List Public and bank holidays in Tamil Nadu 2017

India is a diverse country with a number of religions, languages and cultures. Except the three national holidays festival, religious and cultural holidays differ from state to state. No two states have the same list of holidays. The following is the list of public and bank holidays in 2017 declared by the Tamil Nadu government under the negotiable instruments act. This will help you to  plan your holidays and government engagements  in the year 2017 for Chennai and Tamil Nadu.

S. NoMonth in 2017Date in 2017Festival in 2017Day
1January14PongalSaturday
2January16Uzhavar ThirunalMonday
3January26Republic DayThursday
4March29Telugu New Year DayWednesday
5April1Annual closing of Bank accountsSaturday
6April14Tamil New Year's Day/ Ambedkar's Birthday / Good FridayFriday
7May1May DayMonday
8June26Idu'l Fitr (Ramzan)Monday
9August14Krishna JayantiMonday
10August15Independence DayTuesday
11August25Vinayakar ChaturthiFriday
12September2Id Ul Zuha (Bakrid)Saturday
13September29Ayudha PoojaFriday
14September30Vijaya DashmiSaturday
15October2Mahatma Gandhi's BirthdayMonday
16October18DeepavaliWednesday
17December1Milad-un-NabiFriday
18December25Christmas DayMonday
Holidays on Sunday
1January1New Year's DaySunday
2January15Thiruvalluvar DaySunday
3April9Mahavir JayanthiSunday
4October1MuharramSunday

1st April 2017, Saturday, this yearly account closing days of commercial and cooperative banks are applicable for banks and banking customers only