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 employees of government and private offices. In this list, 18 days are public holidays and 33 are optional holidays. During 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 remain 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)
Moharram: 6 July (Sunday)
Independence Day: 15 August (Friday)
Janmashtami: 16 August (Saturday)
Barawafat: 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 holiday of 2025 (33 days)
Optional holidays give employees the freedom to choose as per their convenience. Two of these leaves can be taken.
January 1: New Year’s Day
6 January: Guru Gobind 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
March 14: Dol Yatra
March 28: Jumat-ul-Vida
30 March: Chaitra Shukladi (Gudi Padwa)
6 April: Ram Navami
13 April: Vaisakhi
April 20: Easter Sunday
9 May: Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti
June 27: Rath Yatra
9 August: Rakshabandhan
August 15: 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 Dooj
29 October: Chhath Puja
24 November: Guru Teg Bahadur Martyrdom Day
December 24: Christmas Eve
National Holiday List
Republic Day (26 January), Independence Day (15 August), and Gandhi Jayanti (2 October) are three national holidays, which are celebrated across the country every year. In Delhi, government employees 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.
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