Now that the holidays have ended (what a pity!), it’s time to get this year’s set of holidays onto my calendar. Knowing when holidays are happening in a given country can give you an edge in your offshoring work. Not only can you schedule around festivals and other activities happening in the countries where your work is being done, but holidays that differ from your own are a great topic for virtual water cooler chitchat.
In today’s posting, I provide holidays for India. Next week, I’ll post holidays for the Philippines as well as the United States. If you have a holiday roster for your own country, send it to me and I’ll put together a blog entry about that too. You can reach me at editor (at) sourcingmag.com.
| 1/1/2007 | Monday | New Year’s Day | | |
| 1/1/2007 | Monday | Id’ Ul-Zuha | Festival Holiday | |
| 1/14/2007 | Sunday | Makra Sankaranti | Festival Holiday | |
| 26-Jan-07 | Friday | Republic Day | National Holiday | |
| 30-Jan-07 | Tuesday | Muharram (Islamic New Year) | Festival Holiday | |
| 3-Mar-07 | Saturday | Holi | Festival Holiday | |
| 27-Mar-07 | Tuesday | Sri Rama Navami (birthday of Sri Rama) | Festival Holiday | |
| 31-Mar-07 | Saturday | Mahavir Jayanthi | Festival Holiday | |
| 1-Apr-07 | Sunday | Milad-Un-Nabi (Birth of the Prophet) | Festival Holiday | |
| 6-Apr-07 | Friday | Good Friday | Festival Holiday | |
| 14-Apr-07 | Saturday | Baisakhi, Vaisakhi | Festival Holiday | |
| 1-May-07 | Tuesday | Labor Day | National Holiday | |
| 2-May-07 | Wednesday | Buddha Purnima | Festival Holiday | |
| 15-Aug-07 | Wednesday | Independence Day | National Holiday | |
| 4-Sep-07 | Tuesday | Janmashtami | Festival Holiday | |
| 15-Sep-07 | Saturday | Ganesha Chaturthi/Vinayaka Chaturthi | Festival Holiday | |
| 2-Oct-07 | Tuesday | Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday | National Holiday/Festival Holiday | |
| 14-Oct-07 | Sunday | Id-Ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan) | Festival Holiday | |
| 21-Oct-07 | Sunday | Dussehra (Vijay Dashami) | Festival Holiday | |
| 1-Nov-07 | Thursday | Rajyotsava Day | State Holiday | |
| 9-Nov-07 | Wednesday | Deepavali/Diwali | National Holiday | |
| 26-Nov-07 | Monday | Guru Nank’s Birthday | Festival Holiday | |
| 21-Dec-07 | Friday | Idu’l Zuha | Festival Holiday | |
| 25-Dec-07 | Tuesday | Christmas | Festival Holiday | |
