No.

HQ/12/2015-Leaves-HR

Date: December 9th 2015

STAFF NOTICE
Sub: Holidays for the year 2016

All our offices in India Region will be observing 12 holidays during the year 2016. Out of these 12 holidays, 9 will
be common for all the Offices across India Region as shown below:
Common Holidays - 2016
No.

Holiday

Date

Day

New Year

01.01.2016

Friday

Republic Day

26.01.2016

Tuesday

Holi

24.03.2016

Thursday

Good Friday

25.03.2016

Friday

Idu'l Fitr (Ramzan Id)

06.07.2016

Wednesday

Independence Day

15.08.2016

Monday

Raksha Bandhan

18.08.2016

Thursday

Dussehra

11.10.2016

Tuesday

Deepavali

31.10.2016

Monday

Our Offices will also remain closed on Gandhi Jayanthi (02.10.2016 - Sunday) and on Labour Day (01.05.2016 Sunday)
The remaining three holidays which will vary across regions/locations according to the local importance / festivals
is given below.
In addition to the above, every employee will be permitted to avail any two optional/restricted holidays from the
list of optional/restricted holidays which is given in Annexure A.

For Mumbai and all other Offices in Western Region (except Gujarat) the following three holidays are
declared as Regional Holidays

No.
1
2
3

Holiday
Gudi Padwa
Ganesh Chaturthi
Bhai Dhuj

Western Region
Date
08.04.2016
05.09.2016
01.11.2016

Day
Friday
Monday
Tuesday

For Gujarat the following three holidays are declared as Regional Holidays
Gujarat
No.
1
2
3

Holiday
Uttarayan
Ganesh Chaturthi
Bhai Dhuj

Date
14.01.2016
05.09.2016
01.11.2016

Day
Thursday
Monday
Tuesday

For New Delhi and all other offices in Northern Region the following three holidays are declared as
Regional Holidays

No.
1
2
3

Holiday
Maha Shivaratri
Bhai Duj
Guru Nanak Jayanti

Northern Region
Date
07.03.2016
01.11.2016
14.11.2016

Day
Monday
Tuesday
Monday

For Kolkatta and all other offices in Eastern Region the following three holidays are declared as Regional
Holidays

No.
1
2
3

Holiday
Basant Panchami
Holika Dhan (Dol Jatra)
Maha Navami

Eastern Region
Date
12.02.2016
23.03.2016
10.10.2016

Day
Friday
Wednesday
Monday

For Tamil Nadu the following three holidays are declared as Regional Holidays

No.
1
2
3

Holiday
Pongal
Tamil New Years Day
Ganesh Chaturthi

Tamil Nadu
Date
15.01.2016
14.04.2016
05.09.2016

Day
Friday
Thursday
Monday

For Karnataka the following three holidays are declared as Regional Holidays

No.
1
2
3

Holiday
Ugadi
Basava Jayanthi
Kannada Rajyotsava

Karnataka
Date
08.04.2016
09.05.2016
01.11.2016

Day
Friday
Monday
Tuesday

For Kerala the following three holidays are declared as Regional Holidays

No.
1
2
3

Holiday
Maha Shivaratri
Vishu
Onam

Kerala
Date
07.03.2016
14.04.2016
14.09.2016

Day
Monday
Thursday
Wednesday

For Telangana / Andhra Pradesh the following three holidays are declared as Regional Holidays

No.
1
2
3

Telangana / Andhra Pradesh

Holiday
Date
Makar Sankranti
15.01.2016
Talangana Formation Day
02.06.2016
Ganesh Chaturthi
05.09.2016

Day
Friday
Thursday
Monday
Team HR

Annexure
A
List of Optional / Restricted Holidays for the Year 2016
No.

Restricted Holiday

Date

Day

Makar Sankranti/Bhogi/Pongal

15.01.2016

Friday

Thiruvalluvar Day

16.01.2016

Saturday

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti

19.02.2016

Friday

Maha Shivaratri

07.03.2016

Monday

Holi (Holika Dhan)

23.03.2016

Wednesday

Easter Day

27.03.2016

Sunday

Gudi Padwa

08.04.2016

Friday

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti / Vishu / Tamil New Years Day

14.04.2016

Thursday

Ram Navmi

15.04.2016

Friday

10

Mahavir Jayanti

19.04.2016

Tuesday

11

Hanuman Jayanti

22.04.2016

Friday

12

Labour Day / Maharashtra Workers Day

01.05.2016

Sunday

13

Buddha Pournima

21.05.2016

Saturday

14

Vat Pournima

19.06.2016

Sunday

15

Ashada Ekadashi

15.07.2016

Friday

16

Guru Pournima

19.07.2016

Tuesday

17

Ashadi Amavasya (Gatari)

02.08.2016

Tuesday

18

Nag Panchami

07.08.2016

Sunday

19

Parsi New Years day/Nauraj/ Pateti

17.08.2016

Wednesday

20

Raksha Bandhan

18.08.2016

Thursday

21

Shri Krishna Jayanti

24.08.2016

Wednesday

22

Gopal Kala

25.08.2016

Thursday

23

Ganesh Chaturthi

05.09.2016

Monday

24

Rishi Panchami

06.09.2016

Tuesday

25

Id-ul-Zuha(Bakrid)

12.09.2016

Monday

26

Onam

14.09.2016

Wednesday

27

Anant Chaturthi

15.09.2016

Thursday

28

Gandhi Jayanti

02.10.2016

Sunday

29

Muharram

12.10.2016

Wednesday

30

Sharad Pournima (Kojagiri)

15.10.2016

Saturday

31

Dhan Thrayodashi

28.10.2016

Friday

32

Narak Chaturdashi

29.10.2016

Saturday

33

Laxmi Puja

30.10.2016

Sunday

34

Bhai Duj

01.11.2016

Tuesday

35

Guru Nanak Jayanti

14.11.2016

Monday

36

Dr. Babashaheb Ambedkar Mahaparinirvan din

06.12.2016

Tuesday

37

Id-E-Milad

12.12.2016

Monday

38

Christmas Eve

24.12.2016

Saturday

39

Christmas

25.12.2016

Sunday

40

Christmas 2nd Day

26.12.2016

Monday