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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