Holiday List 2025- Next year i.e. in the year 2025, government employees will get 41 holidays in addition to weekly holidays. The stock market will also remain closed for 14 days next year.
Holiday List 2025- The new year is about to come. Even before the new year, the government has released the list of holidays for next year. There will be 17 gazetted holidays and 34 restricted holidays in the year 2025. In total, employees will get 41 holidays apart from weekly holidays. There are a total of 52 Sundays this year. Also, 26 Saturday holidays will be available as second and fourth Saturdays. A general government employee will get around 98-100 holidays in 2025 (including gazetted, Sunday, and Saturday). This number can increase to 105-110 for bank employees.
The maximum number of holidays are being given in January, April, August and October. Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti, Makar Sankranti, Lohri, Pongal, Republic Day will be celebrated in January. The beginning of the new financial year, Mahavir Jayanti and Good Friday are in April. Rakshabandhan, Independence Day, Janmashtami are in August. Holidays are starting from Gandhi Jayanti in October. This month, there will be holidays on Dussehra, Deepawali and Chhath. 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. The stock market will remain closed for 14 days in the year 2025 apart from the regular holidays on Saturday and Sunday. That means there will be 14 days holiday in the stock market as well.
Gazetted Holidays
Republic Day: 26 January (Sunday)
Mahashivratri: 26 February (Wednesday)
Holi: 14 March (Friday)
Eid-ul-Fitr: 31 March (Monday)
Mahavira Jayanti: 10 April (Thursday)
Good Friday: 18 April (Friday)
Buddha Purnima: 12 May (Monday)
Eid-ul-Zuha (Bakrid): 7 June (Saturday)
Muharram: 6 July (Sunday)
Independence Day: 15 August (Friday)
Janmashtami: 16 August (Saturday)
Milad-un-Nabi (Eid-e-Milad): 5 September (Friday)
Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday: 2 October (Thursday)
Dussehra: 2 October (Thursday)
Diwali (Deepawali): 20 October (Monday)
Guru Nanak’s Birthday: 5 November (Wednesday)
Christmas Day: December 25 (Thursday)
Optional or restricted holidays
New Year: January 1 (Wednesday)
Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti: January 6 (Monday)
Makar Sankranti/Magh Bihu/Pongal: January 14 (Tuesday)
Basant Panchami: February 2 (Sunday)
Guru Ravidas Jayanti: February 12 (Wednesday)
Shivaji Jayanti: February 19 (Wednesday)
Swami Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti: February 23 (Sunday)
Holika Dahan: March 13 (Thursday)
Dol Yatra: 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): September 29 (Monday)
Dussehra (Mahashtami): September 30 (Tuesday)
Dussehra (Mahanavami): 1 October (Wednesday)
Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti: 7 October (Tuesday)
Kark Chaturthi (Karva Chauth): 10 October (Friday)
Narak Chaturdashi: 20 October (Monday)
Govardhan Puja: 22 October (Wednesday)
Bhai Dooj: 23 October (Thursday)
Pratihara Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhath Puja): 28 October (Tuesday)
Martyrdom Day of Guru Tegh Bahadur: 24 November (Monday)
Christmas Eve: 24 December (Wednesday)