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)

Bank Holidays Alert: 17 holidays in the month of December…check the complete list…

Jyoti — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 04:21:44 +0000

Bank Holiday: The month of December is coming. Banks in the country will remain closed for 17 days in the month of December. 17 days of holidays in December including weekend holidays.

Next month there will be 5 Sundays, so bank employees will get 7 days weekly holiday instead of 6 days. Other banks will be closed in the month of December due to Christmas festival and local holidays. These 17-day holidays are not going to happen simultaneously in all the states. Check here when and why RBI is giving 17 days holiday.
Banks will remain closed for 17 days in December.

There will be several bank holidays in December 2024 due to national and local festivals. According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) holiday calendar, banks will be closed for a total of 17 days this month. These include Sundays, second and fourth Saturdays and festive holidays. There are 5 Sundays in December. Due to this, banks will be closed for 7 days due to the weekly holiday. Although bank branches will remain closed during these days, customers can use digital services like internet banking, mobile apps and ATMs.

Full List of Bank Holidays in December 2024…

1 December (Sunday): Weekly Holiday
3 December (Tuesday): Feast of St Francis Xavier (Regional Holiday)
8 December (Sunday): Weekly Holiday
12 December (Thursday): Pa-Togan Nengminja Banks will remain closed in Shillong due to Sangma.
December 14 (Saturday): Second Saturday
December 15 (Sunday): Weekly holiday
December 18 (Wednesday): Banks in Shillong will remain closed due to the death anniversary of U Soso Tham.
December 19 (Thursday): Banks will remain closed only in Goa due to Goa Mukti Day.
December 22 (Sunday): Weekly Holiday
December 24 (Tuesday): Banks in Kohima, Aizawl will remain closed on Christmas Eve.
December 25 (Wednesday): Banks will remain closed in all states due to the national holiday of Christmas.
December 26 (Thursday): Banks will remain closed in some states due to Christmas celebrations.
December 27 (Friday): Banks will remain closed in some states due to Christmas celebrations.
December 28 (Saturday): Fourth Saturday
December 29 (Sunday): Weekly Holiday
December 30 (Monday): Banks will remain closed in Shillong due to U Ki Aung Nangbah.

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