Chettinad Tech Library: National public holidays of India in 2012

2012 Date	Name	Remarks
January 26	Republic Day
January 30	Public Holiday	Punjab Only. For assembly elections.
February 5	Milad-un-Nabi	Birthday of Prophet Muhammad
February 7	Guru Ravidas Jayanti	Restricted Holiday. Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab only.
February 20	Maha Shivratri	Celebrated on the 13th night/14th day in the Krishna Paksha
March 8	Holi
April 1	Ram Navami
April 5	Mahavir Jayanti
April 6	Good Friday	Friday before Easter Sunday
May 28	Buddha Purnima	Birth of Buddha
August 10	Janmashtami	Restricted Holiday. Bangalore, Delhi. Celebrates the birth of Lord Shri Krishna
August 15	Independence Day
August 19	Idul Fitr
August 20	Parsi New Year	Mumbai Only
September 19	Ganesh Chaturthi	Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Orissa, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu only
October 2	Mahatma Gandhi Birthday	Gandhi Jayanti
October 24	Dussehra	Vijaya Dashami
October 26	Idul Juha	Bakrid
November 1	Kannada Rajyothsava	Bangalore Only
November 2	Guru Nanak Birthday
November 13	Deewali	Deepawali
November 15	Muharram	Observed mainly by the Shia Muslim community
November 24	Muharram (10th Day)	Day of Ashurah
December 25	Christmas day

Other Years

Only the secular holidays of Republic Day, Independence Day and Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday are observed nationally.
Public holidays in India tend to be observed on a strictly regional basis. The above dates are Government of India holidays, when government offices will be closed nationwide. In addition, there are numerous festivals and fairs which are also observed in some states as holidays, the dates of which change from year to year.
Muslim festivals are timed according to local sightings of various phases of the moon and the dates given above are the latest known dates.
Although not government official holidays, Christmas Day and New Year's Day are observed nationally.