With 2024 drawing to a close, it’s time to start planning your holidays, especially as 2025 offers exciting long weekends all year round. Here’s a month-by-month look at the long weekends that await you:
January 2025: Long weekend
We begin with a long weekend in January, from 12 January (Sunday) to 14 January (Tuesday), which corresponds to Pongal/Makar Sankranti. If you take the day off on 13 January (Monday), you’ll be rewarded with a nice long four-day weekend.
February 2025: No Long Weekends
February will not see long weekends but does have four scattered government holidays-from Basant Panchami on February 2 (Sunday) to Guru Ravidas Jayanti on February 12 (Wednesday), Shivaji Jayanti on February 19 (Wednesday), and Swami Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti on February 23 (Sunday).
March 2025: Two Long Weekends
March brings along with it two long weekends. The first span from March 13 to March 16, encompassing Holika Dahan and Holi. The second extends from March 29 to March 31, coinciding with Eid-ul-Fitr on March 31.
April 2025: Festival Holidays
In April, there will be two long weekends. The first stretch from April 10 (Mahavir Jayanti) to April 13, whereby a few leaves on April 11 take you to Saturday and Sunday. Another break from April 18 to April 20 coincides with Good Friday and the weekend.
May 2025: Buddha Purnima Break
May has another chance to take a break from May 10 to May 12, so this would also give way to a three-day long weekend, with the day for Buddha Purnima being observed on Monday, May 12.
June and July 2025: Limited Holidays
The summer months of June and July are relatively sparse in holidays. Only Eid-ul-Zuha (June 7) and Muharram (July 6) provide a single day off each, with no long weekends in sight.
August 2025: A Long Independence Day Weekend
August brings a substantial break from August 15 (Independence Day) to August 17 (Sunday), with Saturday, August 16, being Janmashtami.
September 2025: Festivals and Extended Holidays
A festive long weekend from September 5 (Eid-e-Milad and Onam) to September 7 (Sunday) marks this month.
October 2025: A Month of Long Weekends
October has innumerable long holidays:
- October 1-5: Mahanavami, Dussehra, and Gandhi Jayanti follow each other in succession.
- October 18-20: Diwali weekend cuts the period.
- October 23-26: Bhai Dooj falls on a weekend, extending the holiday.
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November 2025: Scattered Holidays
November is sprinkled with holidays: Guru Nanak Jayanti on November 5 and the martyrdom day of Guru Tegh Bahadur on November 24.
December 2025: Ending the Year with a Four-Day Gap
The year concludes with the festive long weekend from December 25 (Christmas) to December 28 (Sunday), to celebrate and unwind.
