Bank Holidays in 2020
| Date | Day | Holiday |
| 15-Jan | Wed | Makara Sankranti |
| 26-Jan | Sun | Republic Day |
| 21-Feb | Fri | Maha Shivaratri |
| 25-Mar | Wed | Ugadi |
| 6-Apr | Mon | Mahavir Jayanti |
| 10-Apr | Fri | Good Friday |
| 14-Apr | Tue | Dr Ambedkar Jayanti |
| 26-Apr | Sun | Basava Jayanti |
| 1-May | Fri | May Day |
| 25-May | Mon | Idul Fitr |
| 1-Aug | Sat | Bakrid / Eid al Adha |
| 15-Aug | Sat | Independence Day |
| 22-Aug | Sat | Ganesh Chaturthi |
| 30-Aug | Sun | Muharram |
| 17-Sep | Thu | Mahalaya Amavasye |
| 2-Oct | Fri | Gandhi Jayanti |
| 25-Oct | Sun | Maha Navami |
Bank Holidays in 2019
| Name of the Festival | Date | Weekday | Type of Holiday |
| Sankranti | January 15 | Tuesday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Public Holiday | January 22 | Tuesday | Optional Holiday |
| Republic Day | January 26 | Saturday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Maha Shivratri | March 04 | Monday | Optional Holiday |
| Bank Holiday | April 01 | Monday | Optional Holiday |
| Ugadi | April 06 | Saturday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Dr Ambedkar Jayanti | April 14 | Sunday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Mahavir Jayanti | April 17 | Wednesday | Bank Holiday |
| Good Friday | April 19 | Friday | Gazetted Holiday |
| May Day | May 01 | Wednesday | Optional Holiday |
| Basava Jayanthi | May 07 | Tuesday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Idul Fitr | June 05 | Wednesday | Optional Holiday |
| Idul Juha | August 12 | Monday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Independence Day | August 15 | Thursday | Optional Holiday |
| Ganesh Chaturthi | September 02 | Monday | Optional Holiday |
| Muharram (10th Day) | September 10 | Tuesday | Optional Holiday |
| Mahalaya | September 28 | Saturday | Optional Holiday |
| Mahatma Gandhi Birthday | October 02 | Wednesday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Ayudha Puja | October 07 | Monday | Optional Holiday |
| Dussehra | October 08 | Tuesday | Optional Holiday |
| Maharishi Valmiki Birthday | October 13 | Sunday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Narak Chaturdashi | October 27 | Sunday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Balipadyami | October 29 | Tuesday | Optional Holiday |
| Kannada Rajyothsava | November 01 | Friday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Id-e-Milad | November 10 | Sunday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Kanakadasa Jayanthi | November 15 | Friday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Christmas Day | December 25 | Wednesday | Gazetted Holiday |
Public Holidays in 2018
| Name of the Festival | Date | Weekday | Type of Holiday |
| Pongal/Makar Sankranti | Jan 15 | Monday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Republic Day | Jan 26 | Friday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Maha Shivratri | Feb 13 | Tuesday | Optional Holiday |
| Mahavir jayanti | Mar 29 | Thursday | Optional Holiday |
| Good Friday | Mar 30 | Friday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Annual Closing of Bank Accounts | Apr 1 | Sunday | Bank Holiday |
| Basava Jayanti | Apr 18 | Wednesday | Optional Holiday |
| May Day | May 1 | Tuesday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Idul Fitr | Jun 16 | Saturday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Independence Day | Aug 15 | Tuesday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Idul Juha | Aug 22 | Wednesday | Optional Holiday |
| Vinayaka Chaturthi | Sep 13 | Thursday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Muharram | Sep 21 | Friday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Mahatma Gandhi Birthday | Oct 2 | Tuesday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Mahalaya | Oct 8 | Monday | Optional Holiday |
| Ayudha Puja | Oct 18 | Friday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Dussehra | Oct 19 | Friday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Maharishi Valmiki Birthday | Oct 24 | Wednesday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Kannada Rajyothsava | Nov 1 | Tuesday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Deepavali | Nov 6 | Tuesday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Balipadyami | Nov 8 | Thursday | Optional Holiday |
