Delhi Government Holiday List 2025: Delhi government has released the list of public and optional holidays for the new year 2025. Like every year, this time also public holidays and optional holidays have been fixed for the employees of government and private offices.
Delhi Government Holiday List 2025: Delhi Government has released the list of public and optional holidays for the new year 2025. Like every year, this time also public holidays and optional holidays have been fixed for the employees of government and private offices. In this list, there are 18 public holidays and 33 optional holidays. In these 33 holidays, employees can take leave of their choice on any two days in the year and their salary will not be deducted on this. Know here which holidays will be there in the year 2025.
Public Holiday List of 2025 (18 days)
According to the list of Delhi Government, public holidays are those days when all government offices and institutions are closed.
Republic Day: 26 January (Sunday)
Mahashivratri: 14 February (Friday)
Holi: 14 March (Saturday)
Eid-ul-Fitr: 31 March (Sunday)
Mahavir Jayanti: 10 April (Friday)
Good Friday: 18 April (Friday)
Buddha Purnima: 12 May (Monday)
Eid-ul-Azha (Bakrid): 7 June (Saturday)
Muharram: 6 July (Sunday)
Independence Day: 15 August (Friday)
Janmashtami: 16 August (Saturday)
Bara-vafat: 5 September (Friday)
Gandhi Jayanti and Dussehra: 2 October (Thursday)
Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti: 7 October (Friday)
Diwali: 20 October (Monday)
Guru Nanak Jayanti: 5 November (Wednesday)
Christmas: 25 December (Thursday)
Optional Holidays of 2025 (33 days)
Optional holidays give employees the freedom to choose as per their convenience. Two of these holidays can be taken.
1 January: New Year’s Day
6 January: Guru Govind Singh Jayanti
14 January: Makar Sankranti
2 February: Vasant Panchami
12 February: Guru Ravidas Jayanti
19 February: Shivaji Jayanti
23 February: Swami Dayanand Jayanti
13 March: Holika Dahan
14 March: Dol Yatra
28 March: Jumat-ul-Vida
30 March: Chaitra Sukladi (Gudi Padwa)
6 April: Ram Navami
13 April: Vaisakhi
20 April: Easter Sunday
9 May: Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti
27 June: Rath Yatra
9 August: Raksha Bandhan
15 August: Parsi New Year
27 August: Ganesh Chaturthi
5 September: Onam
29 September to 1 October: Dussehra (Saptami, Mahashtami and Mahanavami)
10 October: Karva Chauth
22-23 October: Govardhan Puja and Bhai Duj
29 October: Chhath Puja
24 November: Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom Day
24 December: Christmas Eve
National Holiday List
Republic Day (26 January), Independence Day (15 August), and Gandhi Jayanti (2 October) are the three national holidays celebrated across the country every year. Government employees in Delhi will get the benefit of public and optional holidays in the year 2025. This list not only gives information about festivals but also helps in planning personal holidays.
