S.No

Holiday

Date

Day of the Week

1.

Ethiopian Christmas Day

7  January

Thursday

2.

Republic Day

26 January

Tuesday

3.

Milad-Ul-Nabi (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)

27 February

Saturday

4.

Mahavir Jayanti 

28 March

Sunday

5.

Good Friday

02 April

Friday

6.

Ethiopian Good Friday

09 April

Friday

7.

Buddha Purnima

27 May

Thursday

8.

Overthrow of the Dergue Regime   

28 May

Friday

9.

Independence Day

15 August

Sunday

10.

Idu’l Fitr

11 September

Saturday

11.

Finding of the True Cross (Meskel)

27 September

Monday

12.

Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday

2 October

Saturday

13.

Dussehra (Viajaya Dashami)

17 October

Sunday

14.

Diwali (Deepavali)

05 November

Friday

15.

Idu’l Zuha (Bakrid)

17 November

Wednesday

16.

Guru Nanak’s birthday

21  November

Sunday

17.

Christmas Day

25 December

Saturday