Public Holidays for the year 2012

Sunday the 1st of January
New Year’s Day 
Sunday the 15th of January
Pongal 
Monday the 16th of January
Thiruvalluvar Day 
Tuesday the 17th of January
Uzhavar Thirunal
Thursday the 26th of January
Republic Day
Sunday the 5th of February
Meelad-un-Nabi
Friday the 23rd of March
Telugu New Year’s Day
Monday the 2nd of April
Annual Closing of Accounts for Commercial and Co-operative Banks *
Thursday the 5th of April
Mahaveer Jayanthi 
Friday the 6th of April
Good Friday 
Friday the 13th of April
Tamil New Year's day
Saturday the 14th of April
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's Birthday
Tuesday the 1st of May
May Day
Wednesday the 15th of August
Independence Day
Monday the 20th of August
Ramzan
Saturday the 8th of September
Krishna Jayanthi 
Wednesday the 19th of September
Vinayakar Chathurthi
Saturday the 29th of September
Half yearly Closing of Accounts for Commercial and Co-operative Banks *
Tuesday the 2nd of October
Gandhi Jayanthi 
Tuesday the 23rd of October
Ayutha Pooja
Wednesday the 24th of October
Vijaya Dasami
Saturday the 27th of October
Bakrid
Tuesday the13th of November
Deepavali
Sunday the 25th of November
Muharram  
Tuesday the 25th of December
Christmas 
 * Applicable only to Commercial Banks including Co-operative Banks in Tamil Nadu