Closed Holidays List 2025
Closed Holidays List 2025
Sl. No. |
Occasion |
Date |
Day of the week |
1 |
#Makara Sankranti/Pongal |
January 14 |
Tuesday |
2 |
Republic Day |
January 26 |
Sunday |
3 |
#Maha Shivarathri |
February 26 |
Wednesday |
4 |
* Idu’l Fitr (Ramzan) |
March 31 |
Monday |
5 |
Mahavir Jayanthi |
April 10 |
Thursday |
6 |
Good Friday |
April 18 |
Friday |
7 |
Buddha Purnima |
May 12 |
Monday |
8 |
* Idu’l Zuha (Bakrid) |
June 06 |
Friday |
9 |
* Muharram |
July 06 |
Sunday |
10 |
Independence Day |
August 15 |
Friday |
11 |
*Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammed) |
September 05 |
Friday |
12 |
#Dussehra (Mahanavmi) |
October 01 |
Wednesday |
13 |
Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday |
October 02 |
Thursday |
14 |
Dussehra (Vijayadasmi) |
October 02 |
Thursday |
15 |
Diwali (Deepavali) |
October 20 |
Monday |
16 |
Guru Nanak’s Birthday |
November 05 |
Wednesday |
17 |
Christmas Day |
December 25 |
Thursday |
*
Subject to change depending on the sighting of the moon. The dates for the four
holidays of Idu-ul-Fitr (Ramzan) (March 31), Idu-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) (June 06), Muharram
(July 06) and Birthday of Prophet Mohammed (September 05) have been adopted from the
State List. If the State Government changes any of these holidays, the changed date will
be observed as a Closed Holiday for RGCB. If the change of date of any of the above occasions
is notified at very short notice, announcement through TV/ AIR/ Newspaper can be taken as
authority for such change.
# Selected from the list of Optional Holidays, other than 14 Compulsory Holidays.