LIST OF' PUBLIC HOLIDAYS FOR 2008
SL.NO
Name of the Holidays Date of Gregorian Calendar year 2008 Day of the Week Date of National Calendar .. ( k 929 Saka Era) _ __ _Tuesday__ 25 ___Pausa
1. 2.
_Ponn al __ Muharram
January 15 January 19
3.
4.
Republic Day
Milad -Un-Nabi or
January 26
Pausa 29 Magha 06
Saturday _ Saturdy-_
1930 SAKA
ERA arch 21 Chaitra 01 riday
Id-E-Milad
(Birthday of Prophet Mohammad.
. 6.
7. 8.
Good Friday Holi
MahavirJayanti - _ Buddha Purnima independence Day Mahatma Gandhi ' s Birthday * Idu ' l Fitr
March 21 March 22
t haitra 01 Cha.itra 02 _
_ Friday -__ Satu rday-__ _
9.
10. 11.
=pril 18 ----- Chaitra 29- -- - -- --- Friday _ Tuesday Vaisakha 30 May 20 Friday______ _ Sravana 24 August 15 Thursday Asvina 10 October 02 October 02 Asvina 10 Thursday
12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
Dussehra (Vijaya Dashami) Diwali DeeP vali) a Guru Nanak's Birthday Idu ' l Zuha (Bakrid) * Christmas p" _
October 09 October 28 November 13 December 09 December 25
Asvina 17 Kartika 06 Kartika 22 Agrahayana 18 Pausa 04
Thursday Tuesd Thursday Tuesday Thursday
* Subject to change depending on the appearance of th( . moon.
By Order of the Lieutenant Governor, Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
(Mohammed Khan) Assistant Secretary (GA )
LIST OF RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS FOR 2008
S. NO
(1) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Holiday
--(2) New Year Day Guru Govind Singh ' s Birthday Makara Samkranti N.India Makara Samkranti W. Bengal) Basanta Panchami/ Shree Panchami Sivaji Jayanti _ Guru Ravidas ' Birthday Swami Dayanand Sarasvati J yanti
Date
(3) January 01 January 05 January 14 January 15 February I1 February 19 February 21 March 02
SA-OA ERA
1929 Pausa 11 Pausa 15 Pausa 24 Pausa 25 Magha 22 Magha 30Phalguna 02 Phalguna 12 1030 SAKA
Day
(5) Tuesday Saturday Monday Tuesday Monday ---Tuesday Thursday Sunday
ERA
Holika Dahana Dol atra 10. Easter Sunda _ 11. Chaitra Sukhladi / Gudi Padava / Ugadi/ Cheri Chanel 12. +Vaisakhi 13. _ Vishu _ _ 14. Mesadi 15. Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam 16. Birthday of Rabindranath 17. Rath Yatra 18. Hazarat Ali's 19. _20. 21. 9. March 21 March 23 April 07 Chaitra 01 Chaitra 03 C haitra 18 Friday
Sunder
Monday
April April April April
13 13 14 14
Chaitra Clhaitra Chaitra Chaitra
24 24 1 25 25
Sunder
_ Sunday Monday Monday Thursday Friday Thursday Saturn Tuesday Sunday
May 08 July 04 July 17
Vaishaka 18 -Asadha 13 Asadha 26 Sravana 25 Sravana 28 Bhadra 02
22.
Raksha Bandan August 16 Parsi New Year _ August 19 Janmashtami August 24 (Smrta& Vaishnava) Ganesh Chaturthi / September 03 Vinayaka Chaturthi
Bhadra 12
Wednesday
23. 24.
25.
Onam
Jamat-Ul-Vida Dussehra (Mahe Saptami itional)-
September 12
Se tember 26 October 06
Bhadra
21
Frid
Friday _ Monday
Asvina 04 Asvina 14
26. 27 . 28. _ 29. 30. 31.
Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) (Additional) D usse h ra (M a h a Navami Maharishi Valmiki's Birthday Deepavali (South India Naraka Chaturdasi Govardhan Pula Bhai Duj Guru T eg Bahadur ' s Martyrdom Day Christmas Eve
October 07 October OS October 14 October 27 October 27 October 29
Asvina 15 T Tuesday Asvina 16 Wednesday Asvina 22 Kartika 05 Kartika OS Kartika 07 Tuesday Monday Monday Wednesday
32.
33. 34
October 30 Kartika 08
November 24 Agrahayana 03 December 24 Pausa 03
Thursd
Monday Wednesday
By Order of the Lieutenant Governor, Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
(Mohammed Khan) istant Secretary (GA )