Enjoy long weekends this year

Are you among those people who want some time off from their office and office work? Are you one of those who want some more time for themselves and for their family? If your answer to these questions is 'YES', then you should read on this article.

Most of the people always look for a break from office work and spend time on other things like travel, visit someone or simply relax at home. Usually you get only 2 days (sat &sun) in a weekend but what if your weekend gets extended. And what if you get a series of long weekends? Yes, you heard it right! a series of long weekends. It will provide you more time to spend with family and friends and more time for yourself. You can even plan a mini vacation to your nearby exotic location.

The current year, i.e, 2014, promises 15 long weekends that you can utilize. The first one got over but there are 14 long weekends still left. The list of weekends is:


1.  Jan 11 (Sat)                                                 2.  Feb 27 (Thu, Maha Shiv Ratri)
     Jan 12 (Sun)                                                     Feb 28 (Fri, take leave :-D)
     Jan 13 (Mon, Lohri)                                           Mar 1 (Sat)
     Jan 14 (Makar Sakranti) -> Got over :-(          Mar 2 (Sun)

3.  Mar 15 (Sat)                                               4.  Apr 5 (Sat)
     Mar 16 (Sun)                                                   Apr 6 (Sun)
     Mar 17 (Mon, Holi)                                           Apr 7 (Mon, Ram Navami )

5.  Apr 12 (Sat)                                                6.  May 1 (Thu, May day*)
     Apr 13 (Sun)                                                    May 2 (Fri, take leave :-D)
     Apr 14 (Mon, Dr. Ambedkar Jayanti )              May 3 (Sat)
                                                                              May 4 (Sun)

7.  Jul 26 (Sat)                                                 8.  Aug 15 (Fri, Independence Day)
     Jul 27 (Sun)                                                     Aug 16 (Sat)
     Jul 28 (Mon, take leave :-D)                            Aug 17 (Sun)
     Jul 29 (Tue, Eid-ul-Fiter)                                  Aug 18 (Mon, Janmashtami)


9.  Aug 29 (Fri, Ganesh Chaturthi)                  10.  Oct 2 (Thu, Gandhi Jayanti)
     Aug 30 (Sat)                                                      Oct 3 (Fri, Dussehra)
     Aug 31 (Sun)                                                     Oct 4 (Sat)
                                                                                Oct 5 (Sun)
                                                                                Oct 6 (Mon, Eid-ul-Zuha)

11.  Oct 23 (Thu, Deepawali)                         12.  Nov 1 (Sat)
       Oct 24 (Fri, take leave :-D)                             Nov 2 (Sun)
       Oct 25 (Sat)                                                    Nov 3 (Mon, take leave :-D)
       Oct 26 (Sun)                                                   Nov 4 (Tue, Muharram)

13.  Nov 6 (Thu, Guru Nanak Jayanti)            14.  Dec 25 (Thu, Christmas)
       Nov 7 (Fri, take leave :-D)                               Dec 26 (Fri, take leave :-D)
       Nov 8 (Sat)                                                      Dec 27 (Sat)
       Nov 9 (Sun)                                                     Dec 28 (Sun)

* May day is also known as 'World Labour Day' or 'International Labour Day'.

These are the 14 weekends you can enjoy this year. Do what you've wanted to do and plan weekends accordingly. Since this year has 15 long weekends (now 14), you can plan each weekend in a different way. So what are you waiting for? Start planning and make your weekends in 2014 memorable.

HAPPY WEEKENDS :-)