Holiday List 2024: When will Diwali fall in the year 2024? On which date and day is the next sixty Chhath Puja falling? When and on which day is Holi falling in 2024? So let us not only know the dates and days of these festivals but here you also have the holiday list of 2024 for central employees.
As per the Office Memorandum dated July 3, 2023, the administrative offices of the Central Government will observe the holidays listed below during 2024. Apart from this, each staff member will have the freedom to select any two. The following holidays will be compulsorily observed in the administrative offices of the Central Government located outside Delhi in addition to three holidays, which will be selected from the 12 optional holidays mentioned below.
Holiday date day
| 1 | गणतंत्र दिवस | 26 जनवरी 2024 |
| 2 | होली | 25 मार्च 2024 |
| 3 | गुड फ्राइडे | 29 मार्च 2024 |
| 4 | ईद-एल-फित्र | 11 अप्रैल 2024 |
| 5 | राम नवमी | 17 अप्रैल 2024 |
| 6 | महावीर जयंती | 21 अप्रैल 2024 |
| 7 | बुद्ध पूर्णिमा | 23 मई 2024 |
| 8 | बकरीद | 17 जून 2024 |
| 9 | मुहर्रम | 17 जुलाई 2024 |
| 10 | स्वतंत्रता दिवस | 15 अगस्त 2024 |
| 11 | जन्माष्टमी | 26 अगस्त 2024 |
| 12 | ईद-ए-मिलाद | 16 सितंबर 2024 |
| 13 | गांधी जयंती | 02 अक्टूबर 2024 |
| 14 | दशहरा | 12 अक्टूबर 2024 |
| 15 | दिवाली | 31 अक्टूबर 2024 |
| 16 | गुरू नानक जयंती | 15 नवंबर 2024 |
| 17 | क्रिसमस | 25 दिसंबर 2024 |
According to the Central Government Holidays List 2024, “Any change in the date of holidays in respect of Eid Ul Fitr, Eid Ul Azha, Muharram and Eid-e-Milad for offices in Delhi/New Delhi, if necessary, “Depending on the sighting of the moon.”
“Diwali 2024 will fall on Sunday, October 31. In some states, there is a practice of celebrating this occasion a day earlier i.e. “Narak Chaturdashi Diwas”. In view of this, if the central government offices in a state celebrate “Narak Chaturdashi Diwas (in place of Diwali Day)” There is no objection if a holiday is observed on account of Diwali, if only that day is declared a mandatory Diwali holiday in the offices of the State Government in that State.”
Mandatory and Restricted Holidays List 2024
| 1 | New Year | 01 January 2024 |
| 2 | Lohari | 13 January 2024 |
| 3 | makar sankranti | 14 January 2024 |
| 4 | Madha Bihu/Pongal | 15 January 2024 |
| 5 | Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti | 17 January 2024 |
| 6 | Hazrat Ali Jayanti | 25 January 2024 |
| 7 | Shri Panchami, Basant Panchami | 14 February 2024 |
| 8 | Shiva Ji Jayanti | 19 February 2024 |
| 9 | Guru Ravi Das Jayanti | 24 February 2024 |
| 10 | Swami Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti | 06 March 2024 |
| 11 | Mahashivratri | 08 March 2024 |
| 12 | Holika Dahan | 24 March 2024 |
| 13 | Dalyatra | 25 March 2024 |
| 14 | easter sunday | 31 March 2024 |
| 15 | Jamaat-ul-Vida | 05 April 2024 |
| 16 | Chaitra Shukladi / Gudi Padwa / Ugadi / Chaiti Chand | 09 April 2024 |
| 17 | Vaisakhi / Vishu | 13 April 2024 |
| 18 | Meshadi (Tamil New Year Day) / Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam) | 14 April 2024 |
| 19 | Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti | 08 May 2024 |
| 20 | Chariot Festival | 07 July 2024 |
| 21 | Parsi New Year / Nowruz | 15 August 2024 |
| 22 | Raksha Bandhan | 19 August 2024 |
| 23 | Ganesh Chaturthi | 07 September 2024 |
| 24 | onam | 15 September 2024 |
| 25 | Dussehra (Saptami) | 10 October 2024 |
| 26 | Dussehra (Mahashtami) / Dussehra (Mahanavami) | 11 October 2024 |
| 27 | Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti | 17 October 2024 |
| 28 | Karak Chaturthi (Karva Chauth) | 20 October 2024 |
| 29 | hell chaturdashi | 31 October 2024 |
| 30 | govardhan puja | 02 November 2024 |
| 31 | Bhai Dooj | 03 November 2024 |
| 32 | Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhath Puja) | 07 November 2024 |
| 33 | Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom Day | 24 November 2024 |
| 34 | christmas eve | 24 December 2024 |
