It’s never too early to start planning your travel; more so for road trips so you get more days for the fun on the road and few more days where ever the roads take you! We have some bad news though; there just aren’t enough extended weekends in 2018! Unlike the previous years, this year you will need to take some leaves to make the most of your vacation and long weekends in 2019. Having a good boss will do you a whole lot of good for sneaking time to travel from your work! So, lets not stall you guys and take you to our list of holidays and long weekends in 2019 in India – The 2019 long weekend calendar!

Let’s start with the new years celebrations!

2019 Long weekend calendar : December 2018 – January 2019

It’s time to start planning a new year road trip but with the blessings of a lenient boss! You might have to take two leaves for this trip to happen. While places like Goa are always on the list, you might also want to try heading to the hills of North East for peace and solitude. Club your leaves with the long weekends in 2019 to get more days for rejuvenation.

29th December – Saturday
30st December – Sunday
31st December – Monday (Take Leave)
1st January – Tuesday – New Year’s Day (Restricted Holiday)

1. January 2019 Long Weekend Calendar

12th January – Saturday
13th January – Sunday
14th January – Monday – Pongal / Sankaranti / Bhogi (Restricted Holiday)

Unlike the previous years, Republic Day this year falls on a Saturday making it a normal weekend. But if you are from Haryana, 25th is a Chotu Ram Jayanti making it a long weekend in 2019 but only for those in Haryana! But the guys who will have it best are from Tamil Nadu. This is one of the longest weekends in 2019 – all for Tamil Nadu!

For those in Tamil Nadu Only

12th January – Saturday
13th January – Sunday
14th January – Monday – Holiday
15th January – Take Leave
16th January – Wednesday – State Holiday in Tamil Nadu
17th January – Thursday – State Holiday in Tamil Nadu
18th January – Friday – Take Leave
19th January – Saturday
20th January – Sunday

For those in Haryana only

25th January – Chotu Ram Jayanti
26th January – Republic Day – Saturday
27th January – Sunday

January is a good time to plan your road trips to Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh amongst others in the 2019 long weekend calendar!

 

It is also the right time to experience the snow in the Himalayas. In fact, it’s getting popular with adventure enthusiasts too who want to bash some snow on their bikes and four wheel drive cars. Did we tell you, we got you covered there? Check out the snow drive in Himachal! You could also head for a vacation in Darjeeling.

2. February 2019 Long weekends

For those in Sikkim

2nd February – Saturday
3rd February – Sunday
4th February – Take Leave
5th February – Tamang / Tibetan New Year (Sikkim only)

For those in Maharashtra, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab

16th February – Saturday
17th February – Sunday
18th February – Monday – Take Leave 
19th February – Tuesday – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti (Maharashtra Only) and Guru Ravidas Jayanti (Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab)

 

This would be a good time to go to Rann of Kutch. Winters are also a good time for Rajasthan or to go to the lost world of Chopta to make one of the epic holidays in 2019 in India!

3. March Long weekends in 2019

2nd March – Saturday
3rd March – Sunday
4th March – Monday – Maha Shivratri (Holiday in most Indian states)

21st March – Thursday – Holi
22nd March – Friday – Take Leave
23rd March – Saturday
24th March  – Sunday

March is a good time to go to Kashmir and you can check our post about popular places in Kashmir in the 2019 holiday calendar in India!

For those in Odisha

30th March – Saturday
31st March – Sunday
1st April – Monday – Odisha Day (Odisha Only)

4. April 2019 Long Weekend Calendar

Telangana Only

3rd April – Saturday
4th April – Sunday
5th April – Friday – Babu Jagjivan Ram Birthday (Telangana Only)

Himachal Only

13th April – Saturday
14th April – Sunday
15th April – Monday – Himachal Day

For most states in India

17th April – Wednesday – Mahavir Jayanti – (Holiday in most Indian states)
18th April – Thursday – Take Leave / Maundy Thursday (Kerala Only)
19th April – Friday – Good Friday – (Holiday in most Indian states)
20th April – Saturday
21st April – Sunday

April is sweltering hot but is a good time to head to the coastal part of Maharashtra. This is also when the Olive Ridley turtles start hatching.

 

Try the hill stations up north, or hill stations down south  for respite from the sweltering heat!

5. May 2019 long Weekend Calendar

Sorry guys, can’t do much here than feel jealous of the folks living in Sikkim, Tripura, Haryana and Punjab!

