Public Holidays in India 1997

There are 17 Indian public holidays in 1997. 12 of them fall on working days, which leaves 249 working days after 104 weekend days.

The Indian public holidays in 1997 are Republic Day (Sunday, January 26), Id-ul-Fitr (Monday, February 10), Holi (Monday, March 24), Good Friday (Friday, March 28), Ram Navami (Tuesday, April 15), Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) (Saturday, April 19), Mahavir Jayanti (Sunday, April 20), Muharram (Sunday, May 18), Buddha Purnima (Thursday, May 22), Milad-un-Nabi (Prophet Mohammad's Birthday) (Friday, July 18), Independence Day (Friday, August 15), Janmashtami (Monday, August 25), Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday (Gandhi Jayanti) (Thursday, October 2), Dussehra (Vijaya Dashami) (Saturday, October 11), Diwali (Deepavali) (Thursday, October 30), Guru Nanak's Birthday (Friday, November 14) and Christmas Day (Thursday, December 25).

There are 7 long weekends of three days or more in 1997: Feb 8–Feb 10 (3 days, Id-ul-Fitr); Mar 22–Mar 24 (3 days, Holi); Mar 28–Mar 30 (3 days, Good Friday); Jul 18–Jul 20 (3 days, Milad-un-Nabi (Prophet Mohammad's Birthday)); Aug 15–Aug 17 (3 days, Independence Day); Aug 23–Aug 25 (3 days, Janmashtami); Nov 14–Nov 16 (3 days, Guru Nanak's Birthday).

The weekend in India is Saturday and Sunday. Holidays that fall on a weekend are shown in the list.

Gazetted holidays for central government offices in Delhi (DoPT). States add their own holidays, and many offices work on Saturdays. Festival dates for years without a DoPT list yet are estimated from the moon.

Dates marked tentative follow the moon: Islamic holidays use the Umm al-Qura calendar and depend on the moon sighting, and festival dates for years without an official list are estimated. The official date can differ by a day.