List of National and regional Public holidays of India in 2018
| Day | Date | Holiday | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | January 01 | New Year's Day | Arunachal pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Miizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana |
| Tuesday | January 02 | Mannam Jayanthi | Kerala Only |
| Friday | January 12 | Birthday of Swami Vivekananda | West Bengal only |
| Saturday | January 13 | Bhogi | Telangana |
| Sunday | January 14 | Pongal | Also known as Makar Sankranti, Lohri, Bihu, Hadaga, Poki |
| Sunday | January 14 | Sankranti | Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Telangana |
| Tuesday | January 16 | Thiruvalluvar Day | Tamil Nadu only |
| Wednesday | January 17 | Uzhavar Tirunal | Puducherry, Tamil Nadu only |
| Monday | January 22 | Vasant Panchami | Haryana, Odisha, Punjab, Tripura, West Bengal |
| Tuesday | January 23 | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti | Assam, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal. Birthday of a prominent leader in the Indian freedom movement |
| Wednesday | January 24 | Sir Chhotu Ram Jayanti | Haryana only |
| Thursday | January 25 | Statehood Day | Himachal Pradesh only |
| Friday | January 26 | Republic Day | Commemorates the establishment of the Constitution of India |
| Wednesday | January 31 | Me-dam-me-phi | Assam. Ancestor festival |
| Saturday | February 10 | Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti | Haryana only |
| Tuesday | February 13 | Maha Shivratri | Celebrated on the 13th night/14th day in the Krishna Paksha |
| Friday | February 16 | Losar | Sikkim only. Tibetan New Year |
| Friday | February 16 | Sonam Lhochar | Sikkim only. Tamang New Year |
| Monday | February 19 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti | Maharashtra only |
| Thursday | March 01 | Doljatra | Holi Dahan |
| Thursday | March 01 | Guru Ravidas Birthday | Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab only. Full moon of Magh |
| Friday | March 02 | Holi | |
| Sunday | March 18 | Ugadi | Telugu and Kannada New Year. Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh |
| Sunday | March 18 | Cheti Chand | Gujarat only. |
| Thursday | March 22 | Bihar Divas | Bihar Only |
| Friday | March 23 | Shaheedi Diwas of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru & Sukhdev | Haryana only |
| Friday | March 23 | Shahidi Divas S. Bhagat Singh Ji | Punjab, Rajasthan only |
| Sunday | March 25 | Ram Navami | Celebrates the birth of Lord Rama to King Dasharatha of Ayodhya |
| Thursday | March 29 | Mahavir Jayanti | The most important religious holiday in Jainism |
| Thursday | March 29 | Maundy Thursday | Kerala only |
| Friday | March 30 | Good Friday | Friday before Easter Sunday |
| Friday | March 30 | Hazrat Alis Birthday | Uttar Pradesh only. Son in law of Prophet Muhammad |
| Sunday | April 01 | Bank Holiday | Banks only. Annual accounts closing |
| Sunday | April 01 | Odisha Day | Odisha only. Utkal Divas |
| Thursday | April 05 | Babu Jagjivan Ram Birthday | Telangana only |
| Friday | April 13 | Biju Festival | Tripura only |
| Friday | April 13 | Bohag Bihu Holiday | Assam only |
| Saturday | April 14 | Ashoka's Birth Anniversary | Bihar only |
| Saturday | April 14 | Bengali New Year | Tripura, West Bengal only |
| Saturday | April 14 | Bohag Bihu | Assamese New Year. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam |
| Saturday | April 14 | Dr Ambedkar Jayanti | Birthday of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedekar |
| Saturday | April 14 | Maha Vishuba Sankranti | Odisha |
| Saturday | April 14 | Tamil New Year | Puthandu. Tamil Nadu only |
| Saturday | April 14 | Vaisakhi | Haryana, Punjab only |
| Sunday | April 15 | Himachal Day | Himachal Pradesh only. The province of Himachal Pradesh was created on 15 April 1948 |
| Sunday | April 15 | Vishu | Kerala Only. First day of Tulu calendar |
| Wednesday | April 18 | Parashurama Jayanti | Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh |
| Thursday | April 19 | Basava Jayanthi | Karnataka only. The most important festival of the Lingayats. 3rd Vaiskha |
| Monday | April 23 | Garia Puja | Tripura only |
| Tuesday | May 01 | Maharashtra Day | Maharashtra only. Commemorates the formation of the state of Maharashtra on 1 May 1960 |
| Tuesday | May 01 | May Day | Many states |
| Monday | May 07 | Birthday of Rabindra Nath Tagore | Tripura, West Bengal |
| Wednesday | May 16 | State Day | Sikkim only |
| Friday | May 25 | Birthday of Kazi Nazrul Islam | Tripura only. |
| Tuesday | May 29 | Buddha Purnima | Birth of Buddha |
| Friday | June 08 | Jumat-ul-Wida | Last Friday of Ramadam |
| Thursday | June 14 | Pahili Raja | Odisha |
| Friday | June 15 | Idul Fitr | Many states |
| Friday | June 15 | Raja Sankranti | Odisha only |
| Saturday | June 16 | Idul Fitr | Gujarat |
| Saturday | June 16 | Guru Arjun Dev Martyrdom day | Punjab Only |
| Saturday | June 16 | Maharana Pratap Jayanti | Haryana, Himachal Pradesh only |
