List of National Public Holidays of India in 2012, 2012 National Public Holidays

2012 Date	Name	Remarks
January 26	Republic Day
February 4	Milad-un-Nabi	Birthday of Prophet Muhammad
February 20	Maha Shivratri	Celebrated on the 13th night/14th day in the Krishna Paksha
March 8	Holi
April 1	Ram Navami
April 5	Mahavir Jayanti
April 6	Good Friday	Friday before Easter Sunday
May 28	Buddha Purnima	Birth of Buddha
August 10	Janmashtami	Bangalore, Delhi. Celebrates the birth of Lord Shri Krishna
August 15	Independence Day
August 19	Idul Fitr
August 20	Parsi New Year	Mumbai Only
September 19	Ganesh Chaturthi	Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Orissa, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu only
October 2	Mahatma Gandhi Birthday	Gandhi Jayanti
October 24	Dussehra	Vijaya Dashami
October 26	Idul Juha	Bakrid
November 1	Kannada Rajyothsava	Bangalore Only
November 2	Guru Nanak Birthday
November 13	Deewali	Deepawali
November 15	Muharram	Observed mainly by the Shia Muslim community
November 24	Muharram (10th Day)	Day of Ashurah
December 25	Christmas day