Government holiday list 2025; Check Holidays List Here!

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Central Government Holiday List 2025

Central Government Holiday List 2025

The Indian government has released the official holiday schedule for 2025 for central government employees ¹. Here's a comprehensive list of holidays for the upcoming year.

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Gazetted Holidays

These are officially announced by the government and published in the official gazette.

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. Buddha Purnima: May 12, 2025 (Monday)
8. Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid): June 7, 2025 (Saturday)
9. Muharram: July 6, 2025 (Sunday)
10. Independence Day: August 15, 2025 (Friday)
11. Janmashtami: August 16, 2025 (Saturday)
12. Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad: September 5, 2025 (Friday)
13. Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday: October 2, 2025 (Thursday)
14. Dussehra: October 2, 2025 (Thursday)
15. Diwali (Deepavali): October 20, 2025 (Monday)
16. Guru Nanak's Birthday: November 5, 2025 (Wednesday)
17. Christmas Day: December 25, 2025 (Thursday)

Restricted Holidays

Each employee can choose two restricted holidays from the list below.

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. Sri Basant Panchami: February 2, 2025 (Sunday)
5. Guru Ravi Das's Birthday: February 12, 2025 (Wednesday)
6. Shiva ji Jayanti: February 19, 2025 (Wednesday)
7. Birthday of Swami Dayananda Saraswati: February 23, 2025 (Sunday)
8. Holika Dahan: March 13, 2025 (Thursday)
9. Dolyatra: March 14, 2025 (Friday)
10. Jamat-Ul-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)

Central government administrative offices outside Delhi/New Delhi will observe these holidays compulsorily, in addition to three holidays chosen from the 12 optional holidays 

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