Holidays List 2025

Sr. No.

Gazetted Holidays

Date

Saka Date

Day of Week

1.

Makar Sankranti/Magha Bihu/Pongal/Hazarat Ali’s Birthday

January 14

Pausha 24

Tuesday

2.

Republic Day

January 26

Magha 06

Sunday

3.

Maha Shivaratri

February 26

Phalguna 07

Wednesday

4.

Holi

March 14

Phalguna 23

Friday

5.

Id-ul-Fitr

March 31

Chaitra 10

Monday

6.

Mahavir Jayanti

April 10

Chaitra 20

Thursday

7.

Good Friday

April 18

Chaitra 28

Friday

8.

Buddha Purnima

May 12

Vaisakha 22

Monday

9.

Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)

June 07

Jyaishtha 17

Saturday

10.

Muharram

July 06

Ashadha 15

Sunday

11.

Independence Day

August 15

Sravana 24

Friday

12.

Malid-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)

September 05

Bhadra 14

Friday

13.

Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday

October 02

Asvina 10

Thursday

14.

Dussehra

October 02

Asvina 10

Thursday

15.

Diwali (Deepavali)

October 20

Asvina 28

Monday

16.

Guru Nanak’s Birthday

November 05

Kartika 14

Wednesday

17.

Christmas Day

December 25

Pausha 04

Thursday

b. Restricted Holidays during the year 2025

Sr. No.

Restricted Holiday

Date

Saka Date

Day of Week

1.

New Year’s Day

January 01

Pausha 11

Wednesday

2.

Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday

January 06

Pausha 16

Monday

3.

Basant Panchami/Sri Panchami

February 02

Magha 13

Sunday

4.

Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday

February 12

Magha 23

Wednesday

5.

Shiva Ji Jayanti

February 19

Magha 30

Wednesday

6.

Birthday of Swami Dayananda Saraswati

February 23

Phalguna 04

Sunday

7.

Holika Dahan

March 13

Phalguna 22

Thursday

8.

Dolyatra

March 14

Phalguna 23

Friday

9.

Jamat-Ul-Vida

March 28

Chaitra 07

Friday

10.

Chaitra Sukladi/Gudi Padava/Ugadi/Cheti Chand

March 30

Chaitra 09

Sunday

11.

Ram Navmi

April 06

Chaitra 16

Sunday

12.

Vaisakhi/Vishu

April 13

Chaitra 23

Sunday

13.

Meshadi (Tamil New Year’s Day)

April 14

Chaitra 24

Monday

14.

Vaisakhadi (Bengal)/Bahag Bihu (Assam)

April 15

Chaitra 25

Tuesday

15.

Easter Sunday

April 20

Chaitra 30

Sunday

16.

Birthday of Guru Rabindranath Tagore

May 09

Vaisakha 19

Friday

17.

Rath Yatra

June 27

Ashadha 06

Friday

18.

Raksha Bandhan

August 09

Sravana 18

Saturday

19.

Parsi New Year’s Day/Nauraj

August 15

Sravana 24

Friday

20.

Janmashtami (Smarta)

August 15

Sravana 24

Friday

21.

Janmashtami (Vaishnavi)

August 16

Sravana 25

Saturday

22.

Ganesh Chaturthi/Vinayaka Chaturthi

August 27

Bhadra 05

Wednesday

23.

Onam or Thiru Onam Day

September 05

Bhadra 14

Friday

24.

Dussehra (Saptami)

September 29

Asvina 07

Monday

25.

Dussehra (Mahashtami)

September 30

Asvina 08

Tuesday

26.

Dussehra (Mahanavmi)

October 01

Asvina 09

Wednesday

27.

Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday

October 07

Asvina 15

Tuesday

28.

Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth)

October 10

Asvina 18

Friday

29.

Narkaka Chaturdasi

October 20

Asvina 28

Monday

30.

Govardhan Puja

October 22

Asvina 30

Wednesday

31.

Bhai Duj

October 23

Kartika 01

Thursday

32.

Prathihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja)

October 28

Kartika 06

Tuesday

33.

Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day

November 24

Agrahayana 03

Monday

34.

Christmas Eve

December 24

Pausha 03

Wednesday