Punjab Circle Post Office Holidays Full List 2023
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Punjab Post Office Holidays List 2023 |
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| Holiday | Date | Day |
| Republic Day | 26-01-2023 | Thursday |
| Holi | 08-03-2023 | Wednesday |
| Ram Navami | 30-03-2023 | Thursday |
| Mahavir Jayanti | 04-04-2023 | Tuesday |
| Good Friday | 07-04-2023 | Friday |
| Id-ul-Fitr | 22-04-2023 | Saturday |
| Buddha Purnima | 05-05-2023 | Friday |
| Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) | 29-06-2023 | Thursday |
| Muharram | 29-07-2023 | Saturday |
| Independence Day | 15-08-2023 | Tuesday |
| Janmashtami (Vaishnva) | 07-09-2023 | Thursday |
| Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) | 28-09-2023 | Thursday |
| Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday | 02-10-2023 | Monday |
| Dussehra | 24-10-2023 | Tuesday |
| Diwali (Deepavali) | 12-11-2023 | Sunday |
| Guru Nanak’s Birthday | 27-11-2023 | Monday |
| Christmas Day | 25-12-2023 | Monday |
We would like to inform you that Post Office will be closed on the upcoming holiday. Please note that there will be no mail delivery or pick-up on this day. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and encourage you to plan accordingly.
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Central Government Gazetted Holidays in 2023
| S.No | Holiday | Date | Day |
| 1. | Republic Day | Jan 26, 2023 | Thu |
| 2. | Holi | Mar 08, 2023 | Wed |
| 3. | Ram Navami | Mar 30, 2023 | Thu |
| 4. | Mahavir Jayanti | Apr 04, 2023 | Tue |
| 5. | Good Friday | Apr 07, 2023 | Fri |
| 6. | Id-ul-Fitr | Apr 22, 2023 | Sat |
| 7. | Budha Purnima | May 05, 2023 | Fri |
| 8. | Id- ul- Zuha (Bakrid) | Jun 29, 2023 | Thu |
| 9. | Muharram | Jul 29, 2023 | Sat |
| 10. | Independence Day | Aug 15, 2023 | Tue |
| 11. | Janmashtami (Vaishnva) | Sep 07, 2023 | Thu |
| 12. | Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) | Sep 28, 2023 | Thu |
| 13. | Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday | Oct 02, 2023 | Mon |
| 14. | Dussehra | Oct 24, 2023 | Tue |
| 15. | Diwali (Deepavali) | Nov 12, 2023 | Sun |
| 16. | Guru Nanak’s Birthday | Nov 27, 2023 | Mon |
| 17. | Christmas Day | Dec 25, 2023 | Mon |
Central Government Restricted Holidays in 2023
| S.No | Holiday | Date | Day |
| 1 | New Year’s Day | Jan 01, 2023 | Sun |
| 2 | Makar Sankranti / Magha Bihu | Jan 14, 2023 | Sat |
| 3 | Pongal | Jan 15, 2023 | Sun |
| 4 | Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami | Jan 26, 2023 | Sat |
| 5 | Hazarat Ali’s Birthday, Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday | Feb 05, 2023 | Sun |
| 6, | Birthday of Swami Dayananda Saraswati | Feb 15, 2023 | Wed |
| 7 | Maha Shivratri | Feb 18, 2023 | Sat |
| 8 | Shiva ji Jayanti | Feb 19, 2023 | Sun |
| 9 | Holika dahan, dolyatra | Mar 07, 2023 | Tue |
| 10 | Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava / Ugadi / Cheti Chand | Mar 22, 2023 | Wed |
| 11 | Easter Sunday | Apr 09, 2023 | Sun |
| 12 | Vaisakhi / Vishu/ Meshadi | Apr 14, 2023 | Fri |
| 13 | Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Punjab) | Apr 15, 2023 | Sat |
| 14 | Jamat- Ul -Vida | Apr 21, 2023 | Fri |
| 15 | Birthday of Guru Rabindranath Tagore | May 09, 2023 | Tue |
