The year 2020 will have 18 public holidays.
The year 2020 is just over a month away and the Karnataka government has released the list of public holidays for the new year. The year 2020 will have 18 public holidays.
The list features 10 holidays that fall either on a Monday or a Friday, making it an extended weekend for the working lot.
The potential long weekends fall during Maha Shivaratri, Good Friday, Mahaveer Jayanti, May Day, Ramzan, Bakrid, Gandhi Jayanti, Vijayadashami, Eid-Milad, Deepavali and Christmas.
Here’s the full list:
January 15 (Wednesday) - Makara Sankranti
February 21 (Friday) - Shivaratri
March 21 (Wednesday) - Ugadi
April 6 (Monday) - Mahaveer Jayanti
April 10 (Friday) - Good Friday
April 14 (Tuesday) - Ambedkar Jayanti
May 1 (Friday) - May Day
May 25 (Monday) - Khutba-e-Ramzan
August 1 (Saturday) - Bakrid
Aug 15 (Saturday) - Independence Day
September 15 (Thursday) - Mahalaya Amavasya
October 2 (Friday) - Gandhi Jayanti
October 26 (Monday) - Vijayadashami
October 30 (Friday) - Eid Milad
October 31 (Saturday) - Valmiki Jayanti
November 16 (Monday) - Deepavali
December 3 (Thursday) - Kanakadasa Jayanti
December 25 (Friday) - Christmas
The list does not include holidays such as Republic Day (January 26), Basava Jayanti (April 26), Moharram (August 8), Mahanavami (October 26), Ayudha Pooja (October 26) and Kannada Rajyotsava (November 1). Incidentally, most of these days fall on a Sunday, which means, no scope for an extended weekend.
Naraka Chaturdashi (November 14) and Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vratha (August 22), meanwhile, fall on the second and fourth Saturdays respectively.
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