Haryana Govt Holiday List in January: Special days have also been notified by the state government to be celebrated as special days during 2025 but these will not be designated as public holidays.
Govt Holiday List: The Haryana government has announced the holidays for the entire next year. According to the notification issued by the Haryana government, in the year 2025, there will be a total of 160 holidays including Saturdays and Sundays. Out of these, 104 days are Sundays and Saturdays. A total of 56 holidays have been given in this calendar. In these, a schedule of 25 gazetted holidays as well as 9 public and 14 restricted holidays has been issued. The government has also notified the holidays to be observed as public holidays in the state (except judicial courts in Haryana) under Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act 1881. Apart from this, some special days have also been notified by the state government. However, these will not be designated as public holidays.
Giving information, a government spokesperson said that the Human Resource Department has issued a notification. He said that as per the notification, all Saturdays and Sundays will be public holidays in government offices. Apart from this, birthdays, death anniversaries and festivals of various eminent personalities have been declared public holidays.
Here is the list of holidays
These include Shri Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti on 6 January, Guru Ravidas Jayanti on 12 February, Mahashivratri on 26 February, Holi on 14 March, Eid-ul-Fitr on 31 March, Mahavir Jayanti on 10 April, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Jayanti on 14 April, Parshuram Jayanti on 29 April, Akshaya Tritiya on 30 April, Maharana Pratap Jayanti on 29 May, Sant Kabir Jayanti on 11 June, Shaheed Udham Singh Balidan Diwas on 31 July, Independence Day on 15 August, Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti on 22 September, Martyrdom Day/Haryana War Heroes Balidan Diwas on 23 September, Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti/Dussehra on 2 October, Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti/Maharaja Ajmidh Jayanti on 7 October, Diwali on 20 October, Vishwakarma Day on 22 October, Shri Guru Nanak Dev Jayanti on 5 November and Christmas on 25 December.
हरियाणा सरकार ने वर्ष 2025 के लिए सार्वजनिक अवकाश की अधिसूचना जारी की।#Haryana #DIPRHaryana pic.twitter.com/nAg5DHzSmL
— DPR Haryana (@DiprHaryana) December 26, 2024
List of public holidays
Apart from this, festivals falling on Saturday and Sunday have not been included in the list of public holidays. These include Republic Day on January 26, Basant Panchami/Sir Chhotu Ram Jayanti on February 2, Shaheedi Diwas/Bhagat Singh Rajguru and Sukhdev Shaheedi Diwas on March 23, Ram Navami on April 6, Vaisakhi/Chhath Puja on April 13, Eid-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) on June 7, Raksha Bandhan on August 9, Janmashtami on August 16 and Haryana Day on November 1.
Permission to take three optional leaves
In addition, all employees including outsourced ones will be allowed to take any three optional leaves. These include Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti on February 23 (with state level function), Good Friday on April 18, Budh Purnima on May 12, Maharishi Kashyap Jayanti on May 24, Sri Guru Arjun Dev Martyrdom Day on May 30, Muharram on July 6, Hariyali Teej on July 27, Milad-un-Nabi or Eid-e-Milad (Prophet Mohammad’s birth anniversary) on September 5, Karva Chauth on October 10, Govardhan Puja on October 22, Chhath Puja on October 28, Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom Day on November 25, Guru Brahmanand Jayanti on December 24 and Shaheed Udham Singh Jayanti on December 26.