List of Public Gazetted Holidays 2025 India: The Central Government has announced a list of gazetted and restricted holidays for 2025. Gazetted holidays are mandated government vacations, whereas restricted holidays are discretionary and vary by institute and state. The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions published a circular declaring about 17 gazetted and 34 restricted holidays. Here is the list of gazetted holidays for Central Government Offices in India for the year 2025: Holiday Date Day Republic Day January 26 Sunday Maha Shivaratri February 26 Wednesday Holi March 14 Friday Id-ul-Fitr March 31 Monday Mahavir Jayanti April 10 Thursday Good Friday April 18 Friday Budha Purnima May 12 Monday Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) June 7 Saturday Muharram July 6 Sunday Independence Day August 15 Friday Janmashtami August 16 Saturday Milad-un-Nabi (Id-e-Milad) September 5 Friday Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday October 2 Thursday Dussehra October 2 Thursday Diwali (Deepavali) October 20 Monday Guru Nanak’s Birthday November 5 Wednesday Christmas Day December 25 Thursday Here is the list of restricted holidays for Central Government Offices in India for the year 2025: In addition to the gazetted holidays, each employee is allowed to avail of any of the two restricted holidays in from the list of Restricted Holidays 2025. Holiday Date Day New Year's Day January 1 Wednesday Guru Gobind Singh's Birthday January 6 Monday Makar Sankranti /Magha Bihu /Pongal January 14 Tuesday Basant Panchami February 2 Sunday Guru Ravi Das's Birthday February 12 Wednesday Shivaji Jayanti February 19 Wednesday Birthday of Swami Dayananda Saraswati February 23 Sunday Holika Dahan March 13 Thursday Dolyatra March 14 Friday Ram Navami April 16 Sunday Janmashtami (Smarta) August Friday Ganesh Chaturthi/Vinayaka Chaturthi August 27 Wednesday Onam or Thiruonam September 5 Friday Dussehra (Saptami) September 29 Monday Dussehra (Mahashtami) September 30 Tuesday Dussehra (Mahanavmi) October 1 Wednesday Maharishi Valmiki's Birthday October 7 Tuesday Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth) October 10 Friday Naraka Chaturdasi October 20 Monday Govardhan Puja October 22 Wednesday Bhai Duj October 23 Thursday Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) October 28 Tuesday Guru Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom Day November 24 Monday Christmas Eve December 24 Wednesday
