Índia (Tamil Nadu) : feriados, fechamento de bancos, as férias escolares

Budista-Hinduista : Marks the end of a 10-day fasting period during which people go to the local temple and get themselves pierced with various needles attached to various object.

Cartões/Flores :

Feriado secular : O Ano Novo hindu, também conhecido como Ugadi, ocorre no dia seguinte à lua nova ou após o equinócio da primavera

bancos apenas :

Jainismo : Jain festival honoring Lord Mahavira on the founder's birthday.

Católica ou Protestante : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.

Feriado secular : This lawyer and politician drafted the constitution of India.

Budista (Theravada) : Sri Lankans and Tamilnadu people celebrate their national new year's day (Puththandu in Tamil and Aluth Avurudhu in Sinhala). The specific time of the New Year is set by astrologers on the 13th or 14th. The sun moving from the house of Pisces to the house of Aries signals the dawn of the new year.

Muçulmana : Ends the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. There were 30 days of strict fasting from sunup to sundown in honor of the first revelation to the Prophet Mohammed. In India, except in Arunachal Pradesh.

Feriado secular : Chicago, sábado 1 de maio de 1886: 350.000 trabalhadores estão em greve. Elas querem uma 8 horas de trabalho diário. Todas as indústrias estão paralisados nacional. Na segunda-feira, a polícia abriu fogo. Na terça-feira, Chicago está novamente em greve. Na sequência de uma bomba lançada contra eles, a polícia abriu fogo. 12 mortos, dos quais 7 polícias. 8 anarquistas serão condenados e executados. Em 1889, o Movimento Internacional Socialista reuniu em Paris e declarou este dia internacional trabalhadores dia . Os soviéticos tomaram a mesma decisão, assim como os nazistas. Na França, ao abrigo do regime Vichy (1940-1944), a festa foi renomeado Dia do Trabalho .

Cartões/Flores : Commemorates to Buddhists the birth, enlightenment and the passing away of Gautama Buddha.

Férias escolares :

Férias escolares : One week later for Class 12 -- two weeks later for Class 11

Muçulmana :

bancos apenas :

Muçulmana : The first day of the year is observed on the first day of Muharram, the first month in the Islamic calendar. The first Islamic year beginning in 610 AD during which the emigration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina, known as the Hijra

Feriado secular : Commemorates the day in 1947 when India achieved freedom from British rule