Holidays to be granted as per Section 3 of The Puducherry Industrial Establishments (National and Festival) Holidays Act, 1964. Rules, 1946. SL # Holiday Name Date & Remarks Month 1 Republic Day 26th January Compulsory 2 May Day 1 st May Compulsory 3 Independence Day 15th August Compulsory 4 De Jure transfer day 16 th August Compulsory 5 Gandhi Jayanti 2nd October Compulsory 6 Additional Holidays over the above 3 additional days Employers who wish to work on the afore mentioned days can obtain 8/365 days exemption from the Labour Department. Please write to us at contactus@complyindia.com if you wish to obtain the exemption certificate. The following are the list of public holiday for the calendar year 2019 declared by Government of Puducherry vide Notification G.O. Ms. No. 70, dated 25 th October, 2018. Public Holiday I. Puducherry and Karikal Regions 1. 01-Jan-2019 Tuesday New Year's Day 2. 15-Jan-2019 Tuesday Pongal 3. 16-Jan-2019 Wednesday Thiruvalluvar Day/Mattu Pongal 4. 26-Jan-2019 Saturday Republic Day 5. 14-Apr-2019 Sunday Dr Ambedkar Jayanti 6. 19-Apr-2019 Friday Good Friday 7. 01-May-2019 Wednesday May day 8. 05-Jun-2019 Wednesday Ramzan (Id-Ul-Fitr) 9. 12-Aug-2019 Monday Bakrid (Id-Uz-Zuha) 10. 15-Aug-2019 Thursday Independence Day 11. 16-Aug-2019 Friday De Jure transfer day 12. 02-Sep-2019 Monday Vinayaka Chaturthi 13. 02-Oct-2019 Wednesday Gandhi Jayanthi 14. 07-Oct-2019 Monday Saraswati Puja, Ayudha Puja 15. 27-Oct-2019 Sunday Diwali 16. 01-Nov-2019 Friday Puducherry Liberation Day 17. 10-Nov-2019 Sunday Eid Milad-un Nabi 18. 25-Dec-2019 Wednesday Christmas Day
II. Mahe Region 1. 26-Jan-2019 Saturday Republic Day 2. 01-Apr-2019 Monday *Annual Closing of Bank Account 3. 14-Apr-2019 Sunday Dr Ambedkar Jayanti 4. 15-Apr-2019 Monday Vishu 2 nd Day 5. 19-Apr-2019 Friday Good Friday 6. 01-May-2019 Wednesday May day 7. 05-Jun-2019 Wednesday Ramzan (Id-Ul-Fitr) 8. 12-Aug-2019 Monday Bakrid (Id-Uz-Zuha) 9. 15-Aug-2019 Thursday Independence Day 10. 16-Aug-2019 Friday De Jure transfer day 11. 10-Sep-2019 Tuesday Onam 1 st Day 12. 11-Sep-2019 Wednesday Onam 2 nd Day 13. 02-Oct-2019 Wednesday Gandhi Jayanthi 14. 07-Oct-2019 Monday Saraswati Puja, Ayudha Puja 15. 15-Oct-2019 Tuesday St. Theresa Festival 16. 27-Oct-2019 Sunday Diwali 17. 01-Nov-2019 Friday Puducherry Liberation Day 18. 09-Nov-2019 Saturday Eid Milad-un Nabi 19. 25-Dec-2019 Wednesday Christmas Day III. Yanam Region 1. 01-Jan-2019 Tuesday New Year's Day 2. 15-Jan-2019 Tuesday Pongal 3. 26-Jan-2019 Saturday Republic Day 4. 01-Apr-2019 Monday *Annual Closing of Bank Accounts 5. 06-Apr-2019 Saturday Telegu New Year Day/Ugadi 6. 14-Apr-2019 Sunday Dr Ambedkar Jayanti 7. 19-Apr-2019 Friday Good Friday 8. 01-May-2019 Wednesday May day 9. 05-Jun-2019 Wednesday Ramzan (Id-Ul-Fitr) 10. 12-Aug-2019 Monday Bakrid (Id-Uz-Zuha) 11. 15-Aug-2019 Thursday Independence Day 12. 16-Aug-2019 Friday De Jure transfer day
