"2011 Indian Festival Holidays and calendar"

Below is the 2011 Indian Festival Holidays calendar. Note that non-governmental companies and regional states might have few other holidays too. The following are the general Indian holidays and festivals for 2011. Also refer to 2010-2011 panchanga for further details.


January 2011


01 Saturday New Year
05 Wednesday Guru Govind Singh Jayanti
13 Thursday Lohri
14 Friday Makar Sankranti
14 Friday Pongal
26 Wednesday Republic Day

February 2011


02 Wednesday Mauni Amavasya
03 Thursday Chinese New Year
08 Tuesday Vasant Panchami
14 Monday Valentines Day
15 Tuesday Milad un Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet), Sunni
20 Sunday Milad un Nabi, Shia

March 2011


03 Thursday Maha shivaratri
20 Sunday Holi
20 Sunday Hola Mohalla
21 Monday Navroz
28 Monday Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra in Fasli Calendar)

April 2011


03 Sunday Mothering Sunday (UK)
04 Monday Gudi Padva
04 Monday Bikrami Samvat (Hindu New Year)
12 Tuesday Ram Navmi
14 Thursday Baisakhi
17 Sunday Mahavir Jayanti
17 Sunday Palm Sunday (Western)
17 Sunday Palm Sunday (Orthodox)
18 Monday Hanuman Jayanti
19 Tuesday Passover (Till 25th April)
22 Friday Good Friday
24 Sunday Easter (Western)
24 Sunday Easter (Orthodox)

May 2011


08 Sunday Mother's Day
17 Tuesday Buddha Jayanti / Buddha Purnima

June 2011


16 Thursday Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev (Nanakshahi Calendar)
19 Sunday Father's Day
21 Tuesday Ganga Dussehra

July 2011


03 Sunday Rath Yatra
15 Friday Guru Poornima
20 Wednesday Jamshedi Noruz (Zoroastrian New Year in Qadimi Calendar)

August 2011


01 Monday Ramadan Begins
04 Thursday Naag Panchami
07 Sunday Friendship Day
13 Saturday Rakhi /Raksha Bandhan
15 Monday Independence Day
22 Monday Sri Krishna Janmashtami
30 Tuesday Id-Ul-Fitr, Ramadan Ends

September 2011


01 Thursday Ganesh Chaturathi
01 Thursday Onam
05 Monday Teachers Day
28 Wednesday Navaratra Begins

October 2011


02 Sunday Gandhi Jayanti
06 Thursday Dussehra
16 Sunday Karva Chauth
24 Monday Dhan Teras
26 Wednesday Diwali
27 Thursday Govardhan Puja
28 Friday Bhai Duj
31 Monday Halloween

November 2011

 01   Tuesday   Kannada Rajyotsava
06 Sunday Eid-Ul-Adha
10 Thursday Guru Nanak Jayanti
14 Monday Children's Day
24 Thursday Thanksgiving Day
26 Saturday Al-Hijira, Muharram Begins

December 2011


20 Tuesday Hanukkah (After Sunset) (Till 28th December)
25 Sunday Christmas