The new year is coming. Even before the new year, the government has released the list of holidays coming next year. There will be 17 Gazetted Holidays and 34 Restricted Holidays in the year 2025.
In total, employees will get 41 holidays in addition to the weekly holiday. There are a total of 52 Sundays this year. Also, there will be 26 Saturday holidays as second and fourth Saturdays. An average government employee will get about 98-100 holidays (including gazetted, Sunday and Saturday) in 2025. This number can increase to 105-110 for bank employees.
Most of the holidays are available in January, April, August and October. Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti, Makar Sankranti, Lohri, Pongal and Republic Day will be celebrated in January. April marks the beginning of the new financial year, Mahavir Jayanti and Good Friday. Raksha Bandhan, Independence Day, Janmashtami are in August. Holidays are starting from Gandhi Jayanti in October.
This month will have Dussehra, Diwali and Chhath holidays. Employees will also get some long weekends in the year 2025. There will be three to four consecutive holidays in January, March, April, August and October. In the year 2025, apart from the usual holidays of Saturday and Sunday, the stock market will be closed for 14 days. This means that the stock market will also have a 14-day holiday.
Gazetted Holiday
- Republic Day: 26th January (Sunday)
- Mahashivratri: February 26 (Wednesday)
- Holi: March 14 (Friday)
- Eid-ul-Fitr: March 31 (Monday)
- Mahavir Jayanti: April 10 (Thursday)
- Good Friday: April 18 (Friday)
- Buddha Purnima: May 12 (Monday)
- Eid-ul-Adha (Bakrid): June 7 (Saturday)
- Muharram: July 6 (Sunday)
- Independence Day: August 15 (Friday)
- Janmashtami: August 16 (Saturday)
- Milad-un-Nabi (Eid-e-Milad): September 5 (Friday)
- Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday: October 2 (Thursday)
- Dussehra: October 2 (Thursday)
- Diwali (Deepavali): 20th October (Monday)
- Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s birth anniversary: ​​November 5 (Wednesday)
- Christmas Day: December 25 (Thursday)
Optional or restricted leave
- New Year: January 1 (Wednesday)
- Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti: January 6 (Monday)
- Makar Sankranti/Magh Bihu/Pongal: 14th January (Tuesday)
- Basant Panchami: February 2 (Sunday)
- Guru Ravidas Jayanti: February 12 (Wednesday)
- Shivaji Jayanti: 19th February (Wednesday)
- Swami Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti: 23 February (Sunday)
- Holika Dahan: March 13 (Thursday)
- Tour: March 14 (Friday)
- Ram Navami: April 16 (Sunday)
- Janmashtami (Smart): August 16 (Friday)
- Ganesh Chaturthi/Vinayak Chaturthi: August 27 (Wednesday)
- Onam or Thiruonam: September 5 (Friday)
- Dussehra (Saptami): 29th September (Monday)
- Dussehra (Mahashtami): September 30 (Tuesday)
- Dussehra (Mahanavami): 1st October (Wednesday)
- Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti: October 7 (Tuesday)
- Karka Chaturthi (Karva Chauth): October 10 (Friday)
- Naraka Chaturdashi: October 20 (Monday)
- Govardhan Puja: October 22 (Wednesday)
- Bhai Dooj: 23 October (Thursday)
- Pratihara Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhath Puja): 28th October (Tuesday)
- Martyrdom Day of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji: 24th November (Monday)
- Christmas Eve: December 24 (Wednesday)
When will you get a long weekend?
January 11 and 12 are holidays on Saturday and Sunday. If you take a holiday on January 13, you will get a Makar Sankranti holiday on January 14. In such a situation, you can go on a long weekend from January 11 to 14. March 14 is Holi and Saturday and Sunday, February 15 and 16 are holidays. In this way, anyone can go on a long drive for three days. Similarly, March 29 and 30 are Saturday-Sunday and March 31 is Eid-ul-Fitr holiday. That means three holidays are coming together.
There will be two long weekends in April. April 12,13,14 and 18 are Good Fridays and April 19-20 are Saturday and Sundays. After the Independence Day holiday on August 15, August 16 and 17 will be Saturday and Sunday holidays. September 5 is Eid-e-Milad holiday and September 6 and 7 will be Saturday and Sunday holidays.
