TN RELEASES LIST OF PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN 2019

Another year is all set to pass. 2019 is just around the corner and the Tamil Nadu government has released the list of public holidays for the new year.

A total of 23 public holidays will be seen in 2019 out of which four will fall on the weekend (Republic Day, Telugu New Year's Day, Tamil New Year's Day and Diwali). Here is the list of public holidays for 2019:

New Year’s Day - January 1  (Tuesday)

Pongal - January 15  (Tuesday)

Thiruvalluvar Day - January 16  (Wednesday)

Uzhavar Thirunal - January 17  (Thursday)

Republic Day - January 26  (Saturday)

Annual closing of Accounts for Commercial Banks and Co-operative Banks - April 1  (Monday)

Telugu New Year’s Day - April 6  (Saturday)

Tamil New Year’s Day and Dr B R Ambedkar’s birthday - April 14 (Sunday)

Mahaveer Jayanthi - April 17  (Wednesday)

Good Friday - April 19  (Friday)

May Day - May 1  (Wednesday)

Ramzan - June 5  (Wednesday)

Bakrid - August 12  (Monday)

Independence Day - August 15  (Thursday)

Krishna Jayanthi - August 23  (Friday)

Vinayakar Chathurthi - September 2  (Monday)

Muharram - September 10  (Tuesday)

Gandhi Jayanthi - October 2  (Wednesday)

Ayutha Pooja - October 7  (Monday)

Vijaya Dasami - October 8  (Tuesday)

Deepavali - October 27  (Sunday)

Milad-un-Nabi - November 10  (Sunday)

Christmas - December 25  (Wednesday)