Holidays and celebrations in India in 2023

January

• 1 SunNew YearArunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
• 1 SunWorld Day of Peace
• 2 MonNew YearMizoramDay off
• Mannam JayantiKerala
• 4 WedWorld Braille Day
• 5 ThuBirthday of Guru Gobind Singh
• 6 FriEpiphanyGoa, Kerala
• 12 ThuInternational Youth Day
• 13 FriLohriJammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh
• 14 SatPongalOdisha, Andaman and Nicobar, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Puducherry, Sikkim, Telangana
• 14 SatInternational Kite FestivalGujarat
• World Logic Day
• 18 WedShat-tila Ekadashi
• 23 MonParakram Diwas
• 26 ThuRepublic Day
• 26 ThuVasant PanchamiOdisha, Bihar, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh
• 27 FriRatha SaptamiAndhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana
• 31 TueInternational Day of the Jeweler

February

• 1 WedWorld Hijab Day
• Jaya Ekadashi (Bhaimi Ekadashi)
• 2 ThuWorld Wetlands Day
• 4 SatWorld Cancer Day
• 5 SunThaipusam
• 8 WedProposal Day
• 9 ThuInternational Day of the Dentist
• 11 SatWorld Day of the Sick
• 12 SunRed Hand Day
• Darwin Day
• 13 MonWorld Radio Day
• 14 TueValentine's Day
• 15 WedSingles Awareness Day
• 16 ThuVijaya Ekadashi
• 18 SatMaha Shivaratri
• 19 SunShiv JayantiMaharashtra
• 20 MonWorld Day of Social Justice
• 21 TueInternational Mother Language Day
• Losar
• International Tour Guide Day
• 22 WedWorld Thinking Day

March

• 1 WedWorld Immunity Day
• Zero Discrimination Day
• 3 FriWorld Hearing Day
• World Day of Prayer
• World Day of the writer
• World Wildlife Day
• 5 SunInternational Children’s Day of Broadcasting
• 6 MonWorld Glaucoma Day
• 8 WedHoli
• 9 ThuWorld DJ Day
• 12 SunInternational Day of Planetaria
• World Day Against Cyber Censorship
• 14 TuePi Day
• 20 MonEarth Day
• UN French Language Day
• International Day of Happiness
• 21 TueInternational Day of Forests
• World Down Syndrome Day
• International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
• World Poetry Day
• NowruzJammu and Kashmir
• 22 WedWorld Water Day
• Bihar DayBihar
• 23 ThuWorld Meteorological Day
• 24 FriWorld Tuberculosis Day
• 25 SatInternational Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
• World Day for the End of Fishing
• 27 MonWorld Theatre Day
• 30 ThuRama Navami
• Rajasthan DayRajasthan
• 31 FriWorld Backup Day

April

• 1 SatApril Fools' Day
• Odisha DayOdisha
• 2 SunInternational Children's Book Day
• 4 TueMahavir Janma KalyanakDelhi, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Gujarat, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh
• 4 TueMahavir Janma Kalyanak
• 6 ThuHanuman Jayanti
• 7 FriWorld Health Day
• Good Friday
• 8 SatHoly Saturday
• 9 SunEaster Sunday
• 12 WedWorld Festival of Oatmeal
• 14 FriVaisakhiJammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab
• 14 FriBohag Bihu
• Pana SankrantiOdisha
• Ambedkar Jayanti
• 15 SatPohela BoishakhAssam, West Bengal
• 16 SunSecond Sunday of Easter
• Record Store Day
• 18 TueInternational Day For Monuments and Sites
• 20 ThuUN Chinese Language Day
• 21 FriQuds Day
• 22 SatEid al-Fitr
• 22 SatInternational Mother Earth Day
• Akshaya Tritiya
• Earth Day
• 23 SunWorld Book Day
• World Book Day
• UN English Language Day
• UN Spanish Language Day
• 24 MonWorld Day for Laboratory Animals
• 26 WedInternational Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day
• World Intellectual Property Day
• 28 FriWorkers’ Memorial Day
• 30 SunInternational Jazz Day

