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LIST OF HOLIDAYS-2025 

LIST OF HOLIDAYS FOR THE YEAR 2025

Sr. No. Month Date Day Occasion
1 January 14.01.2025 Tuesday Makar Sankranti
2 January 26.01.2025 Sunday Republic Day
3 March 31.03.2025 Monday Id-ul-Fitr *
4 April 10.04.2025 Thursday Mahavir Jayanthi
5 April 18.04.2025 Friday Good Friday
6 May 12.05.2025 Monday Buddha Purnima
7 June 07.06.2025 Saturday Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)*
8 July 06.07.2025 Sunday Muharram*
9 August 08.08.2025 Friday Varamahalakshmi Festival
10 August 15.08.2025 Friday Independence Day
11 August 27.08.2025 Wednesday Ganesh Chaturthi
12 September 05.09.2025 Friday Id-e-Milad*
13 October 01.10.2025 Wednesday Dussehra
14 October 02.10.2025 Thursday Mahatma Gandhi Jayanthi
15 October 20.10.2025 Monday Deepavali
16 November 05.11.2025 Wednesday Guru Nanak Jayanthi
17 December 25.12.2025 Thursday Christmas

LIST OF RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS FOR THE YEAR 2025

Sr. No. Holiday Date Day
1 New Year’s Day January 01 Wednesday
2 Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday January 06 Monday
3 Basant Panchami/ Shi Panchami February 02 Sunday
4 Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday February 12 Wednesday
5 Shiva Ji Jayanti February 19 Wednesday
6 Birthday of Swami Dayananda Saraswati February 23 Sunday
7 Maha Shivaratri February 26 Wednesday
8 Holika Dahan March 13 Thursday
9 Dolyatra March 14 Friday
10 Jamat-Ul-Vida March 28 Friday
11 Chaitra Sukladi/ Gudi Padava/ Ugadi/ Cheti Chand March 30 Sunday
12 Ram Navmi April 06 Sunday
13 Vaisakhi/ Vishu April 13 Sunday
14 Meshadi (Tamil New Year’s Day) April 14 Monday
15 Vaishakhadi (Bengal)/ Bahag Bihu (Assam) April 15 Tuesday
16 Easter Sunday April 20 Sunday
17 Guru Rabindranath’s Birthday May 09 Friday
18 Rath Yatra June 27 Friday
19 Raksha Bandhan August 09 Saturday
20 Parsi New Year’s Day/Nauraj August 15 Friday
21 Janmashtami (Smarta) August 15 Friday
22 Onam or Thiru Onam Day September 05 Friday
23 Dussehra (Saptami) September 29 Monday
24 Dussehra (Mahashtami) September 30 Tuesday
25 Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday October 07 Tuesday
26 Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chauth) October 10 Friday
27 Govardhan Puja October 22 Wednesday
28 Bhai Duj October 23 Thursday
29 Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) October 28 Tuesday
30 Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day November 24 Monday
31 Christmas Eve December 24 Wednesday

Note: *Any changes in the date of holidays in respect of Sl. Nos. 3, 7, 8 & 12 in the List of Holidays subject to change as per GOI notification.

Declared holidays falling on Saturdays & Sundays and falling on staggered weekly off days will not be compensated.

An employee is entitled to take any of the two Restricted Holidays in a calendar year.