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Public Holiday: Government has declared a 2 consecutive public holiday, check details

Jyoti — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 04:21:24 +0000

Amidst the scorching heat, there is news of relief for government employees. The Punjab government has declared a public holiday on June 7, due to which government offices across the state will remain closed. The next day, June 8, is a Sunday, so government employees have got 2 consecutive holidays.

Amidst the scorching heat, there is news of relief for government employees. The Punjab government has declared a public holiday on June 7, due to which government offices will remain closed across the state. The next day, June 8, is Sunday, so government employees have got 2 consecutive holidays. In such a situation, government employees can plan a two-day trip in the summer.

In fact, June 7 is the festival of Eid-ul-Azha (Bakrid), due to which the Punjab government has declared a public holiday in the entire state. Due to this, all government offices across Punjab will remain closed on June 7.

It is worth mentioning that summer vacations are already underway in schools and colleges of Punjab, due to which schools and colleges are closed.

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Holiday List 2025: 5 Holidays of government employees wasted in the New Year!

Jyoti — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 10:07:32 +0000

The new year will start from tomorrow. In the year 2025, employees will get about 100 holidays including weekly, gazetted and restricted holidays. Next year, there will be 17 gazetted holidays and 34 restricted holidays.

Similarly, there are a total of 52 Sundays. Also, employees of banks and some other departments will get 26 Saturday holidays as second and fourth Saturdays. The number of holidays in the year 2025 would have increased further, if some festivals and special days did not fall on Sundays and Saturdays.

This year Republic Day is on Sunday. Similarly, Basant Panchami is also on Sunday, February 2. There will be a holiday in some states on Swami Dayanand Jayanti and it is on Sunday, February 23. This year Ram Navami is also on Sunday, April 16. Muharram is on Sunday, July 6. This year, maximum holidays are being given in January, April, August and October. In the year 2025, employees will also get some long weekends. There will be three to four consecutive holidays in January, March, April, August and October. In the year 2025, apart from the usual holidays of Saturday and Sunday, the stock market will be closed for 14 days. This means that the stock market will also have a 14-day holiday.

Gazetted holidays…

Republic Day: 26 January (Sunday)
Mahashivratri: 26 February (Wednesday)
Holi: 14 March (Friday)
Eid-ul-Fitr: 31 March (Monday)
Mahavir Jayanti: 10 April (Thursday)
Good Friday: 18 April (Friday)
Buddha Purnima: 12 May (Monday)
Eid-ul-Adha (Bakrid): 7 June (Saturday)
Muharram: 6 July (Sunday)
Independence Day: 15 August (Friday)
Janmashtami: 16 August (Saturday)
Milad-un-Nabi (Eid-e-Milad): 5 September (Friday)
Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday: 2 October (Thursday)
Dussehra: 2 October (Thursday)
Diwali (Deepavali): 20 October (Monday)
Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s birth anniversary Day: November 5 (Wednesday)
Christmas Day: December 25 (Thursday)

Optional or restricted holidays…

New Year: 1st January (Wednesday)
Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti: 6th January (Monday)
Makar Sankranti/Magh Bihu/Pongal: 14th January (Tuesday)
Basant Panchami: 2nd February (Sunday)
Guru Ravidas Jayanti: 12th February (Wednesday)
Shivaji Jayanti: 19th February (Wednesday)
Swami Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti: 23rd February (Sunday)
Holika Dahan: 13th March (Thursday)
Dolayatra: 14th March (Friday)
Ram Navami: 16th April (Sunday)
Janmashtami (Smart): 16th August (Friday)
Ganesh Chaturthi/Vinayak Chaturthi: 27th August (Wednesday)
Onam or Thiruonam: 5th September (Friday)
Dussehra (Saptami): September 29 (Monday)
Dussehra (Mahashtami): September 30 (Tuesday)
Dussehra (Mahanavmi): October 1 (Wednesday)
Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti: October 7 (Tuesday)
Karka Chaturthi (Karva Chauth): October 10 (Friday)
Naraka Chaturdashi: October 20 (Monday)
Govardhan Puja: October 22 (Wednesday)
Bhai Dooj: October 23 (Thursday)
Pratihar Shashthi or Suraj Shashthi (Chhath Puja): October 28 (Tuesday)
Martyrdom Day of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji: November 24 (Monday)
Christmas Eve: December 24 (Wednesday)

Public Holidays: Schools and colleges will be closed tomorrow in THIS state, Check Details

Jyoti — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:29:22 +0000

Public Holidays in November 2024: Schools, colleges, offices and banks are closed due to various special days and festivals in early November. After Diwali and Chhath festival, there are special special days like Budhi Diwali, Guru Nanak Jayanti.

There is a 3-day public holiday from November 15 to November 17 in some places. Let’s know where the public holidays will be on November 15, 16 and 17.

In Punjab, there will be holidays (Punjab School Closed) on November 15, 16 and 17. According to the list of holidays, 15th November (Friday) is Gurpurab of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, on which day there will be a holiday. After this, November 16 (Saturday) is the martyrdom day of martyr Sardar Kartar Singh Sarabha, due to which a holiday has been announced.

Apart from this, November 17 (Sunday) is also a holiday. Thus, there will be three consecutive holidays on November 15, 16 and 17, due to which all educational and government institutions will remain closed.