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

List of Hindu Religious Festivals 2012, Hindu Religious Holidays 2012, 2012 Hindu Religious Festivals Holidays

Important Hindu Religious Festivals in 2012 Below are the dates for the important Hindu Religious Festivals in 2012.

Date Week Day Festival Name January - 14 Saturday Makar Sakranti January - 28 Monday Vasant Panchami March - 23 Friday Hindi New Year (Gudi Padawa) April - 1 Sunday RamaNavami April - 6 Friday Hanuman Jayanti August - 2 Thursday Raksha Bandhan

List of India Holidays 2012, Indian Holidays 2012, 2012 India Holidays

As a multicultural and multi-religious country, India celebrates holidays and festivals of various religions. Most of the India 2012 public holidays and 2012 bank holidays are religious holidays, with only three nationally celebrated secular public holidays: Republic Day, Independence Day, and the Gandhi Jayanti.

Each state and region has local festivals depending on prevalent religious and linguistic demographics of the population in that region.

Date	Week Day	Name
January - 26	Thursday	Republic Day
February - 5	Sunday	Milad-Un-Nabi ( Id-E-Milad ) (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)
February - 20	Monday	Maha Shivratri
March - 08	Thursday	Holi
April - 05	Thursday	Mahavir Jayanthi
April - 06	Friday	Good Friday
May - 01	Tuesday	May Day
May - 06	Sunday	Buddha Purnima
August - 10	Friday	Krishna Janmastami
August - 15	Wednesday	Independence Day
August - 20	Monday	Id-Ul-Fitr
September - 19	Wednesday	Ganesh Chaturthi
October - 02	Tuesday	Mahatma Gandhi Jayanthi
October - 24	Wednesday	Vijaya Dashami
October - 27	Saturday	Bakri Id ( Idul Zuha )
November - 13	Tuesday	Diwali
November - 25	Sunday	Muharram
November - 28	Wednesday	Guru Nanak Jayanthi
December - 25	Tuesday	Christmas