Public Holidays in India 1983

There are 17 Indian public holidays in 1983. 11 of them fall on working days, which leaves 249 working days after 105 weekend days.

The Indian public holidays in 1983 are Republic Day (Wednesday, January 26), Holi (Tuesday, March 29), Good Friday (Friday, April 1), Ram Navami (Thursday, April 21), Mahavir Jayanti (Monday, April 25), Buddha Purnima (Thursday, May 26), Id-ul-Fitr (Wednesday, July 13), Independence Day (Monday, August 15), Janmashtami (Wednesday, August 31), Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) (Sunday, September 18), Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday (Gandhi Jayanti) (Sunday, October 2), Dussehra (Vijaya Dashami) (Sunday, October 16), Muharram (Tuesday, October 18), Diwali (Deepavali) (Friday, November 4), Guru Nanak's Birthday (Sunday, November 20), Milad-un-Nabi (Prophet Mohammad's Birthday) (Sunday, December 18) and Christmas Day (Sunday, December 25).

There are 4 long weekends of three days or more in 1983: Apr 1–Apr 3 (3 days, Good Friday); Apr 23–Apr 25 (3 days, Mahavir Jayanti); Aug 13–Aug 15 (3 days, Independence Day); Nov 4–Nov 6 (3 days, Diwali (Deepavali)).

The weekend in India is Saturday and Sunday. Holidays that fall on a weekend are shown in the list.

Gazetted holidays for central government offices in Delhi (DoPT). States add their own holidays, and many offices work on Saturdays. Festival dates for years without a DoPT list yet are estimated from the moon.

Dates marked tentative follow the moon: Islamic holidays use the Umm al-Qura calendar and depend on the moon sighting, and festival dates for years without an official list are estimated. The official date can differ by a day.