Holiday list for 2020 released


Team Udayavani, Nov 23, 2019, 5:04 PM IST

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Friday released the list of public holidays for the year 2020.

The list has 18 public holidays, with as many as 10 of those falling either on a Friday or a Monday.

The list excludes holidays that are falling on either Sundays and/or second and fourth Saturdays namely Republic Day (January 26), Basava Jayanthi/Akshaya Tritiya (April 4), Moharram (August 8), Ganesha Chaturthi (August 12), Ayudha Puja (October 25), Kannada Rajyosava (November 1), Naraka Chaturdashi (November 14).

Holiday list for 2020:

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 government said a separate list of government holidays for schools and colleges will be released by the commissioner of public instruction.

The Karnataka government has also declared a local holiday for the Kodagu district for Kail Muhurtha (September 3), Tula Sankramana(October 17) and Huthri (December 1).

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