Home Lifestyle Long Weekends in 2020: Check Full List Of Holidays in India
Long Weekends in 2020: Check Full List Of Holidays in India
Mark your calendars, plan those vacations beforehand and apply for leaves before your bosses can protest!
The Quint
Lifestyle
Published:
i
List of long weekend in the year 2020
(Photo Courtesy: iStock Images)
✕
advertisement
Year 2019 has almost come to an end. People are now curious to find out about long weekends in the coming year of 2020. If you have still not figured out about the long weekends, there are about 17 of them to look forward to.
This year, some of the festivals are falling on a Thursday, which means you will only have to apply for a day off on Friday, well in advance.
So mark your calendars, plan those vacations beforehand and apply for leaves before your bosses can protest! Put your travel plans on paper and thank us later for the cheap tickets and affordable hotels. Check below the long weekends in month wise format:
Long Weekend In January 2020
Date
Day
Holiday
1
Wednesday
New Years
2
Thursday
Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti
3
Friday
Take a Day Off
4
Saturday
Weekend
5
Sunday
Weekend
Long Weekend In February 2020
Date
Day
Holiday
21
Friday
Maha Shivratri
22
Saturday
Weekend
23
Sunday
Weekend
24
Monday
Take A day Off
Long Weekend In March 2020
Date
Day
Holiday
7
Saturday
Weekend
8
Sunday
Weekend
9
Monday
Take a Day Off
10
Tuesday
Holi
Long Weekend in April 2020
Date
Day
Holiday
2
Thursday
Ram Navami
3
Friday
Take a day off
4
Saturday
Weekend
5
Sunday
Weekend
6
Monday
Mahavir Jayanti
10
Friday
Good Friday
11
Saturday
Weekend
12
Sunday
Weekend
Long Weekend in May 2020
Date
Day
Holiday
1
Friday
Labour Day/ Maharashtra Day
2
Saturday
Weekend
3
Sunday
Weekend
7
Thursday
Buddha Purnima
8
Friday
Take a day off
9
Saturday
Weekend
10
Sunday
Weekend
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
Long Weekend in August 2020
Date
Day
Holiday
1
Saturday
Weekend
2
Sunday
Weekend
3
Monday
Rakshbandhan
12
Wednesday
Janmashtami
13
Thursday
Take a day off
14
Friday
Take a day off
15
Saturday
Independence Day
16
Sunday
Weekend
17
Monday
Parsi New Year
29
Saturday
Weekend
30
Sunday
Muharram
31
Monday
Onam
Long Weekend in October
Date
Day
Holiday
2
Friday
Gandhi Jayanti
3
Saturday
Weekend
4
Sunday
Weekend
29
Thurday
Id-e-milad
30
Friday
Take a day off
31
Saturday
Weekend
1
Sunday
Weekend
Long Weekend in November 2020
Date
Day
Holiday
13
Friday
Dhanteras
14
Saturday
Diwali
15
Sunday
Weekend
16
Monday
Bhaiduj
28
Saturday
Weekend
29
Sunday
Weekend
30
Monday
Guru Nanak Jayanti
Long Weekend in December 2020
Date
Day
Holiday
25
Friday
Christmas
26
Saturday
Weekend
27
Sunday
Weekend
31
Thursday
New Years Eve
01-Jan-21
Friday
New Years
02-Jan-21
Saturday
Weekend
03-Jan-21
Sunday
Weekend
Places To Visit on Long Weekend
With potentially 17 long weekends this year, people can plan for a vacation in advance and can visit places like Agra for Taj Mahal, Vrindavan for Holi, Jaisalmer for its forts and museums, Mysore for Dussehra, Amritsar for the Golden Temple Diwali celebrations, Kerala for Onam, Cherapunjee for the monsoon, Mussoorie for its waterfalls, Ooty for the flower show and skiing, Goa for its Christmas festivities.
(At The Quint, we question everything. Play an active role in shaping our journalism by becoming a member today.)