Planning next year's vacation? Here's the holiday list you need
Let the holidays begin !
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2014-12-03 16:42 GMT
Mumbai: With 2014 soon coming to a close, it's not too early to be planning next year's vacation. The year 2015 will bring a bumper crop of long weekends. The coming year is packed with three- and four-day weekends and, if you manage to take a few leaves, adjust a few working days, you'll be all set for a bumper nine-day Diwali break!
Here are the dates that you need to save:
January
1 January, Thursday: New Year’s Day
2 January, Friday — Skip work; they will understand.
3 January, Saturday
4 January, Sunday
23 January, Friday — Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti (Kolkata)
24 January, Saturday
25 January, Sunday
26 January, Monday — Republic Day 14 February, Saturday
February
15 February, Sunday
16 February, Monday — Skip work, because Valentine’s Day long weekend!
17 February, Tuesday — Maha Shivratri
March
6 March, Friday — Holi
7 March, Saturday
8 March, Sunday
April
3 April, Friday — Good Friday
4 April, Saturday
5 April, Sunday
11 April, Saturday
12 April, Sunday
13 April, Monday — Take leave
14 April, Tuesday— Ambedkar Jayanti, Tamil New Year
May
1 May, Friday — Labour Day; Maharashtra Day
2 May, Saturday
3 May, Sunday
4 May, Monday — Buddha Purnima
August
15 August, Saturday
16 August, Sunday
17 August, Monday — Skip work; you haven’t had a break since May!
18 August, Tuesday — Parsi New Year
September
17 September, Thursday — Ganesh Chaturthi
18 September, Friday — Skip work
19 September, Saturday
20 September, Sunday
24 September, Thursday — Bakri Id
25 September, Friday — Skip work
26 September, Saturday
27 September, Sunday
October
2 October, Friday — Gandhi Jayanti
3 October, Saturday
4 October, Sunday
22 October, Thursday—Dussehra
23 October, Friday — Take leave
24 October, Saturday
25 October, Sunday
November
7 November, Saturday
8 November, Sunday
9 November, Monday — Dhanteras
10 November, Tuesday — Naraka Chaturdashi or take leave
11 November, Wednesday—Diwali (Lakshmi Puja)
12 November, Thursday—Diwali (Balipratipada) or take leave
13 November, Friday—Diwali (Bhaidooj)
14 November, Saturday
15 November, Sunday
December
24 December, Thursday — Eid-e-Milad
25 December, Friday — Christmas
26 December, Saturday
27 December, Sunday