The New Year is here. Not just the partayyyy ‘New Year’s Day’, but we have officially begun the second year of the adulting decade of our lives. And hence you should know stuff. 

Like when you can and can’t buy liquor, courtesy dry days. If you don’t know what dry days are, it’s the specific days when you can’t buy alcohol: festivals, holidays, elections. Here’s the list you should keep saved so that you know when to partayyyy.

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1. January

January 14: Makar Sankranti – Saturday 

January 26: Republic Day – Wednesday 
January 30: Mahatma Gandhi Death Anniversary (Shaheed Diwas) – Sunday

2. February

February 19: Chhatrapati Shivaji Mahavir Jayanti – Saturday 

February 26: Swami Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti – Saturday

3. March

March 1: Maha Shivratri – Tuesday 

March 18: Holi – Friday

4. April

April 10: Ram Navami – Sunday 

April 14: Ambedkar Jayanti – Thursday 
April 14: Mahavir Jayanti – Thursday 
April 15: Good Friday – Friday

5. May

May 1: Maharashtra Day (Maharashtra) – Saturday 

May 3: Eid ul-Fitr – Tuesday

6. June

You are free to partayyy everyday! 

7. July

July 10: Ashadi Ekadashi – Sunday 

July 13: Guru Purnima – Wednesday

8. August

August 8: Muharram – Monday 

August 15: Independence Day – Monday 
August 18/19: Janmashthami – Thursday, Friday 
August 31: Ganesh Chaturthi – Wednesday

9. September

September 9: Anant Chaturdashi – Friday

10. October

October 2: Gandhi Jayanti – Sunday 

October 5: Dussehra – Wednesday 
October 8: Prohibition Week (Maharashtra) – Saturday 
October 9: Eid-e-Milad – Sunday 
October 9: Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti – Sunday 
October 24: Diwali – Monday 

11. November

November 4: Kartiki Ekadashi – Friday 

November 8: Guru Nanak Jayanti – Tuesday

12. December

December 25: Christmas – Sunday

I don’t know if you noticed but 2022 really has a problem: we have holidays like Christmas on a Sunday. Ugh.