date	Holiday	Comments
Friday	January 13	Bhogi	Andhra Pradesh Only
Saturday	January 14	Pongal	Also known as Makar Sankranti, Lohri, Bihu, Hadaga, Poki
Thursday	January 26	Republic Day	Commemorates the establishment of the Constitution of India
Friday	February 24	Maha Shivratri	Celebrated on the 13th night/14th day in the Krishna Paksha
Tuesday	March 28	Ugadi	Telugu and Kannada New Year. Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh only.
Saturday	April 01	Bank Holiday	Banks only. Annual accounts closing
Wednesday	April 05	Babu Jagjivan Ram Birthday	Andhra Pradesh, Telangana only
Sunday	April 09	Mahavir Jayanti	The most important religious holiday in Jainism
Friday	April 14	Dr Ambedkar Jayanti	Birthday of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedekar
Friday	April 14	Good Friday	Friday before Easter Sunday
Monday	June 26	Idul Fitr	Many states
Tuesday	August 15	Independence Day
Friday	August 25	Ganesh Chaturthi	Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata
Saturday	September 02	Idul Juha	Many states
Saturday	September 30	Dussehra	Vijaya Dashami
Sunday	October 01	Muharram (10th Day)	Day of Ashurah
Monday	October 02	Mahatma Gandhi Birthday	Gandhi Jayanti
Wednesday	October 18	Deewali	Deepawali. Except West Bengal.
Friday	December 01	Milad-un-Nabi
Monday	December 25	Christmas Day	Observed in all states