Public holidays in Tamil Nadu

The Indian state of Tamil Nadu has 23 public holidays for staff working in government offices and banks.[1] They are declared under the Negotiable Instruments Act of 1881.[2][3] Three of them are national holidays: Republic Day, Independence Day and Gandhi Jayanthi.[4] State-specific holidays include Pongal, Thiruvalluvar Day, and Tamil New Year.[5]

Holiday	2020
New Years Day	Wednesday, 1 January
Pongal	Wednesday, 15 January
Thiruvalluvar Day	Thursday, 16 January
Uzhavar Thirunal	Friday, 17 January
Republic Day	Sunday, 26 January
Telugu New Years Day	Wednesday, 23 March
Annual closing of accounts for commercial & co-operative banks	Wednesday, 1 April
Mahaveer Jayanthi	Monday, 6 April
Good Friday	Friday, 10 April
Tamil New Year Day, B R Ambedkar’s birthday	Tuesday, 14 April
May Day (Labour's day)	Friday, 1 May
Ramzan	Monday, 5 May
Bakrid	Saturday, 1 August
Krishna Jayanthi	Tuesday, 11 August
Independence day	Saturday, 15 August
Ganesh Chaturthi	Saturday, 22 August
Muharram	Sunday, 30 August
Gandhi Jayanthi (Mahatma Gandhi's birthday)	Friday, 2 October
Ayutha Pooja	Sunday, 25 October
Vijayadasami	Monday, 26 October
Milad-un-Nabi	Friday, 30 October
Deepavali (Diwali)	Saturday, 14 November
Christmas	Friday, 25 December

Other days of importance

These are major festivals or observances that are not declared a holiday by government.

• Aadi Perukku
• Karthikai Deepam
• Mahamaham
• Tamil Nadu Day

References

1. "Public Holidays for the year 2020 | Tamil Nadu Government Portal". www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
2. "Tamil Nadu government releases public holidays list for 2020". The Indian Express. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
3. "State Government Holidays 2020 for offices in Tamil Nadu". GConnect.in. 15 February 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
4. "Public Holidays in India in 2020". Office Holidays. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
5. "Tamil Nadu Bank Holidays in April 2020 | List of Tamil Nadu Bank Holidays in April". The Economic Times. Retrieved 21 April 2020.