Holiday List 2024 : Holiday announced for central government employees, holiday order issued, Details Here

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Holiday List 2024 : Holiday announced for central government employees, holiday order issued, Details Here
Holiday List 2024 : Holiday announced for central government employees, holiday order issued, Details Here

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
shaka era 1945
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
Shaka Samvat 1946
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

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