Maharashtra Holidays and Dry Days 2010
Posted in Digression on January 26th, 2010 by carlUDATE – You can get a the list of Holidays and Dry Days in Maharashtra for 2011 in my newer entry, here.
Happy Republic Day to All Indians across India and the World!
I’ve been hunting for a complete list of Dry Days in Mumbai, but invariably come up with naught. So, after much searching, I’ve decided to put up a list of my own! It’s easy enough to tie this up with the list of Public Holidays in Mumbai, as well, as almost half of the dry days are holidays!
Below is the list of Dry Days (as listed on the Official Site for the Govt. of Maharashtra):
- Republic Day – 26-Jan
- Martyr’s Day – 30-Jan
- Maharashtra Day (May Day) – 1-May
- Ashadhi Ekadasi – 21-Jul
- Independnce Day – 15-Aug
- Anant Chaturdashi – 22-Sep
- Mahatmi Gandhi Jayanthi – 2-Oct
- Prohibition Week-day 7 – 8-Oct
- Kartiki Ekadashi – 17-Nov
The 18 Public Holidays mentioned on the same site are:
- Republic Day – 26-Jan
- Mahashivratri – 12-Feb
- Id-e-Milad – 27-Feb
- Holi (2nd Day) – 1-Mar
- Gudi Padwa – 16-Mar
- Ram Navmi – 24-Mar
- Good Friday – 2-Apr
- Dr. Ambedkar Jayanti – 14-Apr
- Maharashtra Day (May Day) – 1-May
- Buddha Pournima – 27-May
- Independnce Day – 15-Aug
- Parsi New Year – 19-Aug
- Ramazan Id – 10-Sep
- Ganesh Chaturdashi – 11-Sep
- Mahatmi Gandhi Jayanthi – 2-Oct
- Diwali – 5-Nov
- Moharum – 17-Dec
- Christmas – 25-Dec
- New Year 2011 – 1-Jan,2011
Here’s the complete list, put together (I’ve also uploaded it on Google docs, here):
Note that Election days and ballot counting days are also dry days- I haven’t mentioned any here. If anyone sees anything wrong with the lists, let me know.
- http://www.hindu-blog.com/2009/06/ashadi-ekadasi-2009-devsayani-ashadi.html
- http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/site/latest/calendar_2010.pdf
