The New Year 2025 is about to knock on our doors in a couple of days! And it’s the right time to explore the long weekends in this new year to plan our holidays, vacations, and trips with family and friends.
Long Weekends Based on 2025 Calendar India
January 2025: 1 weekend
- Makar Sankranti or Pongal
- Dates: Jan 11th – 15th
- Days: Saturday – Wednesday
- (Take a day off on Monday)
February 2025: 1 weekend
- Maha Shivaratri
- Dates: Feb 26th – March 2nd
- Days: Wednesday – Sunday
- (Take 2 days off on Thursday and Friday)
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March 2025: 2 weekends
- Holi
- Dates: March 14th – 16th
- Days: Friday – Sunday c
- Eid-ul-Fitar
- Dates: March 29th – 31st
- Days: Saturday – Monday
Ugadi or Telugu New Year falls on March 3rd, a Sunday that does not count as a long weekend.
April 2025: 2 weekends
- Mahavir Jayanti
- Dates: April 10th – 13th
- Days: Thursday – Sunday
- (Take a day off on Friday)
- Good Friday/ Easter
- Dates: April 18th – 20th
- Days: Friday – Sunday
April 2025 holidays include Ram Navami on the 6th which falls on Sunday. Hence, it gets excluded for a long weekend.
May 2025: 2 weekends
- Labor day
- Dates: May 1st – 4th
- Days: Thursday – Sunday
- (Take a day off on Friday)
- Buddha Purnima
- Dates: May 10th – 12th
- Days: Saturday – Monday
June 2025: 2 weekends
- Bakri Id / Eid ul-Adha
- Dates: June 7th – 11th
- Days: Wednesday – Sunday
- (Take 2 days off on Thursday and Friday)
- Rath Yatra
- Dates: June 27th – 29th
- Days: Friday – Sunday
July 2025: In this month, there are no long weekend holidays in 2025.
August 2025: 2 weekends
- Independence Day & Janmashtami
- Dates: Aug 15th – 17th
- Days: Friday – Sunday
- Vinayaka Chaturthi
- Dates: Aug 27th – 31st
- Days: Wednesday – Sunday
- (Take 2 days off on Thursday and Friday)
September 2025: 1 weekend
- Onam, Milad un Nabi, Teacher’s Day
- Dates: Sep 4th – 7th
- Days: Thursday – Sunday
- (Take a day off on Friday)
October 2025: 2 weekends
- Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti & Dussehra
- Dates: Oct 2nd – 5th
- Days: Thursday – Sunday
- (Take a day off on Friday)
- Diwali
- Dates: Oct 18th – 20th
- Days: Saturday – Monday
November 2025: 1 weekend
- Guru Nanak Jayanthi
- Dates: Nov 5th – 9th
- Days: Wednesday – Sunday
- (Take 2 days off on Thursday and Friday)
December 2025: 2 weekends
- Christmas
- Dates: Dec 25th – 28th
- Days: Thursday – Sunday
- (Take a day off on Friday)
- New Year 2026
- Dates: Jan 1st – 4th
- Days: Thursday – Sunday
- (Take a day off on Friday)
Calendar for Next Year 2025: Frequently Asked Questions
- How many government holidays in India in 2025?
Government holidays are public holidays in India. As per the central government’s recent circular, there are seventeen gazetted holidays and thirty-four restricted holidays in the year 2025.
During the gazetted holidays, all government offices and private institutions including schools and colleges take mandatory leave. On the other hand, during restricted holidays, it is up to the entities to decide on the leave and is totally optional.
- How many paid federal holidays are there in 2025?
In 2025, there will be 11 paid federal holidays in the United States, including all fifty states and the District of Columbia. It includes the New Year, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Independence Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, etc.
- How many long weekends in 2025?
There are about 15–18 long weekends in the coming year. Out of which, 7 weekends need no additional personal or casual leaves and the remaining involves either one or two days off from your end.
- What are the three-day weekends in 2025?
A long weekend includes at least three days of holidays. Thus, all the long weekends listed above are three-day weekends.
