Central Government Holiday List 2024: New Year is coming soon. Before the beginning of every year, most of the government and private sector employees start counting the holidays. The government has released the list of holidays for the year 2024 for central employees.
Central Government Holiday List 2024: New Year is coming soon. Before the beginning of every year, most of the government and private sector employees start counting the holidays. The government has released the list of holidays for the year 2024 for central employees. This list has been prepared keeping in mind all the gadget holidays, celebrations, festivals and regional festivals. The list of holidays includes the list of gadgeted, optional and compulsory holidays.
According to the office memorandum dated July 3, 2023, there are 17 gazetted holidays for Central Government employees. Apart from this there are optional holidays. It has been said in the order that during the year 2024, the holidays given in the order will be celebrated in all the central government offices located in Delhi and New Delhi. Apart from this, every employee will also be allowed to choose any two holidays among the optional holidays.
This is the list of gadgeted holidays for the year 2024
| date | Holidays | Day |
| 26 January | Republic Day | Friday |
| March 25th | Holi | monday |
| 29 March | good Friday | Friday |
| 9 or 10 April | Eid-ul-Fitr | Tuesday or Wednesday |
| 17th April | Ram Navami | Wednesday |
| 21st April | Mahavir Jayanti | sunday |
| 23 may | Mercury Purnima | Thursday |
| 16 or 17 June | Eid-ul-Adha | sunday or monday |
| 17th July | muharram | Wednesday |
| August 15 | Independence Day | Thursday |
| 26 August | Janmashtami | monday |
| 15 or 16 September | Id-E-Milad | sunday or monday |
| 2 October | Gandhi Jayanti | Wednesday |
| 12 October | Dussehra | Saturday |
| 31st October | Diwali | Thursday |
| 11 November | Guru Nanak Jayanti | Friday |
| 25th December | Christmas | Wednesday |
This is the list of optional holidays with dates – Employees can take any 2 leaves from these.
| date | Holidays | Day |
| 15 January | makar sankranti | monday |
| 15 to 18 January | Pongal | monday or thursday |
| 14 February | Shree Panchami/Vasant Panchami | Wednesday |
| March 8th | Maha Shivratri | Friday |
| 20 March | Navroz | Wednesday |
| March 25th | Holi | monday |
| 9 April | Ugadi/Chaitra Shukladi/Cheti Chand/Gudi Padwa | Tuesday |
| 13 April | Vaisakhi/Vaisakhadi | Saturday |
| 14 April | Vishu/Bohag Bihu/Mesadi | sunday |
| 17th April | Ram Navami | Wednesday |
| 8th July | Chariot Festival | monday |
| 26 August | Janmashtami | monday |
| 9 September | Ganesh Chaturthi/Vinayak Chaturthi | Saturday |
| 5 to 17 September | Onam | Thursday |
| 3 to 12 October | Shardiya Navratri | thursday to saturday |
| 12 October | Dussehra | Saturday |
| 20 or 21 October | Karva Chauth | sunday and monday |
| 7 to 11 November | chhath puja | thursday to sunday |
List of 12 optional holidays
- Holi
- Janmashtami
- Ram Navami
- Maha Shivratri
- Ganesh Chaturthi/Vinayak Chaturthi
- makar sankranti
- chariot festival
- Onam
- Pongal
- Shri Panchami/Basant Panchami
- Vishu / Vaisakhi / Vaisakhadi / Bhag Bihu / Mashadi Ugadi /
- Chaitra Shukladi/Chet! Moon/Gudi Padwa/First Navratri/
- Chhath Puja/Karva Chauth.
- Compulsory holidays
- Apart from the three holidays, these holidays will be celebrated compulsorily in the central government offices.
- Republic Day
- Independence Day
- Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday
- Buddha Purnima
- xmas day
- Dussehra (Vijay Dashami)
- Diwali (Deepavali)
- good Friday
- Guru Nanak’s birthday
- Eid
- Eidul Juha
- Mahavir Jayanti
- muharram
- Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday (Eid-e-Milad)