| 16 | Rath Yatra | Jun 20, 2023 | Tue |
| 17 | Farsi New Year’s day / Nauraj | Aug 16, 2023 | Wed |
| 18 | Vinayaka Chaturthi | Aug 20, 2023 | Sun |
| 19 | Onam or Thiru Onam Day | Aug 29, 2023 | Tuesday |
| 20 | Raksha Bandhan | Aug 30, 2023 | Wed |
| 21 | Janmashtami (Smarta) | Sep 06, 2023 | Wed |
| 22 | Ganesh Chaturthi | Sep 19, 2023 | Tue |
| 23 | Dussehra (Saptami) | Oct 21, 2023 | Sat |
| 24 | Dussehra (Mahashtami) | Oct 22, 2023 | Sun |
| 25 | Dussehra (Mahanavmi) | Oct 23, 2023 | Mon |
| 26 | Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday | Oct 28, 2023 | Sat |
| 27 | Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth) | Nov 01, 2023 | Wed |
| 28 | Naraka Chaturdasi | Nov 12, 2023 | Sun |
| 29 | Govardhan Puja | Nov 13, 2023 | Mon |
| 30 | Bhai Duj | Nov 15, 2023 | Wed |
| 31 | Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) | Nov 19, 2023 | Sun |
| 32 | Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day | Nov 24, 2023 | Fri |
| 33 | Christmas Eve | Dec 24, 2023 | Sun |
GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB
DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL
(PERSONNEL POLICIES-III BRANCH)
Notification
Dated: 13-12-2022
06/05/2022/2PP3/985
It is hereby notified that the holidays enumerated in the schedule below shall be observed as Public Holidays in the public offices under the Punjab Government during the calendar year-2023: –
Punjab Govt Public Holidays 2023
SCHEDULE
| Name of the Holiday(s) | Date on which it falls | Day of the week | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| All Saturdays | |||
| All Sundays | |||
| Other Holidays | |||
| 1 | Republic Day | 26-Jan | Thursday |
| 2 | Birthday of Sri Guru Ravidas Ji | 5-Feb | Sunday |
| 3 | Maha Shivaratri | 18-Feb | Saturday |
| 4 | Holi | 8-Mar | Wednesday |
| 5 | Shaheedi Diwas of Shaheed- e -Azam Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru Ji | 23-Mar | Thursday |
| 6 | Ram Navami | 30-Mar | Thursday |
| 7 | Mahavir Jayanti | 4-Apr | Tuesday |
| 8 | Good Friday | 7-Apr | Friday |
| 9 | Birthday of Sri Guru Nabha Dass Ji | 8-Apr | Saturday |
| 10 | Vaisakhi / Birthday of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar | 14-Apr | Friday |
| 11 | Idu’l Fitr / Lord Parshuram Jayanti | 22-Apr | Saturday |
| 12 | Martyrdom Day of Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji | 23-May | Tuesday |
| 13 | Kabir Jayanti | 4-Jun | Sunday |
| 14 | Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) | 29-Jun | Thursday |
| 15 | Independence day | 15-Aug | Tuesday |
| 16 | Janam Ashtami | 7-Sep | Thursday |
| 17 | Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi Ji | 2-Oct | Monday |
| 18 | Agarsain Jayanti | 15-Oct | Sunday |
| 19 | Dussehra | 24-Oct | Tuesday |
| 20 | Birthday of Maharishi Valmiki Ji | 28-Oct | Saturday |
| 21 | Diwali | 12-Nov | Sunday |
| 22 | Vishwakarma Day | 13-Nov | Monday |
| 23 | Birthday of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji | 27-Nov | Monday |
| 24 | Martyrdom Day of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji | 17-Dec | Sunday |
| 25 | Christmas day | 25-Dec | Monday |
Note 1: Date of holiday in respect of “Birthday of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji” will be announced later.
