Holiday Almanac for the year 2011

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Day & Date

Saturday, January 01, 2011 Saturday, January 15, 2011 Tuesday, January 25, 2011 Wednesday, January 26, 2011 Saturday, March 19, 2011 Sunday, March 20, 2011

Occasions
New Year's Day
(Rtr) (#OF) (Rtr)

North Gagret

North East West South References Noida Kolkata Mumbai Bangalore

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Bhogi/ Pongal ($)

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[Every Year] Beginning of the year

State Hood Holiday Himachal Pradesh

(Gzt) (Rtr) (Gzt) (#OF) (Rtr) (#OF)

[Every Year]

Republic Day

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[Every Year]

Dolyatra/ Holika Dahan Holi

($) (Rtr) (#OF)

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7 8 9 Monday, April 04, 2011 Tuesday, April 12, 2011 Friday, April 15, 2011 Gudi Padwa/Ugadi/ Chaitra Sukladi/ Cheti Chand Ram Navami
($) (Rtr) ($) (Rtr) (#OF)

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Spring Festival of colors on last full moon day of the lunar month. The Hindu New Year is based on lunar calendar and therefore the date of festival varies yearly.

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State Formation Day Himachal Pradesh/ Vaisakhadi (Bengali New Year) / Bahag Bihu (Assam)
($) (Rtr) (Rtr) (#OF)

[Every Year for Himachal Pradesh]

10 11

Friday, April 22, 2011 Sunday, May 01, 2011

Good Friday

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(Gzt)

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[Every Year]

State Formation Day Maharashtra West / May Day / Labor Day - Factory
(Rtr)

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Saturday, August 13, 2011 Monday, August 15, 2011 Friday, August 19, 2011 Monday, August 22, 2011 Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Rakshabandhan/ Rakhi Independence Day

(Rtr) (#OF)

(Gzt) (#OF) (Rtr)

Parsi New Year Day

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[Every Year]

Krishna Janmashtami / Srikrishna Jayanti

($) (Rtr) (#OF) ($) (Rtr) (#OF)

Lord Krishna's Birth Anniversary [Eid-ul-Fitr - (End of Ramadan) The Year is based on lunar calendar and therefore the date of festival varies yearly.] [Anant Chaturdashi is celebrated on the last day of Ganesh Chaturthi - Birthday of Lord Ganesha]

Eid-ul-Fitr

17

Thursday, September 01, 2011

Ganesh Chaturthi/ Vinayaka Chaturthi

($) (Rtr)

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(Gzt) (#OF)

18 19

Friday, September 09, 2011 Sunday, October 02, 2011

Onam

(Rtr)

Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti

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($) (Rtr)

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[Every Year] The Father of Nation for India, Mahatma Gandhis Birthday Festival celebrated for victory of Goddess Durga (Goddess of Power) over the demons and Victory of Lord Rama over demon Ravana. Festival of Lights [Every Year]

20

Thursday, October 06, 2011

Dussehra/Vijaya Dashami
(#OF)

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011 Tuesday, November 01, 2011 Thursday, November 10, 2011 Sunday, December 25, 2011

Diwali/Deepavali

($) (#OF)

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State Formation Day - Karnataka

(Gzt) (Rtr)

Guru Nanak Jayanti Christmas Day

(Rtr) (#OF)

(Rtr) (#OF)

[Every Year] Birthday of Jesus

Index: "Gzt" denotes Gazetted Holiday and 'Rtr' denotes Restricted Holiday. "$" denotes - Subject to change depending upon the appearance of moon. "#OF" denotes Official Holiday of the company, on which it shall be closed. Only the secular holidays of Republic Day, Independence Day and Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday are universally observed throughout in India. Public holidays tend to be observed on a strictly regional basis. There are various occasions for which, giving a public holiday by the company is not mandatory / legally bounded, but those holidays have their own importance/meaning in India. These are called Restricted holiday.