| Id-e-Milad | Nov 21 | Wednesday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Kanakadasa Jayanthi | Nov 26 | Monday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Christmas | Dec 25 | Tuesday | Gazetted Holiday |
Public Holidays in 2017
| Name of the Festival | Date | Weekday | Type of Holiday |
| New Year Day | Jan 1 | Sunday | Optional Holiday |
| Guru Govind Singh Jayanti | Jan 5 | Thursday | Optional Holiday |
| Pongal/Makar Sankranti | Jan 14 | Saturday | Optional Holiday |
| Republic Day | Jan 26 | Thursday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Chinese New Year | Jan 28 | Saturday | Optional Holiday |
| Vasant Panchami | Feb 1 | Wednesday | Optional Holiday |
| Guru Ravidas Jayanti | Feb 10 | Friday | Optional Holiday |
| Shivaji Jayanti | Feb 19 | Sunday | Optional Holiday |
| Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti | Feb 21 | Tuesday | Optional Holiday |
| Maha Shivaratri | Feb 24 | Friday | Optional Holiday |
| Holika Dahana | Mar 12 | Sunday | Optional Holiday |
| Holi | Mar 13 | Monday | Optional Holiday |
| Shaheed Diwas | Mar 23 | Thursday | Optional Holiday |
| Ugadi | Mar 28 | Tuesday | Optional Holiday |
| Ugadi | Mar 29 | Wednesday | Optional Holiday |
| Annual Closing of Bank Accounts | Apr 1 | Saturday | Bank Holiday |
| Rama Navami | Apr 4 | Tuesday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Mahavir Jayanti | Apr 9 | Sunday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Hazarat Ali’s Birthday | Apr 11 | Tuesday | Optional Holiday |
| Good Friday/Ambedkar Jayanti | Apr 14 | Friday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Easter Day | Apr 16 | Sunday | Optional Holiday |
| May Day | May 1 | Monday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Buddha Purnima | May 10 | Wednesday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Mother’s Day | May 14 | Sunday | Optional Holiday |
| Father’s Day | Jun 18 | Sunday | Optional Holiday |
| Jumat-Ul-Vida | Jun 23 | Friday | Optional Holiday |
| Ramadan | Jun 26 | Monday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Raksha Bandhan | Aug 7 | Monday | Optional Holiday |
| Independence Day | Aug 15 | Tuesday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Parsi New Year | Aug 17 | Thursday | Optional Holiday |
| Vinayaka Chaturthi | Aug 25 | Friday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Bakr Id/Eid ul-Adha | Sep 2 | Saturday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Onam | Sep 4 | Monday | Optional Holiday |
| Maha Saptami | Sep 27 | Wednesday | Optional Holiday |
| Maha Navami | Sep 29 | Friday | Optional Holiday |
| Dussehra | Sep 30 | Saturday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Muharram | Oct 1 | Sunday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti | Oct 2 | Monday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti | Oct 5 | Thursday | Optional Holiday |
| Karva Chauth | Oct 8 | Sunday | Optional Holiday |
| Naraka Chaturdasi | Oct 18 | Wednesday | Optional Holiday |
| Diwali | Oct 19 | Thursday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Govardhan Puja | Oct 20 | Friday | Optional Holiday |
| Bhai Duj | Oct 21 | Saturday | Optional Holiday |
| Pratihar Sashthi | Oct 26 | Thursday | Optional Holiday |
| Guru Nanak Jayanti | Nov 4 | Saturday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Guru Tegh Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day | Nov 24 | Friday | Optional Holiday |
| Id-e-Milad | Dec 2 | Saturday | Gazetted Holiday |
| Christmas | Dec 25 | Monday | Gazetted Holiday |
Best celebrated festivals of Karnataka
In South India, there are few festivals such as Jallikattu, the celebrations of these festivals are famous all over India. There are few festivals in Karnataka as well which are famous all over India. As it will be a Public holiday in Karnataka, You can plan this time to go and see the celebrations of this festival.
