India Public Holidays 2008
- Jan 1 New Year's Day
- Jan 5 Guru Gobin Singh's Birthday
- Jan 8 New Moon
- Jan 13 Lohri
- Jan 14 Makar Sakranti - Bhogi
- Jan 15 Pongal - Makara Sankaranti
- Jan 16 Mattu Pongal - Thinuvalluvar Day
- Jan 19 New Year (Islamic)
- Jan 21-22 Camel Festival - Full Moon
- Jan 25 Himachal Pradesh
- Jan 26 Republic Day
- Jan 26-31 Orissa Tribal Festival
- Jan 31 Guru Har Ral Sahibs's Birthday
- Feb 7 New Moon
- Feb 11 Basanta Panchami
- Feb 19 Sivaji Jayanti
- Feb 21 Full Moon - Lunar Eclipse - Guru Ravi Dass Birthday
- Mar 2 Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti
- Mar 6 Maha Shivaratri
- Mar 7 New Moon
- Mar 20 Ugadi - Maundy Thursday
- Mar 21 Prophet Mohammed's birthday - Good Friday - Holika Dahana
- Mar 22 Full Moon - Holi - Hola Mohalla
- Mar 23 Easter Sunday
- Mar 31 Sri Rama Navami (Sri Rama's Birthday)
- Apr 1 Utkal Diwas
- Apr 6 New Moon - Good Friday -
- Apr 6-13 Ramayana Week
- Apr 7 Chaitra Sukhlad - Akshyaya Trutiya Festival
- Apr 13 the Khalsa Birthday - Ram Navami
- Apr 14 Ambedkar Jayanti's Birthday - Ram Navami - Vaiskhadi - Mesadi
- Apr 15 Himachal Day
- Apr 18 Mahavir Jayanti - Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib's Birthday - Guru Angad Sahib's Birthday
- Apr 20 Full Moon - Hanuman jayanti
- May 1 Labor Day
- May 2 Guru Arjun Sahib's Birthday
- May 5 Full Moon
- May 8 Rabindranath Tagore's Birthday
- May 20 Buddha Purnima - Full Moon
May 21 Rajiv Gandhi death anniversary
- May 23 Guru Amar Das Sahib's Birthday
- May 27 Pandit Nehru death anniversary
- Jun 13 Ganga Dashami
- Jun 14-16 Raja Festival
- Jun 18 Full Moon - Sri Jagannath's Birthday
- Jul 03 New Moon
- Jul 4 Rath Yatra
- Jul 5 Guru Hargobind's Birthday
- Jul 17 Hazrat Ali's Birthday
- Jul 18 Full Moon
- Jul 23 Guru Harkrishan Sahib's Birthday
- Aug 1 New Moon
- Aug 11-17 august Jhulan Festival
- Aug 15 Independence Day
- Aug 16 Lunar Eclipse - Rakhi -Avani Avittom
- Aug 17 Full Moon
- Aug 19 Parsi New Year
- Aug 24 Janmashtami
- Aug 28 Raksha Bandhan
- Aug 31 New Moon
- Sep 3 Krishna Janmashtami
- Sep 12 Onam
- Sep 15-16 Ganesh Cahturhi - Full Moon
- Sept 16-29 Pitr-paksha
- Sept 26 Jamat-Ul-Vida
- Sept 29 New Moon
- Sep 30-October 8 Navaratri
- Oct 2 Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday - end of Ramadan
- Oct 6 Saraswati Puja - Dussehra
- Oct 7-9 Dussehra
- Oct 9 Guru Ram Das Sahib's Birthday -1st day of Kullu Dussehra
- Oct 14 Maharishi Valmiki's Birthday
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- Oct 18 Karva Chauth
- Oct 26 Dhan Teras
- Oct 27 Deepavali - Naraka Chaturdasi
- Oct 28 Diwali - Bandi Chhor Divas
- Oct 29 New Moon - Govardhan Puja
- Oct 30 Bhai Duj
- Nov 5-13 Pushkar Camel Fair
- Nov 13 Full Moon - Guru Nanak's birthday
- Nov 27 New Moon
- Dec 9 Gita Jayanti - Idu'l Zuha - Feast of the Sacrifice
- Dec 12 Full Moon
- Dec 24 Christmas Eve
- Dec 25 Christmas Day
- Dec 27 New Moon
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