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Full list of public holidays in India 2024

List of Public Holidays in India in 2024: A circular issued by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has declared 17 Gazetted Holidays and 31 Restricted Holidays.

With the new year just around the corner, the Central government has released the list of Gazetted and Restricted Holidays for 2024.

Holiday List 2024: With the new year just around the corner, the Central government has released the list of Gazetted and Restricted Holidays for 2024. (Express File Photo)

List of Public Gazetted Holidays 2024 India: The Central government has released the list of Gazetted and Restricted Holidays for 2024. While Gazetted holidays are mandatory government holidays, restricted holidays are optional holidays that vary according to institutes and states. A circular issued by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has declared 17 Gazetted Holidays and 31 Restricted Holidays.

🔴 List of Gazetted Holidays in 2024:

Occasion	Date	Day
Republic Day	January 26	Friday
Holi	March 25	Monday
Good Friday	March 29	Friday
Id-ul-Fitr	April 11	Thursday
Ram Navmi	April 17	Wednesday
Mahavir Jayanti	April 21	Sunday
Buddha Purnima	May 23	Thursday
Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)	June 17	Monday
Muharram	July 17	Wednesday
Independence Day / Parsi New Year’s Day / Nauraj	August 15	Thursday
Janamashtami (Vaishnva)	August 26	Monday
Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)	September 16	Monday
Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday	October 2	Wednesday
Dussehra	October 12	Saturday
Diwali	October 31	Thursday
Guru Nanak’s Birthday	November 15	Friday
Christmas	December 25	Wednesday

🔴 Here is a month-wise list of holidays in 2024:

List of public holidays in January 2024

Occasion	Date	Day
New Year’s Day	January 1	Monday
Lohri	January 13	Saturday
Makar Sankranti	January 14	Sunday
Magha Bihu/Pongal	January 15	Monday
Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday	January 17	Wednesday
Hazarat Ali’s Birthday	January 25	Thursday
Republic Day (Gazetted)	January 26	Friday

List of public holidays in February 2024

Occasion	Date	Day
Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami	February 14	Wednesday
Shivaji Jayanti	February 19	Monday
Guru Ravidas’s Birthday	February 24	Saturday

List of public holidays in March 2024

Occasion	Date	Day
Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti	March 6	Wednesday
Maha Shivratri	March 8	Friday
Holika Dahan	March 24	Sunday
Holi (Gazetted)	March 25	Monday
Good Friday (Gazetted)	March 29	Friday
Easter Sunday	March 31	Sunday

List of public holidays in April 2024

Occasion	Date	Day
Jamat-Ul-Vida	April 5	Friday
Chaitra Suladi/ Gudi Padwa / Ugadi / Cheti Chand	April 9	Tuesday
Id-ul-Fitr (Gazetted)	April 11	Thursday
Vaisakhi / Vishu	April 13	Saturday
Meshadi (Tamil New Year’s Day) / Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam)	April 14	Sunday
Ram Navmi (Gazetted)	April 17	Wednesday
Mahavir Jayanti (Gazetted)	April 21	Sunday

List of public holidays in May 2024

Occasion	Date	Day
Guru Rabindranath’s Birthday	May 8	Wednesday
Buddha Purnima (Gazetted)	May 23	Thursday

List of public holidays in June 2024

Occasion	Date	Day
Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) (Gazetted)	June 17	Monday

List of public holidays in July 2024

Occasion	Date	Day
Rath Yatra	July 7	Sunday
Muharram (Gazetted)	July 17	Wednesday

List of public holidays in August 2024

Occasion	Date	Day
Independence Day / Parsi New Year’s Day / Nauraj (Gazetted)	August 15	Thursday
Rakshabandhan	August 19	Monday
Janamashtami (Vaishnva) (Gazetted)	August 26	Monday

List of public holidays in September 2024

Occasion	Date	Day
Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayaka Chaturthi	September 7	Saturday
Onam or Thiru Onam Day	September 15	Sunday
Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) (Gazetted)	September 16	Monday

List of public holidays in October 2024

Occasion	Date	Day
Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday (Gazetted)	October 2	Wednesday
Dussehra (Maha Saptami)	October 10	Thursday
Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) / Dussehra (Maha Navmi)	October 11	Friday
Dussehra (Gazetted)	October 12	Saturday
Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday	October 17	Thursday
Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chouth)	October 20	Sunday
Diwali (Gazetted)	October 31	Thursday

List of public holidays in November 2024

Occasion	Date	Day
Govardhan Puja	November 2	Saturday
Bhai Duj	November 3	Sunday
Pratihar Sashthi or Surya Sashthi (Chhat Puja)	November 7	Thursday
Guru Nanak’s Birthday (Gazetted)	November 15	Friday
Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day	November 24	Sunday

List of public holidays in December 2024

Occasion	Date	Day
Christmas Eve	December 24	Tuesday
Christmas (Gazetted)	December 25	Wednesday

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