Central Government Offices Holidays List 2025

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The Department of Personnel and Training, New Delhi has announced the holiday list for Central Government Offices for calendar year 2025. The complete list of holidays have been tabulated below.

Central Government Offices Public Holidays List 2025

1. Public Holidays For Central Government Administrative Offices Located at Delhi / New Delhi

List of Holidays for the Year 2025 to be observed in the Central Government Administrative Offices located at Delhi / New Delhi.

S.No.HolidayDateDay
1Republic Day26-Jan-2025Sunday
2Maha Shivaratri26-Feb-2025Wednesday
3Holi14-Mar-2025Friday
4Id-ul-Fitr31-Mar-2025Monday
5Mahavir Jayanti10-Apr-2025Thursday
6Good Friday18-Apr-2025Friday
7Budha Purnima12-May-2025Monday
8Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)07-Jun-2025Saturday
9Muharram06-Jul-2025Sunday
10Independence Day15-Aug-2025Friday
11Janmashtami16-Aug-2025Saturday
12Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)05-Sep-2025Friday
13Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday02-Oct-2025Thursday
14Dussehra02-Oct-2025Thursday
15Diwali (Deepavali)20-Oct-2025Monday
16Guru Nanak’s Birthday05-Nov-2025Wednesday
17Christmas Day25-Dec-2025Thursday

2. Public Holidays For Central Government Administrative Offices Located Outside Delhi / New Delhi

Central Government Administrative Offices located outside Delhi / New Delhi shall observe the following compulsory holidays.

  1. Republic Day
  2. Independence Day
  3. Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday
  4. Buddha Purnima
  5. Christmas Day
  6. Dussehra (Vijay Dashmi)
  7. Diwali (Deepavali)
  8. Good Friday
  9. Guru Nanak’s Birthday
  10. Idu’l Fitr
  11. Idu’l Zuha
  12. Mahavir Jayanti
  13. Muharram
  14. Prophet Mohammad’s Birthday (Id-E-Milad)

Central Government Offices Restricted Holidays List 2025

1. Restricted Holidays For Central Government Administrative Offices Located at Delhi / New Delhi

List of Restricted Holidays for the Year 2025 regarding Administrative Offices of Central Government located at Delhi / New Delhi.

Each employee will be allowed to avail himself/herself of any two holidays to be chosen by him/her out of the list of Restricted Holidays specified below.

S.No.HolidayDateDay
1New Year’s Day01-Jan-2025Wednesday
2Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday06-Jan-2025Monday
3Makar Sankranti / Magha Bihu / Pongal / Hazarat Ali’s Birthday14-Jan-2025Tuesday
4Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami02-Feb-2025Sunday
5Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday12-Feb-2025Wednesday
6Shivaji Jayanti19-Feb-2025Wednesday
7Birthday of Swami Dayananda Saraswati23-Feb-2025Sunday
8Holika Dahan13-Mar-2025Thursday
9Dolyatra14-Mar-2025Friday
10Jamat-ul-Vida28-Mar-2025Friday
11Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava / Ugadi / Cheti Chand30-Mar-2025Sunday
12Ram Navami06-Apr-2025Sunday
13Vaisakhi / Vishu13-Apr-2025Sunday
14Mesadi (Tamil New Year’s Day)14-Apr-2025Monday
15Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam)15-Apr-2025Tuesday
16Easter Sunday20-Apr-2025Sunday
17Guru Rabindranath’s Birthday09-May-2025Friday
18Rath Yatra27-Jun-2025Friday
19Raksha Bandhan09-Aug-2025Saturday
20Parsi New Year’s Day / Nauraj15-Aug-2025Friday
21Janmashtami (Smarta)15-Aug-2025Friday
22Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayaka Chaturthi27-Aug-2025Wednesday
23Onam or Thiru Onam Day05-Sep-2025Friday
24Dussehra (Saptami)29-Sep-2025Monday
25Dussehra (Mahashtami)30-Sep-2025Tuesday
26Dussehra (Mahanavami)01-Oct-2025Wednesday
27Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday07-Oct-2025Tuesday
28Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth)10-Oct-2025Friday
29Naraka Chaturdasi20-Nov-2025Monday
30Govardhan Puja22-Nov-2025Wednesday
31Bhai Duj23-Nov-2025Thursday
32Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhath Puja)28-Nov-2025Tuesday
33Guru Tegh Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day24-Nov-2025Monday
34Christmas Eve24-Dec-2025Wednesday

2. Restricted / Optional Holidays For Central Government Administrative Offices Located Outside Delhi / New Delhi

Central Government Administrative Offices located outside Delhi / New Delhi shall observe the following Restricted / Optional Holidays.

Each employee will be allowed to avail of any three holidays to be chosen out of the 12 Optional/Restricted Holidays specified below.

  1. An Additional Day For Dussehra
  2. Holi
  3. Janamashtami (Vaishnavi)
  4. Ram Navami
  5. Maha Shivratri
  6. Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayak Chaturthi
  7. Makar Sankranti
  8. Rath Yatra
  9. Onam
  10. Pongal
  11. Sri Panchami / Basant Panchami
  12. Vishu / Vaisakhi / Vaisakhadi / Bhag Bihu / Mashadi Ugadi / Chaitra Sukladi / Cheti Chand / Gudi Padava / 1st Navratra / Naoraz / Chhath Pooja / Karva Chauth

Official Notification

Central Government Holidays List 2025 Notification (PDF)

Central Government Holidays List 2024 Notification (PDF)

Official Website

Visit the official website of the Department of Personnel & Training for more details.

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