Dry days are something that comes as a nightmare for many of us. Admit it. There will be at least once when you were planning for an amazing party but discovered only later that it is a dry day and now you are too late to stock up. To the uninitiated, dry days are those days when the sale of alcohol is not permitted, either all over the country or in some select states or cities. In simple terms, dry days are ‘no alcohol day’. They are often observed during days of national or religious importance. Most Indian states observe day days on Republic Day, Independence Day and Gandhi Jayanti. Dry days are also observed on election days. Since alcohol lovers don’t like surprises when it comes to dry days, we have curated a list of dry days in 2019, when you won’t find alcohol being sold in the country.
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January
- Makar Sankranti – January 14
- Republic Day – January 26
- Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary – January 30
February
- Swami Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti – February 10
March
- Maha Shivratri and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti – March 4
- Holi – March 21
April
- Ram Navami – April 14
- Mahavir Jayanti – April 17
- Polling Days
May
- Maharashtra Day – May 1
- Buddha Purnima – May 12
- Polling days
June
- Eid-Ul-Fitr – June 4 and 5
July
- Guru Purnima – July 16
August
- Bakra Eid – August 11
- Independence Day and Raksha Bandhan– August 15
- Janmashtami – August 24
September
- Ganesh Chaturthi – September 2
- Muharram – September 28
October
- Gandhi Jayanti – October 2
- Dussehra – October 8
- Valmiki Jayanti – October 13
- Diwali – October 27
November
- Eid-Ul-Milad – November 9 -10
- Guru Nanak Gurupurab – November 23
December
- Christmas – December 25