1st May – May Day – Gazetted Holiday
2nd May – Thursday – Take Leave
3rd May – Friday – Take Leave
4th May – Saturday
5th May – Sunday

For Sikkim

16th May – Thursday – State Day (Sikkim Only)
17th May – Friday – Take leave
18th May – Saturday
19th May – Sunday and also Budha Purnima

For Tripura, Haryana  and Punjab

24th May – Friday –  Birthday of Kazi Nazrul Islam (Tripura) / Guru Arjun Dev Martyrdom day (Punjab) / Maharana Pratap Jayanti (Haryana)
25th May – Saturday
26th May – Sunday

6. June 2019 long weekends

For Jammu and Kashmir

31st May – Friday – Jumat-ul-Wida (Jammu and Kashmir Only)
1st June – Saturday
2nd June – Sunday

For all Indian States

5th June – Wednesday – Idul Fitr
6th June – Thursday – Take Leave
7th June – Friday – Take leave.
8th June – Saturday
9th June – Sunday

For Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab

15th June – Saturday
16th June – Sunday
17th June – Monday – Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti (Gazetted holiday in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab)

7. July 2019 long weekends

For Jammu and Kashmir

5th July – Friday –  Guru Hargobind Ji’s Birthday
6th July – Saturday
7th July – Sunday

 

Now is when monsoons also begin and you would want to check this post about monsoon travel.

8. August 2019 long Weekend Calendar

10th August – Saturday
11th August – Sunday
12th August – Monday -Bakr Id / Eid ul-Adha – Gazetted Holiday
13th August – Tuesday – Take Leave
14th August – Wednesday – Take Leave
15th August – Independence Day
16th August – Friday – Take Leave
17th August – Saturday
18th August – Sunday

August scrapes through this time too with a long weekend like 2018, and it’s a good time to make a road trip to Ladakh since you need those many days.

9. September long weekends in 2019

31st August – Saturday
1st September – Sunday
2nd September – Monday – Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayaka Chaturthi (Holiday in Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Telangana)

For all Indian States

7th September – Saturday
8th September – Sunday
9th September – Monday – Take Leave
10th September – Tuesday – First Onam (Kerala Only) / Muharram (Most Indian States)

For Kerala Only

7th September – Saturday
8th September – Sunday
9th September – Monday – Take Leave
10th September – Tuesday – First Onam (Kerala Only) / Muharram (Most Indian States)
11th September – Wednesday – Thiruvonam (Kerala Only)
12th September – Thursday – Third Onam (Kerala Only) / Saragarhi Day (Punjab Only)
13th September – Friday – Fourth Onam (Kerala Only)
14th September – Saturday
15th September – Sunday

If you are from Kerala, it doesn’t get better than this. So make the most of this time with a long road trip to Spiti. You deserve it! Monsoon can also bring out some of the best colors of heritage sites; which would be a good time to visit them too.

The weekend of 7th,8th and 9th would be a good time for the Ashtavinayak Yatra in Maharashtra. The crowds at temples would also be less considering deities would either be at home or visarjan (immersion) process would be on.

10. October 2019 Long Weekend Calendar

5th October – Saturday
6th October – Sunday
7th October – Monday – Ayudha Puja (Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Only) / Take Leave
8th October – Tuesday – Dussera

For Gujarat Only

26th October – Saturday
27th October  – Sunday / Deepavali
28th October  – Monday – Vikram Samvat New Year (Gujarat Only)
29th October – Tuesday – Bhai Duj (Gujarat Only)

October might be a good time to head for some treks up north like Kashmir

11. November 2019 long weekends

For Haryana, Karnataka and Manipur

1st November – Kannada Rajyothsava (Karnataka) / Haryana Day / Kut (Manipur)
2nd November – Saturday
3rd November – Sunday

And for the rest of us, we have a four day weekend if we wish make a road trip out of it!

9th November – Saturday
10th November – Sunday
11th November – Monday – Take Leave
12th November – Tuesday – Guru Nanak Jayanti

For Karnataka only

23rd November – Saturday
24th November – Sunday
25th November – Monday – Take Leave 
26th November – Tuesday – Narak Chaturdashi (Karnataka Only)

This would also be a good time to check out places in the North East like Tawang, Kaziranga, and Meghalaya!

12. December 2019 long Weekend Calendar

25th December – Wednesday – Christmas
26th December – Thursday – Boxing Day (Telangana Only) / Take Leave
27th December – Friday – Take Leave
28th December – Saturday
29th December – Sunday

December is the ideal time to go to places like Rajasthan or maybe places like Sariska Tiger Reserve, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

Okay! So there ARE long weekends in 2019 as well; not as many as we would have liked though but it still works. Need ideas to make them count? Check out this blog post about things you can do on a long weekend. You could also leave it to the Road Trippers Club, a ScoutMyTrip managed community to help you with your desired road trip. With drives planned on weekends, 8 chapters across India, the most optimum use of long weekends in 2019 is definitely guaranteed! Looking for a car worthy enough for all these road trips? Give the new Scorpio S11 a trial, but first, read our road trip review of the Scorpio S11.

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and download the 2019 long weekend / 2019 holiday calendar of India