Holiday List 2024: For 2024, the Central Government has released the list of holidays that will be observed in central government offices. This list will be helpful for employees to plan their holidays.
Central Government administrative offices located outside Delhi/New Delhi are required to observe the following holidays compulsorily in addition to three holidays to be chosen from the 12 optional holidays shown below:
1. Republic Day
2. Independence Day
3. Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi
4. Buddha Purnima
5. Christmas Day
6. Dussehra (Vijayadashami)
7. Diwali (Deepawali)
8. Good Friday
9. Birthday of Guru Nanak
10. Eid ul FITR
11. EID ul Adha
12. Mahavir Jayanti
13. Muharram
14. Birthday of Prophet Mohammed (Id-e-Milad)
The optional holidays are as follows:
1. One additional day for Dussehra
2. Holi
3. Janmashtami (Vaishnava)
4. Ram Navami
5. Maha Shivaratri
6. Ganesh Chaturthi/Vinayak Chaturthi
7. Makar Sankranti
8. Rath Yatra
9. Onam
10. Pongal
11. Sri Panchami/Basant Panchami
12. Vishu / Vaisakhi / Vaishakhadi / Bohag Bihu / Mashadi Ugadi / Chaitra Shukla Di / Cheti Chand / Gudi Padwa / First Navratri / Nowruz / Chhath Puja / Karva Chauth.
National Holidays
The central government has declared three major national holidays for 2024, which will be mandatorily observed in all government offices. These are as follows:
Republic Day – 26 January 2024
Independence Day – 15 August 2024
Gandhi Jayanti – 2 October 2024
Gazetted Holidays
The list of gazetted holidays has also been released, which includes important festivals and occasions of various states and territories. The following are the gazetted holidays for 2024:
Holi – 25 March 2024
Dussehra – 13 October 2024
Diwali – 1 November 2024
Regional and State Special Holidays
The central government has also declared some state and territory specific holidays, which will be observed only in the respective territories. For example:
Onam – 20 September 2024 (Kerala)
Bihu – 14 April 2024 (Assam)
Pohela Boisakh – 14 April 2024 (West Bengal)
List of Holidays to be observed in Central Government Administrative Offices located at Delhi/New Delhi for the year 2024
| S.No. | Holiday | date | Saka date | the day |
| 1. | Republic Day | 26 January | January 06 | Friday |
| 2. | Holi | 25 March | Chaitra 05 | monday |
| 3. | good friday | 29 March | Chaitra 09 | Friday |
| 4. | id-ul-fitr | 11 April | Chaitra 22 | Thursday |
| 5. | ram navami | 17th April | Chaitra 28 | Wednesday |
| 6. | mahavir jayanti | 21st April | Baisakh 01 | sunday |
| 7. | Buddha Purnima | 23 May | Senior 02 | Thursday |
| 8. | Id-ul-Adha (Bakrid) | 17 June | Senior 27 | monday |
| 9. | Muharram | 17th July | Ashadh 26 | Wednesday |
| 10. | Independence Day | August 15 | Sarvana 24 | Thursday |
| 11। | Janmashtami (Vaishnavism) | 26 August | Bhadra 04 | monday |
| 12. | Milad-un-Nabi or Eid-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Muhammad) | 16 September | Bhadra 25 | monday |
| 13. | Mahatma Gandhi Birthday | 02 October | Ashwin 10 | Wednesday |
| 14. | Dussehra | 12 October | Ashwin 20 | Saturday |
| 15. | Diwali | 31 October | October 09 | Thursday |
| 16. | guru nanak jayanti | Nov 15 | October 24 | Friday |
| 17. | christmas day | 25th December | Paush 04 | Wednesday |
List of Restricted Holidays for the year 2024 in respect of Central Government Administrative Offices located in Delhi/New Delhi
| S.No. | Holiday | date | Saka date | the day | ||
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| 1. | new Year’s Day | 01 January | Season 11 | monday | ||
| 2. | Lohri | 13 January | Paush 23 | Saturday | ||
| 3. | Makar Sankranti | 14 January | Paush 24 | sunday | ||
| 4. | Magh Bihu / Pongal | 15 January | Paush 25 | monday | ||
| 5. | guru gobind singh birth anniversary | 17 January | Paush 27 | Wednesday | ||
| 6. | hazrat ali birthday | 25 January | January 05 | Thursday | ||
| 7. | Shri Panchami, Basant Panchami | 14 February | January 25 | Wednesday | ||
| 8. | Shivaji Jayanti | 19 February | January 30 | monday | ||
| 9. | guru ravidas jayanti | 24 February | Falgun 05 | Saturday | ||
| 10. | Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti | March 06 | January 16 | Wednesday | ||
| 11। | maha shivaratri | March 08 | Falgun 18 | Friday | ||
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| 12. | bonfire | 24 March | Chaitra 04 | sunday | ||
| 13. | Dolyatra | 25 March | Chaitra 05 | monday | ||
| 14. | Easter Sunday | 31 March | Chaitra 11 | sunday | ||
| 15. | jamaat-ul-vida | April 05 | Chaitra 16 | Friday | ||
| 16. | Chaitra Shukladi, Gudi, Padva, Ugadi, Cheti Chand | April 09 | Chaitra 20 | Tuesday | ||
| 17. | Vaisakhi / Vishu | 13 April | Chaitra 24 | Saturday | ||
| 18. | Meshadi (Tamil New Year’s Day) / Vaisakhari (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam) | 14th April | Chaitra 25 | sunday | ||
| 19. | Birthday of Guru Rabindranath Tagore | May 08 | May 18 | Wednesday | ||
| 20. | Rath Yatra | July 07 | Ashadh 16 | sunday | ||
| 21. | Parsi New Year Day / Nauroz | August 15 | Shravan 24 | Thursday | ||
| 22. | Raksha Bandhan | 19 August | Shravan 28 | monday | ||
| 23. | Ganesh Chaturthi/Vinayak Chaturthi | September 07 | Bhadra 16 | Saturday | ||
| 24. | Onam or Thiru Onam Day | 15th September | Bhadrapada 24 | sunday | ||
| 25. | Dussehra (Saptami) | 10 October | Ashwin 18 | Thursday | ||
| 26. | Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) / Dussehra (Mahan Navami) | 11 October | Ashwin 19 | Friday | ||
| 27. | Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti | 17 October | Ashwin 25 | Thursday | ||
| 28. | Karak Chaturthi (Karva Chauth) | 20 October | Ashwin 28 | sunday | ||
| 29. | Naraka Chaturdashi | 31 October | October 09 | Thursday | ||
| 30. | govardhan puja | 02 November | October 11 | Saturday | ||
| 31. | Bhai Dooj | 03 November | October 12 | sunday | ||
| 31. | Pratihara Shashthi or Sun Shashthi (Chhath Puja) | 07 November | October 16 | Thursday | ||
| 32. | Martyrdom Day of Guru Tegh Bahadur | 24 November | Agrahayana 03 | sunday | ||
| 33. | Christmas Eve | 24 December | Paush 03 | Tuesday | ||