| Thursday | June 28 | Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti | Gazetted holiday in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab. |
| Saturday | July 14 | Ratha Yatra | Odisha |
| Friday | July 20 | Kharchi Puja | Tripura only |
| Tuesday | July 31 | Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Udham Singh | Haryana, Punjab only |
| Friday | August 03 | Ker Puja | Tripura only |
| Saturday | August 11 | Karkkadaka Vavu | Kerala |
| Wednesday | August 15 | Independence Day | |
| Friday | August 17 | Parsi New Year | Jamshed Navroz. Gujarat, Mumbai Only |
| Wednesday | August 22 | Idul Juha | Bakrid. Many states |
| Friday | August 24 | First Onam | Kerala only. Harvest Festival |
| Saturday | August 25 | Thiruvonam | Kerala only. Harvest Festival |
| Sunday | August 26 | Raksha Bandhan | Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh only. Shravana Purnima |
| Sunday | August 26 | Third Onam | Kerala only. Harvest Festival |
| Monday | August 27 | Sree Narayana Guru Jayanti | Kerala only |
| Saturday | September 01 | Parkash Utsav Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji | Punjab only |
| Sunday | September 02 | Sreekrishna Jayanthi | Kerala, Odisha. Celebrates the birth of Lord Shri Krishna |
| Monday | September 03 | Janmashtami | Restricted Holiday. Celebrates the birth of Lord Shri Krishna |
| Monday | September 10 | Birthday of Baba Sri Chand Ji | Punjab only |
| Tuesday | September 11 | Muharram | Observed mainly by the Shia Muslim community |
| Wednesday | September 12 | Teej | Haryana only |
| Wednesday | September 12 | Saragarhi Day | State holiday in Punjab |
| Thursday | September 13 | Ganesh Chaturthi | Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata |
| Friday | September 14 | Nuakhai | Odisha only. Day after Ganesh Chaturthi |
| Thursday | September 20 | Muharram (10th Day) | Day of Ashurah |
| Friday | September 21 | Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi | Kerala only. Marks the death of a key social reformer |
| Friday | September 21 | Muharram | Gujarat |
| Sunday | September 23 | Haryana's Heroes' Martyrdom Day | Haryana only |
| Friday | September 28 | Birthday of S. Bhagat Singh Ji | Punjab only |
| Tuesday | October 02 | Mahatma Gandhi Birthday | Gandhi Jayanti |
| Tuesday | October 09 | Mahalaya | Karnataka, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal only. |
| Wednesday | October 10 | Maharaja Agrasen Jayanati | Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan only |
| Tuesday | October 16 | Maha Saptami | Assam, Odisha, West Bengal |
| Wednesday | October 17 | Durgastami | Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Odisha, Telangana, West Bengal |
| Thursday | October 18 | Ayudha Puja | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu |
| Thursday | October 18 | Mahanavami | Bihar, Kerala, Odisha only. Ninth Day of Dussehra |
| Thursday | October 18 | Navami of Durga Puja | Assam, Tripura,West Bengal |
| Thursday | October 18 | Dusshera | Vijaya Dashmi. Gujarat |
| Friday | October 19 | Durga Puja | Mahastami. Odisha, Sikkim only |
| Friday | October 19 | Dussehra | Dasara/Vijaya Dashami |
| Wednesday | October 24 | Lakshmi Puja | Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal only. |
| Wednesday | October 24 | Maharishi Valmiki Birthday | Delhi, Haryana, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab |
| Wednesday | October 31 | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's Birthday | Gujarat only. |
| Thursday | November 01 | Haryana Day | Haryana only. |
| Thursday | November 01 | Kannada Rajyothsava | Bangalore Only. Karnataka Formation Day |
| Tuesday | November 06 | Narak Chaturdashi | Karnataka |
| Tuesday | November 06 | Deepavali | Kerala |
| Wednesday | November 07 | Deepavali | Assam, Tamil Nadu, Tripura |
| Wednesday | November 07 | Deepavali | Karnataka, Maharashtra |
| Wednesday | November 07 | Deewali | Deepawali. Except Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal. |
| Wednesday | November 07 | Kali Puja | Assam, Odisha, West Bengal. Festival dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali |
| Thursday | November 08 | Vikram Samvat New Year | Gujarat only. |
| Thursday | November 08 | Vishvakarma Day | Day after Dewali |
| Friday | November 09 | Bhai Bij | Gujarat only. |
| Wednesday | November 14 | Chhath Puja | Assam, Bihar, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh |
| Tuesday | November 20 | Id-e-Milad | |
| Wednesday | November 21 | Eid-e-Meeladun Nabi | Prophet Mohammad's Birthday |
| Friday | November 23 | Guru Nanak Birthday | The Birthday of the founder of Sikhism, falls on full moon day of the month Kartik |
| Friday | November 23 | Rasa Purnima | Odisha only |
| Monday | December 03 | World Disabled Day | Tripura only |
| Sunday | December 16 | Martyrdom Day of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji | Punjab only |
| Tuesday | December 25 | Christmas Day | Observed in all states |
| Wednesday | December 26 | Boxing Day | |
| Wednesday | December 26 | Shaheed Udham Singh's Birthday | Haryana only |