13 Long Weekends in 2025 to Plan Your Holidays
13 Long Weekends in 2025 to Plan Your Holidays
13 long weekends await you this year, the perfect excuse to tick destinations off your bucket list!
New Year brings fresh possibilities and exciting opportunities to explore the world. With 2025’s public holiday calendar offering 13 long weekends, it’s the perfect time to plan your vacations and adventures. If travel is on your resolution list, organize your time off now to make the most of these extended breaks.
Here’s a detailed guide to the long weekends in 2025:
Long Weekends in January
- January 11 (Saturday)
- January 12 (Sunday)
- January 13 (Monday): Lohri (Restricted Holiday)
- January 14 (Tuesday): Pongal, Makar Sankranti (Restricted Holiday)
Long Weekends in February
No official long weekends, but you can create one:
- February 14 (Friday): Take a day off for Valentine’s Day
- February 15 (Saturday)
- February 16 (Sunday)
Long Weekends in March
- March 13 (Thursday): Holika Dahana (Restricted Holiday)
March 14 (Friday): Holi
March 15 (Saturday)
March 16 (Sunday) - March 29 (Saturday)
March 30 (Sunday)
March 31 (Monday): Eid-Ul-Fitr (Tentative)
Optional: Take Friday, March 28 off to extend the break.
Long Weekends in April
- April 10 (Thursday): Mahavir Jayanti (Restricted Holiday)
April 11 (Friday): Take a day off
April 12 (Saturday)
April 13 (Sunday): Vaisakhi (Restricted Holiday)
April 14 (Monday): Dr. Ambedkar Jayanti (Restricted Holiday) - April 18 (Friday): Good Friday
April 19 (Saturday)
April 20 (Sunday): Easter
Optional: Take Monday, April 21 off.
Long Weekends in May
- May 10 (Saturday)
- May 11 (Sunday)
- May 12 (Monday): Buddha Purnima (Restricted Holiday)
Optional: Take Tuesday, May 13 off.
Long Weekends in August
- August 15 (Friday): Independence Day
- August 16 (Saturday): Janmashtami (Restricted Holiday)
- August 17 (Sunday)
Optional: Take Monday, August 18 off.
- August 27 (Wednesday): Ganesh Chaturthi (Restricted Holiday)
- August 28 (Thursday): Take a day off
- August 29 (Friday): Take a day off
- August 30 (Saturday)
- August 31 (Sunday)
Long Weekends in September
- September 5 (Friday): Id-e-Milad, Onam
- September 6 (Saturday)
- September 7 (Sunday)
Optional: Take Monday, September 8 off.
Long Weekends in October
- October 1 (Wednesday): Maha Navami (Restricted Holiday)
October 2 (Thursday): Dussehra, Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti
October 3 (Friday): Take a day off
October 4 (Saturday)
October 5 (Sunday) - October 18 (Saturday)
October 19 (Sunday)
October 20 (Monday): Diwali
Optional: Take Tuesday, October 21 off.
- October 23 (Thursday): Bhai Dooj (Restricted Holiday)
- October 24 (Friday): Take a day off
- October 25 (Saturday)
- October 26 (Sunday)
Long Weekends in December
• December 25 (Thursday): Christmas
• December 26 (Friday): Take a day off
• December 27 (Saturday)
• December 28 (Sunday)
Make 2025 a year of adventures and relaxation by planning your vacations around these long weekends. Happy travels!