May

• 1 MonLabour Day
• Maharashtra and Gujarat DayGujarat, Maharashtra
• 14 SunMother's Day
• 15 MonInternational Day of Families
• The International Conscientious Objectors' Day
• 16 TueSikkim DaySikkim
• 17 WedInternational Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
• World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
• 18 ThuInternational Museum Day
• 20 SatWorld Bee Day
• 21 SunWorld Baking Day
• 22 MonInternational Day for Biological Diversity
• World Goth Day
• 23 TueWorld Turtle Day
• 25 ThuTowel Day
• Geek Pride Day
• 28 SunBrunettes day
• 29 MonInternational Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
• 31 WedWorld No Tobacco Day

June

• 1 ThuWorld Milk Day
• 2 FriTelangana DayTelangana
• 3 SatBicycle day
• 5 MonWorld Environment Day
• 6 TueDay of the Russian Language
• 8 ThuWorld Oceans Day
• 12 MonWorld Day Against Child Labour
• 13 TueMaharana Pratap JayantiRajasthan, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh
• 14 WedWorld Blood Donor Day
• Raja ParbaOdisha
• 15 ThuRaja ParbaOdisha
• 16 FriRaja ParbaOdisha
• 17 SatWorld Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
• 18 SunFather's Day
• 19 MonRatha Yatra
• Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
• 20 TueWorld refugee day
• Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
• 21 WedInternational Day of Yoga
• Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
• 22 ThuCannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
• 23 FriCannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
• 24 SatCannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
• World UFO Day
• 25 SunCannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
• 26 MonWorld Refrigeration Day
• International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
• 30 FriAsteroid Day

July

• 1 SatNational Doctors Day
• 2 SunWorld UFO Day
• 6 ThuNational Kissing Day
• 11 TueWorld Chocolate Day
• World Population Day
• 17 MonWorld Emoji Day
• 20 ThuInternational Chess Day
• 24 MonParents' Day
• 30 SunFriend's day

August

• 13 SunInternational left-hander day
• 15 TueIndependence Day
• 19 SatWorld Humanitarian Day
• 20 SunWorld Day of Laziness
• 21 MonNaga Panchami
• 28 MonOnamKerala
• 29 TueOnamKerala
• 30 WedRaksha Bandhan
• International Day of the Disappeared
• OnamKerala
• 31 ThuOnamKerala

September

• 1 FriOnamKerala
• 2 SatOnamKerala
• 3 SunOpening New Doors Day
• OnamKerala
• 4 MonOnamKerala
• 5 TueTeacher's Day
• OnamKerala
• 6 WedKrishna Janmashtami
• OnamKerala
• 7 ThuKrishna Janmashtami
• 8 FriInternational Literacy Day
• 9 SatSoftware Tester Day
• 10 SunWorld Suicide Prevention Day
• 13 WedWorld Chocolate Day
• 15 FriEngineer's Day
• 16 SatWorld Cleanup Day
• International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
• 19 TueGanesh Chaturthi
• The birthday of the "Smiley"
• International Talk Like a Pirate Day
• 20 WedGanesh Chaturthi
• 21 ThuGanesh Chaturthi
• International Day of Peace
• 22 FriGanesh Chaturthi
• 23 SatCelebrate Bisexuality Day
• Ganesh Chaturthi
• International Day of Sign Languages
• International Rabbit Day
• 24 SunGanesh Chaturthi
• 25 MonGanesh Chaturthi
• 26 TueGanesh Chaturthi
• World Contraception Day
• 27 WedGanesh Chaturthi
• World Tourism Day
• 28 ThuWorld Rabies Day
• International Day for Universal Access to Information
• Ganesh Chaturthi
• 29 FriGanesh Chaturthi
• 30 SatInternational Translation Day
• International Lace Day

