People, ready to mark your calendars, set your out-of-office replies and plan those much-needed getaways?
The 2025-2026 holiday season is evidently teeming with tons of festivities, long weekends and the ideal excuses to celebrate. Whether you're scheduling meetings or mapping out travel plans, preparing for family gatherings or just counting the days until your favourite person's special day, this particular calendar has you covered!
So? Grab your planners and let’s have a peek into 2025-2026!
March 8 (Saturday) – International Women’s Day
March 9 (Sunday) – No Smoking Day (second Wednesday of March)
March 13 (Thursday) – Holika Dahan
March 14 (Friday) – Holi
March 16 (Sunday) –National Vaccination Day
March 20 (Thursday) – International Day of Happiness
March 21 (Friday) – World Poetry Day / World Forestry Day
March 22 (Saturday) – World Water Day
March 27 (Thursday) – World Theatre Day
March 30 (Sunday) – Gudi Padava (Ugadi/Cheti Chand)
March 31 (Monday) – Eid-ul-Fitr
April 1 (Tuesday) – Bank Account Closing Day
April 6 (Sunday) – Ram Navami
April 7 (Monday) – World Health Day
April 10 (Thursday) – Mahavir Jayanti
April 11 (Friday) – National Pet Day
April 12 (Saturday) – Hanuman Jayanti
April 13 (Sunday) – Vaisakhi
April 14 (Monday) – Ambedkar Jayanti
April 18 (Friday) – Good Friday / World Heritage Day
April 20 (Sunday) – Easter Sunday
April 22 (Tuesday) – World Earth Day
May 1 (Thursday) – International Workers’ Day (Labour Day)
May 4 (Sunday) – World Laughter Day
May 6 (Tuesday) - World Asthma Day (first Tuesday of May)
May 11 (Sunday) – Mother’s Day (second Sunday of May)
May 12 (Monday) – Buddha Purnima
May 16 (Friday) – National Endangered Species Day (third Friday in May)
May 17 (Saturday) – World Telecommunication Day
May 21 (Wednesday) – National Anti-Terrorism Day
June 5 (Thursday) – World Environment Day
June 6-7 (Friday-Saturday) – Eid al-Adha (Bakhrid)
June 8 (Sunday) – World Oceans Day
June 14 (Saturday) – World Blood Donor Day
June 15 (Sunday) – Father’s Day (third Sunday in June)
June 21 (Saturday) – International Yoga Day / World Music Day
July 1 (Tuesday) – National Doctor’s Day
July 6 (Sunday) – Muharram
July 10 (Thursday) – Guru Purnima
July 11 (Friday) – World Population Day
July 20 (Sunday) – International Chess Day
July 26 (Saturday) – Kargil Vijay Diwas
July 28 (Monday) – World Nature Conservation Day / World Hepatitis Day /
July 29 (Tuesday) – Naag Panchami / International Tiger Day
August 3 (Sunday) – International Friendship Day
August 9 (Saturday) – Raksha Bandhan
August 11 (Monday) – World Elephant Day
August 15 (Friday) – Independence Day
August 16 (Saturday) – Janmashtami / Parsi New Year (Navroz)
August 19 (Tuesday) – World Photography Day / World Humanitarian Day
August 27 (Wednesday) – Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayaka Chaturthi
August 29 (Friday) – National Sports Day
September 1-7 (Monday) – National Nutrition Week
September 5 (Friday) – Teacher’s Day / Id-e-Milad / Onam
September 8 (Monday) – International Literacy Day
September 10 (Wednesday) – World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD)
September 16 (Tuesday) – World Ozone Day
September 21 (Sunday) – International Day of Peace
September 27 (Saturday) – World Tourism Day
October 1 (Wednesday) – International Coffee Day
October 2 (Thursday) – Gandhi Jayanti / Dussehra
October 7 (Tuesday) – Valmiki Jayanti
October 8 (Wednesday) – Indian Air Force Day
October 10 (Friday) – Karva Chauth / World Mental Health Day
October 16 (Thursday) – World Food Day
October 17 (Friday) – International Day for Eradication of Poverty
October 20 (Monday) – Diwali
October 22 (Wednesday) – Govardhan Puja
October 23 (Thursday) – Bhai Dooj
October 28 (Tuesday) – Chhath Puja
October 31 (Friday) – Halloween / National Unity Day
November 5 (Wednesday) – Guru Nanak Jayanti
November 13 (Thursday) – World Kindness Day
November 14 (Friday) – Children’s Day / World Diabetes Day
November 19 (Wednesday) – International Men’s Day
November 21 (Friday) – World Television Day
November 26 (Wednesday) – National Law Day (Constitution Day of India)
December 1 (Monday) – World AIDS Day
December 2 (Tuesday) – National Pollution Control Day
December 3 (Wednesday) – World Day of the Handicapped
December 4 (Thursday) – Indian Navy Day
December 10 (Wednesday) – Human Rights Day
December 25 (Thursday) – Christmas
December 26 (Friday) – Kisan Diwas
January 1 (Thursday) – New Year’s Day
January 3 (Saturday) – Hazrat Ali's birthday
January 12 (Monday) – National Youth Day (Swami Vivekananda Jayanti)
January 13 (Tuesday) – Lohri
January 14-17 (Wednesday) – Pongal
January 14 (Wednesday) – Makar Sankranti / Uttarayan /
Indian Army Day
January 23 (Friday) – Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti / Basant Panchami
January 24 (Saturday) – National Education Day
January 26 (Monday) – Republic Day
January 30 (Friday) – Martyrs’ Day (Mahatma Gandhi’s Death Anniversary)
February 14 (Saturday) – Valentine’s Day
February 15 (Sunday) – Maha Shivratri
February 17 (Tuesday) – Lunar New Year
February 21 (Saturday) – International Mother Language Day
