LIST OF FESTIVALS and HOLIDAYS 2009
January 2009
01 Thursday New Year’s Day Holiday
05 Monday Guru
13 Tuesday Lohri
14 Wednesday Makar Sankranti
15 Thursday Pongal
26 Monday
26 Monday Mauni Amavasya
31 Saturday Vasant Panchami
February 2009
14 Saturday Valentines Day
23 Monday Mahashivratri
March 2009
09 Monday
09 Monday Milad un Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet), Sunni
11 Wednesday Holika Dehan
11 Wednesday HOLI (Dhulendi)
April 2009
03 Friday Ram Navmi
06 Monday Bikrami Samvat (Hindu New Year)
07 Tuesday Mahavir
09 Thursday Hanuman
10 Friday Good Friday
12 Sunday Easter Sunday
13 Monday Easter Monday Holiday
13 Monday Baisakhi
25 Saturday ANZAC Day
27 Monday ANZAC Day
May 2009
09 Saturday Buddha
10 Sunday Mother's Day
June 2009
02 Tuesday
08 Monday Queen’s Birthday
24 Wednesday Rath Yatra
July 2009
07 Tuesday Guru Poornima
August 2009
05 Wednesday Rakhi /Raksha Bnadhan
14 Friday Sri
15 Saturday Independence Day
22 Saturday Ramadan begins
23 Sunday Ganesh Chaturathi
September 2009
02 Wednesday Onam
05 Saturday Teacher’s Day
06 Sunday Father’s Day
19 Saturday Navaratra begin
21 Monday Id-Ul-Fitr, Ramadan Ends
26 Saturday Durga Puja
October 2009
02 Friday Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday
05 Monday Labour Day Holiday
08 Thursday Karva Chauth
15 Thursday Dhan Teras
17 Saturday DIWALI
18 Sunday Govardhan Puja
19 Monday Bhai Duj
November 2009
02 Monday Guru Nanak
03 Tuesday Family and Community Day
14 Saturday Children's Day
December 2009
25 Friday Christmas Day
26 Saturday Boxing Day
31 Thursday New Year’s Eve
ACT School Holidays
Dec 2008 -- 03 Feb 2009
10 April -- 27 April 2009
4 July -- 19 July 2009
26 September -- 11 October 2009
18 December -- 31 January 2010
Disclaimer: * Dates for festivals may be off by a day on either side depending on lunar/solar calendar. Please check/confirm festival dates before practicing!! Basically don’t blame us !! J
