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How many working days in year 2013?

Here is the detail of the calculation:

Because 2013 is not a leap year, it has 365 days.

Let's remove 52 saturdays and 52 sundays. It remains 261 days.

Now, let's remove 36 public holidays that do not fall during a weekend and we obtain 225 working days in 2013.

Here is the list of these 36 public holidays:

1. New Year's Day : Tuesday, 1 January, 2013
2. Pongal : Monday, 14 January, 2013
3. Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti : Friday, 18 January, 2013
4. Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad : Friday, 25 January, 2013
5. Shree Panchami : Thursday, 14 February, 2013
6. Basanta Panchami : Friday, 15 February, 2013
7. Maharaja Shivaji Jayanti : Tuesday, 19 February, 2013
8. Guru Ravidas Jayanti : Monday, 25 February, 2013
9. Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti : Thursday, 7 March, 2013
10. Holika Dahan (Dolyatra) : Tuesday, 26 March, 2013
11. Holi : Wednesday, 27 March, 2013
12. Good Friday : Friday, 29 March, 2013
13. Chaitra Sukhladi/Gudi Padava/Ugadi/Cheti Chand : Thursday, 11 April, 2013
14. Vaisakhadi (Bengal)/Bahag Bihu (Assam) : Monday, 15 April, 2013
15. Ram Navami : Friday, 19 April, 2013
16. Mahavir Jayanti : Wednesday, 24 April, 2013
17. Guru Rabindranath's Birthday : Thursday, 9 May, 2013
18. Hazarat Ali's Birthday : Friday, 24 May, 2013
19. Rath Yatra : Wednesday, 10 July, 2013
20. Jamat-Ul-Vida : Friday, 2 August, 2013
21. Id-ul-Fitr : Friday, 9 August, 2013
22. Independence Day : Thursday, 15 August, 2013
23. Raksha Bandhan : Tuesday, 20 August, 2013
24. Janamashtami (Vaisnava) : Wednesday, 28 August, 2013
25. Ganesh Chaturthi : Monday, 9 September, 2013
26. Onam : Monday, 16 September, 2013
27. Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday : Wednesday, 2 October, 2013
28. Maha Saptami : Friday, 11 October, 2013
29. Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) : Wednesday, 16 October, 2013
30. Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti : Friday, 18 October, 2013
31. Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chouth) : Tuesday, 22 October, 2013
32. Bhai Duj : Tuesday, 5 November, 2013
33. Pratihar Sashthi/Surya Sashthi (Chhat Puja) : Friday, 8 November, 2013
34. Muharram : Thursday, 14 November, 2013
35. Christmas Eve : Tuesday, 24 December, 2013
36. Christmas : Wednesday, 25 December, 2013

And here are the 13 public holidays falling on a weekend:

1. Makar Sankranti : Sunday, 13 January, 2013
2. Republic Day : Saturday, 26 January, 2013
3. Maha Shivaratri : Sunday, 10 March, 2013
4. Vaisakhi/Vishu : Saturday, 13 April, 2013
5. Mesadi : Sunday, 14 April, 2013
6. Buddha Purnima : Saturday, 25 May, 2013
7. Parsi New Year : Sunday, 18 August, 2013
8. Maha Ashtami : Saturday, 12 October, 2013
9. Dussehra (Vijaya Dashami) : Sunday, 13 October, 2013
10. Naraka Chaturdasi : Saturday, 2 November, 2013
11. Diwali (Deepavali) : Sunday, 3 November, 2013
12. Guru Nanak Jayanti : Sunday, 17 November, 2013
13. Guru Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom Day : Sunday, 24 November, 2013