Declared Holidays, 2018

Holiday Name Date Day of Week Bangalore Hyderabad Mumbai NCR

Republic Day January 26, 2018 Friday Yes Yes Yes Yes
Holi March 2, 2018 Friday No No No Yes
May Day May 1, 2018 Tuesday Yes Yes Yes No
Independence Day August 15, 2018 Wednesday Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bakrid August 22, 2018 Wednesday Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ganesh Chaturthi September 13, 2018 Thursday No Yes Yes No
Gandhi Jayanti October 2, 2018 Tuesday Yes Yes Yes Yes
Vijaya Dashmi/
October 19, 2018 Friday Yes Yes Yes Yes
Dussehra
Karnataka Formation
November 1, 2018 Thursday Yes No No No
Day
Deepawali November 7, 2018 Wednesday Yes Yes Yes Yes
Guru Nanak Jayanti November 23, 2018 Friday No No No Yes
Christmas December 25, 2018 Tuesday Yes Yes Yes Yes

There will be 9 declared holidays (refer to Yes/No for each site) and 1 floating Holiday for 2018.
Flexible Holidays List, 2018
Day of the
S. No. Day/Festival Date Week
1 New Year's Day January 1, 2018 Monday
2 Guru Gobind Singh's Birthday January 5, 2018 Friday
3 Maha Shivaratri February 14, 2018 Wednesday
4 Holi March 2, 2018 Friday
5 Good Friday March 30, 2018 Friday
6 Budh Purnima April 30, 2018 Monday
7 Parsi New Year(Navroj) August 17, 2018 Friday
8 Varalaksmi Vratam August 24, 2018 Friday
9 Janmashtami September 3, 2018 Monday
10 Vinayak Chaturthi/Ganesh Chaturthi September 13, 2018 Thursday
11 Maha Saptami October 16, 2018 Tuesday
12 Maha Ashtami October 17, 2018 Wednesday
13 Maha Navami October 18, 2018 Thursday
14 Maharishi Valmiki's Birthday October 24, 2018 Wednesday
15 Naraka Chaturdasi November 6, 2018 Tuesday
16 Govardhan Puja November 8, 2018 Thursday
17 Bhai Dooj November 9, 2018 Friday
18 Surya Shashti(Chhatt Puja) November 13, 2018 Tuesday
19 Guru Nanak Jayanti November 23, 2018 Friday
20 Christmas Eve December 24, 2018 Monday

Note: An EE should opt for 1 out of 20 flexible holidays