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Holiday List 2024

Holidays for IITGN during the Year 2024


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Holiday

Date

Day

1.

Republic Day

January

26

Friday

2.

Maha Shivratri

March

08

Friday

3.

Holi

March

25

Monday

4.

Good Friday

March

29

Friday

5.

Idu’l Fitr

April

11

Thursday

6.

Mahavir Jayanti

April

21

Sunday

7.

Buddha Purnima

May

23

Thursday

8.

Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)

June

17

Monday

9.

Muharram

July

17

Wednesday

10.

Independence Day

August

15

Thursday

11.

Janmashtami (Vaishnavi)

August

26

Monday

12.

Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad

(Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)

September

16

Monday

13.

Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday

October

02

Wednesday

14.

Dussehra (Vijay Dashmi)

October

12

Saturday

15.

Diwali (Deepavali)

October

31

Thursday

16.

Guru Nanak’s Birthday

November 

15

Friday

17.

Christmas Day

December

25

Wednesday

 

Restricted Holidays for IITGN during the Year 2024

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Holiday

Date

Day

1.

New Year’s Day

January

01

Monday

2.

Lohri

January

13

Saturday

3.

Makar Sankranti

January

14

Sunday

4.

Magha Bihu/ Pongal

January

15

Monday

5.

Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday

January

17

Wednesday

6.

Hazarat Ali’s Birthday,

January

25

Thursday

7.

Basant Panchami/ Sri Panchami

February

14

Wednesday

8.

Shivaji Jayanti

February

19

Monday

9.

Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday

February

24

Saturday

10.

Birthday of Swami Dayananda Saraswati

March

06

Wednesday

11.

Holika Dahan

March

24

Sunday

12.

Dolyatra

March

25

Monday

13.

Easter Sunday

March

31

Sunday

14.

Jamat-Ul-Vida

April

05

Friday

15.

Chaitra Sukladi/ Gudi Padava/ Ugadi/ Cheti Chand

April

09

Tuesday

16.

Vaisakhi/ Vishu

April

13

Saturday

17.

Meshadi (Tamil New Year’s Day/ Vaisakhadi (Bengal)/ Bahag Bihu (Assam)

April

14

Sunday

18.

Ram Navami

April

17

Wednesday

19.

Birthday of Guru Rabindranath Tagore

May

08

Wednesday

20.

Rath Yatra

July

07

Sunday

21.

Parsi New Year’s Day/ Nauraj

August

15

Thursday

22.

Raksha Bandhan

August

19

Monday

23.

Ganesh Chaturthi/ Vinayaka Chaturthi

September

07

Saturday

24.

Onam or Thiru Onam Day

September

15

Sunday

25.

Dussehra (Saptami)

October

10

Thursday

26.

Dussehra (Maha Ashtami)/ Dussehra (Maha Navmi)

October

11

Friday

27.

Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday

October

17

Thursday

28.

Karaka Chaturdasi (Karwa Chouth)

October

20

Sunday

29.

Naraka Chaturdasi

October

31

Thursday

30.

Govardhan Puja

November

02

Saturday

31.

Bhai Duj

November

03

Sunday

32.

Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja)

November

07

Thursday

33.

Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day

November

24

Sunday

34.

Christmas Eve

December 

24

Tuesday