Central govt Holidays 2024: The year 2023 will end in one and a half months and after that the new year will come. As soon as the new year starts, a series of new holidays will also begin…
More than half of the month of November has passed. Meaning, only about one and a half months are left in this year. After that, the new year i.e. 2024 will start from the first of January. As soon as the new year starts, the new list of holidays for central employees will come into effect.
Two lists of holidays
In terms of holidays, the new year is also going to be great for the central government employees. The complete list of holidays for 2024 has been released by the Central Government. Two annexures have been given in the memorandum issued regarding holidays. Central government employees will not only get first annexure leaves, they will also get optional leaves from the second annexure list.
Second list of annexure
The holidays in the second list of the annexure are called restricted holidays. Central employees posted in Delhi or New Delhi can choose two holidays from the second list i.e. the list of alternative holidays. Whereas those employees, whose posting is outside Delhi or New Delhi, can select three holidays from the optional list.
Gazetted Holidays for Delhi/New Delhi employees:
| 1 | Republic Day | 26 January 2024 |
| 2 | Holi | 25 March 2024 |
| 3 | good Friday | 29 March 2024 |
| 4 | Eid al-Fitr | 11 April 2024 |
| 5 | Ram Navami | 17 April 2024 |
| 6 | Mahavir Jayanti | 21 April 2024 |
| 7 | Buddha Purnima | 23 May 2024 |
| 8 | Bakrid | 17 June 2024 |
| 9 | Muharram | 17 July 2024 |
| 10 | Independence Day | 15 August 2024 |
| 11 | Janmashtami | 26 August 2024 |
| 12 | Eid-e-Milad | 16 September 2024 |
| 13 | Gandhi Jayanti | 02 October 2024 |
| 14 | Dussehra | 12 October 2024 |
| 15 | Diwali | 31 October 2024 |
| 16 | Guru Nanak Anniversary | 15 November 2024 |
| 17 | Christmas | 25 December 2024 |
Gazetted holidays for employees posted outside Delhi/New Delhi
Republic Day, Independence Day, Gandhi Jayanti, Buddha Purnima, Christmas, Dussehra (Vijay Dashami), Diwali (Deepawali), Good Friday, Guru Nanak Jayanti, Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Zuha, Mahavir Jayanti, Muharram, Prophet Mohammad’s Birthday (Eid-e-Milad).
Optional Holidays for employees posted in Delhi/New Delhi
| 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 |
Optional Holidays for employees posted outside Delhi/New Delhi
One extra day for Dussehra, Holi, Janmashtami (Vaishnavi), Ramnavami, Maha Shivratri, Ganesh Chaturthi /Vinayak Chaturthi, Makar Sankranti, Rath Yatra, Onam, Pongal, Shri Panchami/Basant Panchami, Vishu/Vaisakhi/Vaisakhadi/Bhag Bihu/ Mashadi Ugadi/Chaitra Shukladi/Cheti Chand/Gudi Padwa/First Navratri/Nauraj/Chhath Puja/ Karwa Chauth .