13. 02-Sep-2019 Monday Ganesh Chaturthi 14. 02-Oct-2019 Wednesday Gandhi Jayanthi 15. 07-Oct-2019 Monday Saraswati Puja, Ayudha Puja 16. 27-Oct-2019 Sunday Diwali 17. 01-Nov-2019 Friday Puducherry Liberation Day 18. 10-Nov-2019 Sunday Eid Milad-un Nabi 19. 25-Dec-2019 Wednesday Christmas Day Restricted Holiday 1. 01-Jan-2019 Tuesday New Year s Day (for Mahe region) 2. 14-Jan-2019 Monday Bhogi 3. 15-Jan-2019 Tuesday Pongal (for Mahe region) 4. 16-Jan-2019 Wednesday Thiruvalluvar Day/mattu Pongal (for Mahe region) 5. 17-Jan-2019 Thursday Uzhavar Thirunal 6. 19-Feb-2019 Tuesday Masimagam 7. 04-Mar-2019 Monday Mahasivarathri 8. 19-Mar-2019 Tuesday Feast of St. Joseph 9. 20-Mar-2019 Wednesday Sri Kailasanathar Temple Car Festival (for Karaikal region). 10. 03-Apr-2019 Wednesday Shab-e-Mihraj* (for Mahe region). 11. 04-Apr-2019 Thursday Shab-e-Mihraj* (for Puducherry, Karaikal and Yanam regions). 12. 06-Apr-2019 Saturday Telugu New Year s Day (for Puducherry, Karaikal and Mahe regions). 13. 13-Apr-2019 Saturday Ram Navami 14. 15-Apr-2019 Monday Kandhoori Urs Festival* (for Karaikal region) Vishu 2nd day (for Puducherry, Karaikal and Yanam regions). 15. 17-Apr-2019 Wednesday Mahavir Jayanthi 16. 18-Apr-2019 Thursday Mundi Thursday 17. 21-Apr-2019 Sunday Shab-e-Barath 18. 22-Apr-2019 Monday Easter Monday 19. 25-Apr-2019 Thursday Sandana Koodu* (for Karaikal region) 20. 18-May-2019 Saturday Buddha Purnima 21. 01-June-2019 Saturday Lailathul Qadr* (for Mahe region)
22. 02-June-2019 Sunday Ascension (Kristhuvin Vinnettram) Lailathul Qadr* (for Puducherry, Karaikal and Yanam region) 23. 13-June-2019 Thursday Villianur Car Festival (for Puducherry region) 24. 16-July-2019 Tuesday Mangani Festival 25. 31-July-2019 Wednesday Karkidaka Amavasi 26. 16-Aug-2019 Friday Veerampattinam Car Festival (for Puducherry region). 27. 23-Aug-2019 Friday Gokulashtami 28. 02-Sep-2019 Monday Vinayaga Chathurthi (for Mahe region) 29. 10-Sep-2019 Tuesday Onam 1st Day (for Puducherry, Karaikal and Yanam regions). Muharam* (Ashura Day) 30. 11-Sep-2019 Wednesday Onam 2nd Day (for Puducherry, Karaikal and Yanam regions). 31. 13-Sep-2019 Friday Sree Narayana Guru Jayanthi 32. 21-Sep-2019 Saturday Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi 33. 08-Oct-2019 Tuesday Vijayadasami 34. 15-Oct-2019 Tuesday St. Theresa Festival (for Puducherry, Karaikal and Yanam regions). 35. 26-Oct-2019 Saturday Deepavali Eve 36. 02-Nov-2019 Saturday All Souls Day 37. 12-Nov-2019 Tuesday Guru Nanak s Birthday 38. 02-Dec-2019 Monday Sri Subramanya Sasti 39. 08-Dec-2019 Sunday Immaculate Conception of Blessed Virgin Mary 40. 10-Dec-2019 Tuesday Karthigai Deepam 41. 24-Dec-2019 Tuesday Christmas Eve
Note 1. The date of festival of Muslim fraternity may be different as per the sighting of the moon. 2. * this holiday is for Banks only.
3. Employees may avail up to 2 restricted holidays.