2025 Government Holidays India
Government of India, Department of Personnel and Training has released Central Government Holidays 2025 for Central Government offices and employees across India on 9th July 2024. Central Government Administrative Offices shall observe the following 14 holidays compulsorily and in addition 3 holidays, to be chosen from the optional holidays, totally 17 holidays will have been declare in Gazetted holidays. These holiday list are almost followed by all State Government and its administrative offices, Banks, Post Offices and Railway Board etc..
The Central Government holiday list for 2025 includes national holidays such as Republic Day on January 26th, Independence Day on August 15th, and Gandhi Jayanti on October 2nd. Other important holidays observed at the national level are New Year’s Day on January 1st, Diwali on October 20th, and Christmas on December 25th. Additionally, there are regional holidays like Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Bihu in Assam, and Onam in Kerala. It is advisable to check for any updates or changes to the holiday list throughout the year.
F. No. 12/2/2023-JCA
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)
Establishment (JCA) Section
2nd Floor, ‘B’ Wing, Lok Nayak Bhawan,
Khan Market, New Delhi
Dated the 9th July, 2024
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2025-reg.
It has been decided that the holidays, as specified in the Annexure -I to this O.M., will be observed in all the Administrative Offices of the Central Government located at Delhi/ New Delhi during the year 2025. In addition, each employee will also be allowed to avail himself/ herself of any two holidays to be chosen by him/her out of the list of Restricted Holidays specified at Annexure – II.
2. Central Government Administrative Offices located outside Delhi / New Delhi shall observe the following holidays compulsorily in addition to three holidays, to be chosen out of the 12 optional holidays indicated below at para 3.1:
- REPUBLIC DAY
- INDEPENDENCE DAY
- MAHATMA GANDHI’S BIRTHDAY
- BUDDHA PURNIMA
- CHRISTMAS DAY
- DUSSEHRA (VIJAY DASHMI)
- DIWALI (DEEPAVALI)
- GOOD FRIDAY
- GURU NANAK’S BIRTHDAY
- IDU’LFITR
- IDU’LZUHA
- MAHAVIR JAYANTI
- MUHARRAM
- PROPHET MOHAMMAD’S BIRTHDAY (ID-E-MILAD)
3.1. For offices located in New Delhi/Delhi, three holidays are selected by the D/o Personnel & Training and for the offices located outside Delhi/New Delhi three holidays are to be chosen by the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee in the State Capitals, if necessary, in consultation with Coordination Committees at other places in the State, from the list indicated below. The final list, applicable uniformly to all Central Government offices within the concerned State, shall be notified accordingly and no change can be carried out thereafter. It is also clarified that no change is permissible in the festivals and dates, as indicated at Annexure -I and Annexure-ll baring a few exceptions indicated at para 5.1 and 5.2 hereinafter. The 12 optional holidays are as follows:
- AN ADDITIONAL DAY FOR DUSSEHRA
- HOLI
- JANAMASHTAMI (VAISHNAVI)
- RAM NAVAMI
- MAHA SHIVRATRI
- GANESH CHATURTHI / VINAYAK CHATURTHI
- MAKAR SANKARANTI
- RATH YATRA
- ONAM
- PONGAL
- SRI PANCHAMI / BASANT PANCHAMI
- VISHU/ VAISAKHI / VAISAKHADI / BHAG BIHU / MASHADI UGADI / CHAITRA SUKLADI / CHETI CHAND / GUDI PADAVA /1ST NAVRATRA / NAORAZ/CHHATH POOJA/KARVA CHAUTH.
3.2 No substitute holiday should be allowed if any of the festival holidays, initially declared, subsequently happens to fall on a weekly off or any other non-working day or in the event of more than one festival falling on the same day.
4. The list of Restricted Holidays appended as annexure-ll to this O.M. is meant for Central Government Offices located in Delhi / New Delhi. The Coordination Committees at the State Capitals may draw up separate list of Restricted Holidays keeping in view the occasions of local importance. However, the 9 occasions left over, after choosing the 3 variable holidays in para 3.1 above, are also to be included in the list of restricted holidays.
5.1 For offices in Delhi / New Delhi, any change in the date of holidays in respect of Idu’l Fitr, Idu’l Zuha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad, if necessary, depending upon sighting of the Moon, would be declared by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, after ascertaining the position from the Govt, of NCT of Delhi (DCP, Special Branch, Delhi Police).
5.2 For offices outside Delhi / New Delhi, the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committees at the State Capitals are authorised to change the date of holiday, if necessary, based on the decision of the concerned State Governments / Union Territories, in respect of Idu’IFitr, Idu’IZuha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad.
5.3 It may happen that the change of date in respect of the above occasions has to be declared at a very short notice. In such a situation, announcement could be made through P.I.B/T.V./A.I.R./ Newspapers and the Heads of Department / Offices of the Central Government may take action according to such an announcement, without waiting for a formal order, about the change of date.
6. During 2025, Diwali (Deepavali) falls on Monday, October 20, 2025 (Asvina 28). In certain States, the practice is to celebrate the occasion a day in advance, i.e., on “Naraka Chaturdasi Day”. In view of this, there is no objection if holiday on account of Deepavali is observed on “Naraka Chaturdasi Day (in place of Deepavali Day) in the Central Government Offices in a State if in that State that day alone is declared as a compulsory holiday for Diwali for the offices of the State Government.
