Ultimate Guide to the Long Weekends of 2015

This year, some holidays like Gandhi Jayanti, Labor Day, Christmas are falling on Friday, thus creating extended weekends for everyone. These will be some of the busiest weekends of the year with the entire city on leave. Planning a holiday during these days should be done months in advance or else, you'll be one of the few stuck in the malls and the markets as the entire city will be enjoying their day offs. 
 

January (1st - 4th)
1 January, Thursday - New Year's Day
2 January, Friday - Take Leave, its New Year!
3 January, Saturday
4 January, Sunday

Places to Visit
Bodhgaya
Rann of Kutch
Khajuraho
Mecca, Saudi Arabia

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January (23rd - 26th)
23 January, Friday - Take Leave
24 January, Saturday - Vasant Panchami
25 January, Sunday
26 January, Monday - Republic Day

Places to visit
Gulmarg
Maldives
Dalhousie
Vizag

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February (14th - 17th)
14 February, Saturday - Valentine's Day
15 February, Sunday
16 February, Monday - Take Leave, because Valentine's Day long weekend!
17 February, Tuesday - Maha Shivratri

Places to Visit
Jaisalmer
Philippines
Auli
Ooty

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March (6th - 8th)
5 March, Thursday - Choti Holi/ Holika Dahan/ Take Leave
6 March, Friday - Holi
7 March, Saturday
8 March, Sunday 

Places to Visit
Mathura
Sri lanka
Gangtok
Mount Abu

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April (3rd - 5th)
3 April, Friday - Good Friday
4 April, Saturday
5 April, Sunday

Places to Visit
Shillong
Seychelles
Mahabaleshwar

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April (11th - 14th)
11 April, Saturday
12 April, Sunday
13 April, Monday - Take leave
14 April, Tuesday - Baisakhi, Ambedkar Jayanti, Tamil New Year.

Places to Visit
Coorg
Nainital
Vietnam
Amritsar

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May (1st - 4th)
1 May, Friday - Labour Day; Maharashtra Day
2 May, Saturday
3 May, Sunday
4 May, Monday - Buddha Purnima 

Places to Visit
Shimla
Munnar
Malaysia
Manali

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August (15th - 18th)
15 August, Saturday
16 August, Sunday
17 August, Monday - Take Leave; you haven't had a break since May!
18 August, Tuesday - Parsi New Year

Places to Visit
Darjeeling
Bali
Leh
Mcleod Ganj

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September (17th - 20th)
17 September, Thursday - Ganesh Chaturthi
18 September, Friday - Take Leave
19 September, Saturday
20 September, Sunday

Places to Visit
Bhutan
Dharamshala
Kerela
Cuba

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September (24th - 27th)
24 September, Thursday - Eid-al-Adha
25 September, Friday - Take Leave
26 September, Saturday
27 September, Sunday

Places to Visit
Vizag
Gokarna
Singapore
Munich

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October (2nd - 4th)
2 October, Friday - Gandhi Jayanti
3 October, Saturday
4 October, Sunday

Places to Visit
Laos
Hyderabad
Chamba

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October (22nd - 25th)
22 October, Thursday - Dussehra
23 October, Friday - Take leave
24 October, Saturday - Muharram
25 October, Sunday

Places to Visit
Shillong
Hong Kong
Jodhpur
Coorg

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November (7th - 15th)
7 November, Saturday
8 November, Sunday
9 November, Monday - Dhanteras
10 November, Tuesday - Choti Diwali or Take Leave
11 November, Wednesday - Diwali (Lakshmi Puja)
12 November, Thursday - Govardhan Puja or Take Leave
13 November, Friday - Bhaidooj
14 November, Saturday
15 November, Sunday

Places to Visit
Australia
Goa
Kerala
Ajmer Sharif

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December (24th - 27th)
24 December, Thursday - Eid-e-Milad
25 December, Friday - Christmas
26 December, Saturday
27 December, Sunday

Places to Visit
Udaipur
Ooty
Kovalam
Cambodia

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