The 2015 long-weekends list

The 2015 long-weekends list is here. The year is packed with three- and four-day weekends and, if you take a couple of days off, a bumper nine-day Diwali break. Call in sick strategically and you have a whopping 58 days of travel January--Slot1 1 January, Thursday: New Year’s Day 2 January, Friday — Skip work; they will understand. 3 January, Saturday 4 January, Sunday January--Slot2 23 January, Friday — Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti (Kolkata) 24 January, Saturday 25 January, Sunday 26 January, Monday — Republic Day February--- 14 February, Saturday 15 February, Sunday 16 February, Monday — Skip work, because Valentine’s Day long weekend! 17 February, Tuesday — Maha Shivratri March--- 6 March, Friday — Holi 7 March, Saturday 8 March, Sunday April--Slot1 3 April, Friday — Good Friday 4 April, Saturday 5 April, Sunday April--Slot2 11 April, Saturday 12 April, Sunday 13 April, Monday — Take leave 14 April, Tuesday— Ambedkar Jayanti, Tamil New Year. May-- 1 May, Friday — Labour Day; Maharashtra Day 2 May, Saturday 3 May, Sunday 4 May, Monday — Buddha Purnima August-- 15 August, Saturday 16 August, Sunday 17 August, Monday — Skip work; you haven’t had a break since May! 18 August, Tuesday — Parsi New Year September--Slot1 17 September, Thursday — Ganesh Chaturthi 18 September, Friday — Skip work 19 September, Saturday 20 September, Sunday September--Slot2 24 September, Thursday — Bakri Id 25 September, Friday — Skip work 26 September, Saturday 27 September, Sunday October--Slot1 2 October, Friday — Gandhi Jayanti 3 October, Saturday 4 October, Sunday October--Slot2 22 October, Thursday—Dussehra 23 October, Friday — Take leave 24 October, Saturday 25 October, Sunday November-- 7 November, Saturday 8 November, Sunday 9 November, Monday — Dhanteras 10 November, Tuesday — Naraka Chaturdashi or take leave 11 November, Wednesday—Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) 12 November, Thursday—Diwali (Balipratipada) or take leave 13 November, Friday—Diwali (Bhaidooj) 14 November, Saturday 15 November, Sunday December-- 24 December, Thursday — Eid-e-Milad 25 December, Friday — Christmas 26 December, Saturday 27 December, Sunday Please plan your travel for the year 2015 and enjoy