Note 2: Besides the above holidays, each employee will also be permitted to avail himself / herself any two (2) holidays to be chosen by him / her out of the Restricted Holidays below during the Calendar Year-2023:-
Punjab Govt Restricted Holidays 2023
| Sr. No. | Name of the Holiday(s) | Date on which it falls | Day of the week |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | New Year Day | 1-Jan | Sunday |
| 2 | Lohri | 13-Jan | Friday |
| 3 | Nirwan Diwas of Bhagwan Adinath Ji | 20-Jan | Friday |
| 4 | Basant Panchmi / Birthday of Satguru Ram Sinqh Ji | 26-Jan | Thursday |
| 5 | International Women Day | 8-Mar | Wednesday |
| 6 | Hola Mohalla | 8-Mar | Wednesday |
| 7 | May Day | 1-May | Monday |
| 8 | Buddh Purnima | 5-May | Friday |
| 9 | Nirjala Ekadashi | 31-May | Wednesday |
| 10 | Death Anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Ji | 29-Jun | Thursday |
| 11 | Muharram | 29-Jul | Saturday |
| 12 | Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Udham Singh | 31-Jul | Monday |
| 13 | Birthday of Baba Jiwan Singh Ji | 5-Sep | Tuesday |
| 14 | Saragarhi Day | 12-Sep | Tuesday |
| 15 | Pehla Parkash Utsav Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji | 16-Sep | Saturday |
| 16 | Birthday of Baba Sri Chand Ji | 24-Sep | Sunday |
| 17 | Anant Chaturdashi | 28-Sep | Thursday |
| 18 | Birthday of S. Bhagat Singh Ji | 28-Sep | Thursday |
| 19 | Birthday of Prophet Mohammad Sahib (Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad) | 28-Sep | Thursday |
| 20 | Birthday of Baba Banda Singh Ji Bahadur | 16-Oct | Monday |
| 21 | Birthday of Sri Guru Ram Dass ji | 30-Oct | Monday |
| 22 | Karva Chauth | 1-Nov | Wednesday |
| 23 | New Punjab Day | 1-Nov | Wednesday |
| 24 | Goverdhan Pooja | 13-Nov | Monday |
| 25 | Guru Gaddi diwas Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji | 15-Nov | Wednesday |
| 26 | Martyrdom Day of S. Kartar Singh Sarabha ji | 16-Nov | Thursday |
| 27 | Chhath Pooja | 19-Nov | Sunday |
| 28 | Birthday of Sant Nam Dev ji | 23-Nov | Thursday |
| 29 | Shaheehi Sabha, Shri Fatehgarh Sahib | 26, 27 and 28 December | Tuesday, |
| Wednesday and Thursday |
Note 3 : In addition to the above holidays each employee will be permitted to avail himself / herself any four (4) second half day holidays to be chosen by him / her to join the Nagar Kirtan / Sobha Yatra in connection with the list of occassion given below during the Calendar Year, 2023 and the concerned Controlling Authority shall ensure to maintain the record of such holidays:-
- Birthday of Sri Guru Gobind Singh ji
- Birthday of Sri Guru Ravidas Ji
- Maha Shivratri
- Ram Navami
- Mahavir Jayanti
- Vaisakhi
- Martyrdom Day of Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji
- Janam Ashtami
- Id-ul-Fitr
- Birthday of Sri Guru Ram Dass Ji
- Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)
- Birthday of Maharishi Valmiki Ji
- Birthday of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji
- Martyrdom Day of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji
- Christmas Day
The rules applicable in the Restricted Holidays will also be applicable for these half day holidays.
Note 4: The festival of ‘Raksha Bandhan’ falls on 30th August (Wednesday). As such Punjab Government Offices/ Institutions will open at 11.00 A.M. on that day.
Vijay Kumar Janjua
Chief Secretary to Government Punjab
No. 06/05/2022/2PP3/ 986
Dated Chandigarh, the 13-12-2022
A copy is forwarded to the Director Information & Public Relations Department, Punjab for giving publicity to the decision.
Superintendent
No. 06/05/2022/2PP3/ 987
Dated Chandigarh, the 13-12-2022
A copy is forwarded to the Controller, Printing & Stationary Department Punjab with the request to publish it in the Punjab Government Gazette (Ordinary) and supply 100 copies of the same to this department at the earliest.
Superintendent
No. 06/05/2022/2PP3/ 988
A copy is forwarded to all the Heads of Departments, Commissioners of Divisions, Registrar, Punjab and Haryana High Court, Deputy Commissioners, Sub-Divisional Magistrates in the State.
Superintendent
No. 06/05/2022/2PP3/ 989
Dated Chandigarh, the 13-12-2022
A copy is forwarded is forwarded for information:
1. Chief Secretaries to All the State Governments/Union Territories in India.
2. The Director Positional Astronomy Centre, India Meteorological Department, Block-AQ, Plot No.8, Sector-V,Salt Lake, Mahish Bathan, Kolkata-700091.
3. Joint Secretary (BO) to Govt, of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs (Banking Division) “Jeevan Deep” Parliament Street, New Delhi- 110001 with reference to his D.O. letter No.41/2/98-BO II, dated 9th August, 2002.
4. The Secretary to Govt, of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi.
5. The Secretary to Govt, of India, Ministry of Personnel, PG and Pension, (Department of Personnel and Training), North Block, New Delhi.
6. The Registrar, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
7. The Registrar, Punjabi University, Patiala.
8. The Registrar, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
9. The Registrar, Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana.
10. The Registrar, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana.
11. The Registrar, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot.
12. The Registrar, Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar.
13. The Manager, Reserve Bank of India, Sector 17, Chandigarh.
Superintendent
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