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Table A1.

List of religious holidays

Religious/mandated holidays	Events of the month
Buddha Purnima^c	May
Diwali^a	October or November
Holi^a	March or April
Christmas^b	December
Good Friday^b	March or April
Eid al-Fitr^d	Depending on moon Sighting
Dussehra^a	September-October
Mahavir Jayanti^a	March or April
Ganesh Chaturthi^a	September
Mahashivaratri^a	February or March
Guru-Nanak Jayanti^e	November
Muharram^d	First month of Islamic calendar

Religious/mandated holidays	Events of the month
Buddha Purnima^c	May
Diwali^a	October or November
Holi^a	March or April
Christmas^b	December
Good Friday^b	March or April
Eid al-Fitr^d	Depending on moon Sighting
Dussehra^a	September-October
Mahavir Jayanti^a	March or April
Ganesh Chaturthi^a	September
Mahashivaratri^a	February or March
Guru-Nanak Jayanti^e	November
Muharram^d	First month of Islamic calendar

Notes:

^aDenotes a major religious holiday for Hindu; ^bfor Christian; ^cfor Buddhism; ^dfor Muslim; ^efor Sikh

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