LIST OF HOLIDAYS FOR THE YEAR-2008. A. GAZETTED HOLIDAYS
Date
1929 SAKA ERA
Sl. Gazetted No. Holiday
1. 2. 3. Muharram Republic Day Maha Shivaratri
Day of Week
January January March
19 26 06
Pausa Magha
29 06
Saturday Saturday Thursday
Phalguna 16 1930 SAKA ERA
4.
Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-E- Milad (Birthday of Prophet Md.) Good Friday Holi
March
21
Chaitra 01
Friday
5. 6. 7.
March March
21 22 14
Chaitra 01 Chaitra 02 Chaitra 25
Friday Saturday Monday
Ram April Navami(Vaisnava) Mahavir Jayanti Buddha Purnima Independence Day Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday Idu’l Fitr April May August October
8. 9. 10. 11.
18 20 15 02
Chaitra 29 Vaisakha 30 Sravana 24 Asvina 10
Friday Tuesday Friday Thursday
12. 13.
October
02 09
Asvina Asvina
10 17
Thursday Thursday
Dussehra (Vijaya October Dashmi) Diwali (Deepavali) October
14. 15.
28
Kartika 06 Kartika 22
Tuesday Thursday
Guru Nanak’s November 13 Birthday Idu’l Zuha (Bakrid) Christmas Day December 09
16.
Agrahayana 18
Tuesday
17.
December 25
Pausa
04
Thursday
LIST OF RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS FOR 2008
S.No. Holiday Date SAKA ERA 1929
Pausa 11 Pausa 15
Day
1. 2.
New Year Day Guru Govind Singh’s Birthday Makara Samkranti(N.India) Makara Samkranti(Bengal) Pongal Basanta Panchami/ Shree Panchami Sivaji Jayanti Guru Ravidas Birthday Swami Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti
January 01 January 05
Tuesday Saturday
3.
January 14
Pausa
24
Monday
4.
January 15
Pausa
25
Tuesday
5. 6.
January 15 February 11
Pausa 25 Magha 22
Tuesday Monday
7. 8. 9.
February 19 February 21 March 02
Magha 30 Phalguna 02 Phalguna 12 1930 SAKA ERA
Tuesday Thursday Sunday
10. 11. 12.
Holika Dahana (Dolyatra) Easter(Sunday) Chaitra Sukhladi/ Gudi Padava / Ugadi / Cheti Chand Vaisakhi Vishu Mesadi Vaisakhadi(Bengal)/ Bahag Bihu (Assam) Birthday of Rabindranath Rath Yatra Hazarat Ali’s Birthday Raksha Bandhan Parsi New Year Janmashtami (Smarta& Vaishnava) Ganesh Chaturthi / VinayakaChaturthi Onam
March 21 March 23 April 07
Chaitra 01 Chaitra 03 Chaitra 18
Friday Sunday Monday
13. 14. 15. 16.
April 13 April 13 April 14 April 14
Chaitra 24 Chaitra 24 Chaitra 25 Chaitra 25
Sunday Sunday Monday Monday
17. 18. 19. 20 21. 22.
May July July
08 04 17
Vaisakha 18 Asadha Asadha 13 26
Thursday Friday Thursday Saturday Tuesday Sunday
August 16 August 19 August 24
Sravana 25 Sravana 28 Bhadra 02
23.
September 03
Bhadra 12
Wednesday
24.
September 12
Bhadra 21
Friday
25.
Jamat-UL-Vida
September 26
Asvina 04
Friday
26.
Dussehra(Maha Saptami) (Additional) Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) (Additional) Dussehra (Maha Navmi) Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday Deepavali (South India) Naraka Chaturdasi Govardhan Puja Bhai Duj Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day Christmas Eve
October
06
Asvina 14
Monday
27.
October
07
Asvina 15
Tuesday
28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34.
October
08
Asvina 16 Asvina 22 Kartika 05 Kartika 05 Kartika 07 Kartika 08 Agrahayana 03
Wednesday Tuesday Monday Monday Wednesday Thursday Monday
October 14 October 27 October 27 October 29 October 30 November 24
35.
December 24
Pausa
03
Wednesday
NOTE:
1. In the year 2008, the Government Schedule of permissible Restricted Holiday shall be observed by the University. 2. There may be in addition to the above holidays, five discretionary holidays to be observed on such occasions as foundation day, College day, etc. special Emergencies i.e. on the occasion of a death. These discretionary holiday will not be utilized by the Colleges to celebrate communal or sectional festivals.