7. Central Government Organisations which include industrial, commercial and trading establishments would observe upto 16 holidays in a year including three national holidays viz. Republic Day, Independence Day and Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, as compulsory holidays. The remaining holidays / occasions may be determined by such establishments/organisations themselves for the year 2025, subject to para 3.2 above.
8. Union Territory Administrations shall decide the list of holidays in terms of Instructions issued in this regard by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
9. In respect of Indian Missions abroad, the number of holidays may be notified in accordance with the instructions contained in this Department’s O.M. No.12/5/2002-JCA dated 17th December, 2002. In other words, they will have the option to select 14 (Fourteen) holidays of their own only after including in the list, three National Holidays and Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid), Muhrram and Janamashtmi, included in the list of compulsory holidays and falling on days of weekly off.
10. In respect of Banks, the holidays shall be regulated in terms of the extant instructions issued by the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance.
11. Hindi version will follow.
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(Parveen Jargar)
Deputy Secretary to the Govt, of India
ANNEXURE-I
LIST OF HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR 2025 FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI / NEW DELHI
| S.N. | Holiday | Date | Day |
| 1. | Republic Day | January 26, 2025 | Sunday |
| 2. | Maha Shivaratri | February 26, 2025 | Wednesday |
| 3. | Holi | March 14, 2025 | Friday |
| 4. | Id-ul-Fitr | March 31, 2025 | Monday |
| 5. | Mahavir Jayanti | April 10, 2025 | Thursday |
| 6. | Good Friday | April 18, 2025 | Friday |
| 7. | Budha Purnima | May 12, 2025 | Monday |
| 8. | Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) | June 07, 2025 | Saturday |
| 9. | Muharram | July 06, 2025 | Sunday |
| 10. | Independence Day | August 15, 2025 | Friday |
| 11. | Janmashtami | August 16, 2025 | Saturday |
| 12. | Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) | September 05, 2025 | Friday |
| 13. | Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday | October 02, 2025 | Thursday |
| 14. | Dussehra | October 02, 2025 | Thursday |
| 15. | Diwali (Deepavali) | October 20, 2025 | Monday |
| 16. | Guru Nanak’s Birthday | November 05, 2025 | Wednesday |
| 17. | Christmas Day | December 25, 2025 | Thursday |
ANNEXURE-II
LIST OF RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR 2025 FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI / NEW DELHI
| S. N | Holiday | Date | Day |
| 1. | New Year’s Day | January 1, 2025 | Wednesday |
| 2. | Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday | January 6, 2025 | Monday |
| 3. | Makar Sankranti/ Magha Bihu/ Pongal/ Hazarat Ali’s Birthday | January 14, 2025 | Tuesday |
| 4. | Basant Panchami Sri Panchami | February 2, 2025 | Sunday |
| 5. | Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday | February 12, 2025 | Wednes day |
| 6. | Shiva ji Jayanti | February 19, 2025 | Wednes day |
| 7. | Birthday of Swami Dayananda Baraswati | February 23, 2025 | Sunday |
| 8. | Holika Dahan | March 13, 2025 | Thursday |
| 9. | Dolyatra | March 14, 2025 | Friday |
| 10. | Jamat-UI-Vida | March 28, 2025 | Friday |
| 11. | Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava/ Ugadi/ Cheti Chand | March 30, 2025 | Sunday |
| 12. | Ram Navmi | April 6, 2025 | Sunday |
| 13. | Vaisakhi / Vishu | April 13, 2025 | Sunday |
| 14. | Meshadi (Tamil New Year’s Day) | April 14, 2025 | Monday |
| 15. | Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam) | April 15, 2025 | Tuesday |
| 16. | Easter Sunday | April 20, 2025 | Sunday |
| 17. | Guru Rabindranath’s birthday | May 9, 2025 | Friday |
| 18. | Rath Yatra | June 27, 2025 | Friday |
| 19. | Raksha Bandhan | August 9, 2025 | Saturday |
| 20. | Parsi New Year’s day/ Nauraj | August 15, 2025 | Friday |
| 21. | Janmashtami (Smarta) | August 15, 2025 | Friday |
| 22. | Ganesh Chaturthi/ Vinayaka Chaturthi | August 27, 2025 | Wednes day |
| 23. | Onam or Thiru Onam Day | September 5, 2025 | Friday |
| 24. | Dussehra (Saptami) | September 29, 2025 | Monday |
| 25. | Dussehra (Mahashtami) | September 30, 2025 | Tuesday |
| 26. | Dussehra (Mahanavmi) | October 1, 2025 | Wednes day |
| 27. | Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday | October 7, 2025 | Tuesday |
| 28. | Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth) | October 10, 2025 | Friday |
| 29. | Naraka Chaturdasi | October 20, 2025 | Monday |
| 30. | Govardhan Puja | October 22, 2025 | Wednes day |
| 31. | Bhai Duj | October 23, 2025 | Thursday |
| 32. | Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) | October 28, 2025 | Tuesday |
| 33. | Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day | November 24, 2025 | Monday |
| 34. | Christmas Eve | December 24, 2025 | Wednes day |
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