National and Regional Public holidays of Tamil Nadu in 2016

Day

Date

Holiday

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Friday

January 01

New Years
Day

Arunachal pradesh,
Manipur, Meghalaya,
Miizoram, Nagaland,
Sikkim, Tamil Nadu,
Telangana

Friday

January 15

Pongal

Tamil Nadu

Saturday

January 16

Thiruvalluvar
Day

Tamil Nadu only

Sunday

January 17

Uzhavar
Tirunal

Puducherry, Tamil Nadu

only

Tuesday

January 26

Republic Day

Commemorates the
establishment of the
Constitution of India

Friday

March 25

Good Friday

Friday before Easter

Sunday

Friday

April 01

Bank Holiday

Banks only. Annual

accounts closing

Friday

April 08

Ugadi

Telugu and Kannada New

Year. Karnataka,
Maharashtra, Andhra
Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar
Pradesh

Thursday

April 14

Tamil New
Year

Puthandu. Tamil Nadu only

Thursday

April 14

Dr Ambedkar
Jayanti

Birthday of Bhimrao Ramji

Ambedekar

Tuesday

April 19

Mahavir
Jayanti

The most important

religious holiday in Jainism

Sunday

May 01

May Day

Many states

Thursday

July 07

Ramzan

Many states

Monday

August 15

Independence
Day

Thursday

August 25

Janmashtami

Restricted Holiday.
Celebrates the birth of Lord
Shri Krishna

Monday

September 05

Ganesh
Chaturthi

Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata

Tuesday

September 13

Bakrid

Maharashtra, Odisha,
Tamil Nadu

Sunday

October 02

Mahatma
Gandhi
Birthday

Gandhi Jayanti

Monday

October 10

Ayudha Puja

Karnataka, Tamil Nadu

Tuesday

October 11

Dussehra

Dasara/Vijaya Dashami

Wednesday October 12

Muharram
(10th Day)

Day of Ashurah

Saturday

October 29

Deepavali

Assam, Kerala, Tamil

Nadu, Tripura

Monday

December 12

Id-e-Milad

Sunday

December 25

Christmas
Day

Observed in all states