Long Weekends in 2020: Check Full List Of Holidays in India

List of long weekend in the year 2020

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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

• 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.