Vijaya Utsav – Vijaya Utsav which is also known as Hampi Festival and is one of the festivals in Karnataka which are famous all over India. This festival is celebrated on the birthday of the classical poet Purandaradasa. This festival mostly comes in October or November. This festival is celebrated very great manner where there will be a concert of folk songs which is famously called as Janapada Kala Vahini. There will be an elephant marth which is called as Jumbo Savari and the best part is the decoration of the monuments, whole fifteen kilometers of the ruins of Hampi will be decorated with lights which will be mesmerizing to see.
Mahamastakabhisheka – This festival is a Jain festival and is celebrated in Shravanabelagola. This festival comes once in every twelve years and this day is a public holiday in Karnataka. There is a tall statue called as the Siddha Bahubali statue in Shravanabelagola which is around 18 meters tall. The disciples give a bath to the statue with milk, sugarcane juice, saffron paste, and etc. The best part about the celebration of this festival is there will be a shower of flowers from a helicopter onto the statue.
Exciting way to spend a public holiday in Karnataka
The first thing that comes to your mind on Public holiday in Karnataka is how to spend it. Here are few options which may help you to make your holiday a little more exciting.
Plan to go for a picnic
You don’t need to go too far places to enjoy your public holiday in Karnataka. You can to some nearby places such as parks or zoo nearby. It is suggested to have some good company while making such plans.
Visit a Resort
Plan to go for a resort on a public holiday in Karnataka. There are a number of resorts around Banglore and other places in Karnataka where you can visit. Plan to go to a place according to your taste as you. If you like to have some adventure. there are resorts where they will provide with various kinds of adventurous games.
Surf on the Internet
You can plan surf on the Internet on a public holiday in Karnataka. First, it is important to fix your target means you must first decide what you want to learn or understand about. Prefer genuine website where you can find some good stuff to read or watch. There are many other things which you can plan to do on a public holiday in Karnataka. But more importantly, you need to you need to spend it usefully
Here is how to spend a public holiday in Karnataka Productively as an investor?
Many investors in Karnataka trade in stocks. From Monday to Saturday they buy and sell stocks commodities etc. On public holiday in Karnataka markets will be closed and for making those holidays productive. Here we are having few ideas which may make those holidays productive.
There are many blogs and website which are completely about finance such as goodreturns, MoneyControl and much more. You can visit those blogs and read articles there which may help you to get ideas about how and where to spend. Even there are few websites which may recommend to buy and sell.
Taking a good look at the Mutual Funds in the market – there are mutual funds which make us feel confused where to invest and where not to. So learning about those funds like various aspects of the mutual fund such as who is the fund manager what all stocks are there in a mutual fund will those stocks work in the long term etc.
The other best thing you can do is analyzing stocks like taking few stocks into consideration and reading about analyzing the way it worked in the past few year is also a good thing to do on a public holiday in Karnataka.
Amusing place in Karnataka which you can visit on a public Holiday
Having amusement on a public holiday in Karnataka is a good thing to do. If you are living in Karnataka and you want to have amusement, then the place to visit on a public holiday is Wonderla Amusement Park.
Wonderla Amusement Park is one of the most visited parks in India. This park is 28kms away from Banglore. This place will be open on weekends and public holidays in Karnataka as well. The ticket price will be a little high during holiday times. You also plan to stay here as there is a resort in Wonderla.
In Wonderla there are a lot of places where you can enjoy. For children, there are few unique games which you can children can enjoy. You can enjoy a lot of games there which will be open from the time the park opens and up to the time the park closes. But there are few things such as water games, four-dimensional movie and other horror games, Rain Disco for which there is a specific timing for them you need to visit on that specific timing. If you are planning to visit Wonderla on the coming public holiday in Karnataka, don’t forget to take an extra pair of clothes with you.