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We officially declare 2020 the year of travel with 17 potentially long weekends, which is 6 more than 2019. For instance if you take a day off in April you can vacation for five days, while two days off in August will open up a six-day holiday and November has four days of rest without the need to apply for leave. Here’s the complete list:
JANUARY:
Wednesday, 1 January – New Year
Thursday, 2 January – Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti (restricted)
Friday, 3 January – Take the day off
Saturday, 4 January
Sunday, 5 January
FEBRUARY:
Friday, 21 Feb: Maha Shivratri (restricted)
Saturday, 22 Feb
Sunday, 23 Feb
Monday, 24 February – Take the day off
MARCH:
Saturday, 7 March
Sunday, 8 March
Monday, 9 March – Take the day off
Tuesday, 10 March – Holi
APRIL:
Thursday, 2 April – Ram Navami (restricted)
Friday, 3 April- Take the day off
Saturday, 4 April
Monday – 5 April
Tuesday – 6 April- Mahavir Jayanti (restricted)
Friday, 10 April- Good Friday
Saturday, 11 April
Sunday, 12 April
MAY:
Friday, 1 May- Labour Day/Maharashtra Day
Saturday, 2 May
Sunday, 3 May
Thursday, 7 May – Buddha Purnima
Friday, 8 May – Take the day off
Saturday, 9 May
AUGUST:
Saturday, 1 August
Sunday, 2 August
Monday, 3 August – Rakshabandhan
Wednesday, 12 August – Janmashtami (restricted)
Thursday, 13 August – Take the day off
Friday, 14 August – Take the day off
Saturday, 15 August – Independence Day
Sunday, 16 August
Monday, 17 August – Parsi New Year
Saturday, 29 August
Sunday, 30 August – Muharram
Monday, 31 August – Onam (restricted)
OCTOBER:
Friday, 2 October – Gandhi Jayanti
Saturday, 3 October
Sunday, 4 October
Thursday, 29 October – Id-e-milad
Friday, 30 October – Take the day off
Saturday, 31 October
Sunday, 1 November
NOVEMBER:
Friday, 13 November – Dhanteras
Saturday, 14 November – Diwali
Sunday, 15 November
Monday, 16 November – Bhaiduj
Saturday, 28 November
Sunday, 29 November
Monday, 30 November – Guru Nanak Jayanti
DECEMBER:
Friday, 25 December – Christmas
Saturday, 26 December
Sunday, 27 December
Thursday, 31 January – Take the day off
Friday, 1 January 2021 – New Year.
