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 the employees of government and private offices.
In this list, there are 18 public holidays and 33 optional holidays. In 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 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: January 26 (Sunday)
Mahashivratri: February 14 (Friday)
Holi: March 14 (Saturday)
Eid-ul-Fitr: March 31 (Sunday)
Mahavir Jayanti: April 10 (Friday)
Good Friday: April 18 (Friday)
Buddha Purnima: May 12 (Monday)
Id-ul-Azha (Bakrid): June 7 (Saturday)
Muharram: 6 July (Sunday)
Independence Day: August 15 (Friday)
Janmashtami: August 16 (Saturday)
Baravafat: 5 September (Friday)
Gandhi Jayanti and Dussehra: October 2 (Thursday)
Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti: 7 October (Friday)
Deepavali: October 20 (Monday)
Guru Nanak Jayanti: November 5 (Wednesday)
Christmas: December 25 (Thursday)
Optional Holidays for 2025 (33 days)
Optional holidays give employees the freedom to choose as per their convenience. Two of these holidays can be taken.
January 1: New Year’s Day
6 January: Guru Gobind Singh’s birth anniversary
January 14: Makar Sankranti
February 2: Vasant Panchami
February 12: Guru Ravidas Jayanti
19 February: Shivaji Jayanti
23 February: Swami Dayanand Jayanti
March 13: Holika Dahan
14 March: Dole Yatra
28 March: Jumat-ul-Vida
March 30: Chaitra Shukladi (Gudi Padwa)
April 6: Ram Navami
April 13: Vaisakhi
April 20: Easter Sunday
May 9: Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary
27 June: Rath Yatra
August 9: Raksha Bandhan
August 15: Parsi New Year
August 27: Ganesh Chaturthi
September 5: Onam
September 29 to October 1: Dussehra (Saptami, Mahashtami and Mahanavami)
October 10: Karwa Chauth
October 22-23: Govardhan Puja and Bhai Dooj
October 29: Chhath Puja
November 24: Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom Day
December 24: Christmas Eve
National Holiday List
Republic Day (26 January), Independence Day (15 August), and Gandhi Jayanti (2 October) are the three national holidays that are celebrated across the country every year. Government employees in Delhi 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.