October

• 1 SunWorld Vegetarian Day
• International Day of Older Persons
• International Coffee Day
• International Music Day
• Kerala DayKerala
• 2 MonGandhi Jayanti Birthday
• 2 MonInternational Day of Non-Violence
• World Habitat Day
• 4 WedWorld Animal Day
• 6 FriWorld smile day
• 9 MonWorld Post Day
• 10 TueWorld Mental Health Day
• 11 WedInternational Day of the Girl Child
• 12 ThuWorld Sight Day
• 13 FriInternational Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
• 14 SatMahalayaOdisha, Assam, West Bengal, Karnataka
• World Standards Day
• BathukammaTelangana
• 15 SunInternational Rural Women's Day
• Navaratri
• MahalayaOdisha, Assam, West Bengal, Karnataka
• BathukammaTelangana
• 16 MonWorld Food Day
• Navaratri
• MahalayaOdisha, Assam, West Bengal, Karnataka
• BathukammaTelangana
• 17 TueNavaratri
• MahalayaOdisha, Assam, West Bengal, Karnataka
• International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
• BathukammaTelangana
• 18 WedNavaratri
• MahalayaOdisha, Assam, West Bengal, Karnataka
• BathukammaTelangana
• 19 ThuNavaratri
• MahalayaOdisha, Assam, West Bengal, Karnataka
• BathukammaTelangana
• 20 FriNavaratri
• MahalayaOdisha, Assam, West Bengal, Karnataka
• BathukammaTelangana
• 21 SatNavaratri
• MahalayaOdisha, Assam, West Bengal, Karnataka
• BathukammaTelangana
• 22 SunNavaratri
• MahalayaOdisha, Assam, West Bengal, Karnataka
• BathukammaTelangana
• 23 MonNavaratri
• MahalayaOdisha, Assam, West Bengal, Karnataka
• 24 TueUnited Nations Day
• Navaratri
• MahalayaOdisha, Assam, West Bengal, Karnataka
• Vijayadashami
• 25 WedMahalayaOdisha, Assam, West Bengal, Karnataka
• 26 ThuMahalayaOdisha, Assam, West Bengal, Karnataka
• Accession DayJammu and Kashmir
• 27 FriMahalayaOdisha, Assam, West Bengal, Karnataka
• 28 SatMahalayaOdisha, Assam, West Bengal, Karnataka
• 29 SunMahalayaOdisha, Assam, West Bengal, Karnataka
• 31 TueNational Unity Day

November

• 1 WedKarnataka RajyotsavaKarnataka
• 1 WedWorld Vegan Day
• Andhra Pradesh DayAndhra Pradesh
• Haryana DayHaryana
• Chhattisgarh Foundation DayChhattisgarh
• 6 MonKanakadasa JayanthiKarnataka
• 7 TueInternational Inuit Day
• 8 WedWorld Urbanism Day
• 11 SatArmistice Day
• Remembrance Day
• 13 MonWorld Kindness Day
• 14 TueWorld Diabetes Day
• Children's Day
• 15 WedGIS Day
• 17 FriInternational Student's Day
• 19 SunInternational Men's Day
• World Toilet Day
• Chhath
• World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
• 20 MonChhath
• 21 TueChhath
• 22 WedSon's day
• Chhath
• 27 MonGurpurabBihar, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh
• 28 TueGivingTuesday
• 30 ThuDay of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare

December

• 1 FriWorld AIDS Day
• 2 SatInternational Day for the Abolition of Slavery
• 3 SunSaint Francis Xavier's Day
• United Nations' International Day of Persons with Disabilities
• 5 TueInternational Volunteer Day
• 7 ThuInternational Civil Aviation Day
• Armed Forces Flag Day
• 10 SunHuman Rights Day
• 11 MonInternational Mountain Day
• 13 WedLosoong FestivalSikkim
• 13 WedInternational Day of Democracy
• 15 FriZamenhof Day
• 18 MonUN Arabic Language Day
• 19 TueGoa Liberation DayGoa
• 20 WedInternational Human Solidarity Day
• 23 SatDay of long-range aviation of the Air Force
• 24 SunChristmas eveMeghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland
• 25 MonChristmas