Central government holiday list 2024

Central Government Administrative Offices located outside Delhi / New Delhi shall observe the following holidays compulsorily in addition to three holidays, to be chosen out of the 12 optional holidays indicated below.

S.No.
HolidayDateDay1Republic Day26-Jan-24Friday2Holi25-Mar-24Monday3Good Friday29-Mar-24Friday4Id-ul-Fitr11-Apr-24Thursday5Ram Navami17-Apr-24Wednesday6Mahavir Jayanti21-Apr-24Sunday7Buddha Purnima23-May-24Thursday8Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)17-Jun-24Monday9Muharram17-Jul-24Wednesday10Independence Day15-Aug-24Thursday11Janmashtami (Vaishnava)26-Aug-24Monday12Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Muhammad)16-Sep-24Monday13Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday2-Oct-24Wednesday14Dussehra12-Oct-24Saturday15Diwali (Deepavali)31-Oct-24Thursday16Guru Nanak’s Birthday15-Nov-24Friday17Christmas Day25-Dec-24Wednesday

12 optional holiday list

• Republic day
• Independence day
• Mahatma gandhi’s birthday
• Buddha purnima
• Christmas day
• Dussehra (vijayadashami)
• Diwali (deepavali)
• Good friday
• Guru nanak’s birthday
• Eid ul fitr
• Eid ul adha
• Mahavir jayanti
• Muharram
• Prophet mohammad’s birthday (id-e-milad).

Compulsory holiday and restricted holiday list 2024

S.No
HolidayDateDay1New Year’s Day1-Jan-24Monday2Lohri13-Jan-24Saturday3Makar Sankranti14-Jan-24Sunday4Magha Bihu/ Pongal15-Jan-24Monday5Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday17-Jan-24Wednesday6Hazarat Ali’s Birthday25-Jan-24Thursday7Sri Panchami, Basant Panchami14-Feb-24Wednesday8Shiva ji Jayanti19-Feb-24Monday9Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday24-Feb-24Saturday10Birthday of Swami Dayananda Saraswati6-Mar-24Wednesday11Maha Shivratri8-Mar-24Friday12Holika dahan24-Mar-24Sunday13Dolyatra25-Mar-24Monday14Easter Sunday31-Mar-24Sunday15Jamat-Ul-Vida5-Apr-24Friday16Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava/Ugadi/. Read more on economictimes.indiatimes.com