May Day · Labour Day Observance International Workers' Day, kept in India since the first observance at Madras in 1923, called for by the Labour Kisan Party at the beach opposite the high court.
May Day · Labour Day 2027 falls on Saturday, 1 May, computed for Chennai.
The name
The same day, in every language that has a word for it
- English
- May Day · Labour Day
- தமிழ்
- மே தினம்
- తెలుగు
- మే దినోత్సవం
- ಕನ್ನಡ
- ಮೇ ದಿನ
- മലയാളം
- മെയ് ദിനം
- हिन्दी
- मई दिवस
- বাংলা
- মে দিবস
- मराठी
- कामगार दिन
- অসমীয়া
- মে দিৱস
Only the names actually in use are listed. A blank script is not an omission: the day may simply not be kept there, or be kept under a different festival's name.
Asia/Kolkata · UTC+5:30
The date of a festival depends on the place: a tithi that ends at dusk in Chennai can still be running at dusk a thousand kilometres west, which moves the day. Sunrise and sunset here are computed for the place above.
When it falls next
Tamil Nadu calendar, computed for Chennai
- Saturday, 1 May 2027
- Monday, 1 May 2028
- Tuesday, 1 May 2029
Where May Day · Labour Day falls on the solar year, and how far the date moves between occurrences.
- 2027: 1 May
- 2028: 1 May
- 2029: 1 May
The dates, year by year
Tamil Nadu calendar, computed for Chennai
| Year | May Day · Labour Day |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Thursday, 1 May 2025 |
| 2026 | Friday, 1 May 2026 |
| 2027 | Saturday, 1 May 2027 |
| 2028 | Monday, 1 May 2028 |
| 2029 | Tuesday, 1 May 2029 |
| 2030 | Wednesday, 1 May 2030 |
| 2031 | Thursday, 1 May 2031 |
| 2032 | Saturday, 1 May 2032 |
| 2033 | Sunday, 1 May 2033 |
| 2034 | Monday, 1 May 2034 |
| 2035 | Tuesday, 1 May 2035 |
| 2036 | Thursday, 1 May 2036 |
Worked out for Chennai, Lahiri ayanamsa. A date is a function of the place: set yours above and the next three come back for where you are.
What the day is
International Workers' Day, kept in India since the first observance at Madras in 1923, called for by the Labour Kisan Party at the beach opposite the high court. It is not on the Government of India's own closed-holiday list: it is a state holiday, and only in the states that declare it. Trade unions march and hold meetings, and in Tamil Nadu and Kerala it closes the shops as thoroughly as a festival would.
- Deity
- None; a civil day, not a temple one
- Kind
- Observance Days marked, watched or begun, without a fast or a feast of their own.
The hour
Clock times for Saturday, 1 May 2027 at Chennai
A fixed civil date, 1 May, declared by each state that keeps it. There is no rite and no hour: the meetings are held in the morning or the evening as the union decides.
This day carries no instant that can be put on a clock: it is fixed by the tithi or the nakshatra running at sunrise, or by a moonrise the app does not compute. The rule above is the whole of it.
The fast
No fast is kept and nothing is prescribed.
Where the regions differ
A holiday in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, West Bengal and Assam among the traditions this calendar carries, and not in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh or the Punjab, which is why it appears for some of them and not others.
The dates above are the Tamil Nadu reckoning, because that is the calendar this key belongs to. Switch the tradition on the calendar page to see how another one dates the same day.
Every date here is computed from the Sun and Moon for the place entered, by the rule printed beside it. A printed panchangam can differ by a day where an almanac reads a tithi at a different instant, and a family's own custom always comes first. Where the practice genuinely varies, the text says so rather than choosing for you.