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Holidays to be observed in Indian Railways during the year 2025

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)

No. 2025/ E (LR) III /LR / HL 1 / 1

Rail Bhawan, New Delhi – 110 001
Dated : 20.06.2025

The General Managers,
All Indian Railways.
(As per standard list)

Sub: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2025.

A copy of Department of Personnel and Training’s O.M. No.12/5/2025-JCA dated 16.06.2025 with a list of holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2025, is enclosed for information and necessary action.

D.A.: As above

(R.K. Sinha)
Director, Estt (IR)
Railway Board

F.No.12/5/2025-JCA
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)
Establishment (JCA) Section

North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 16 June, 2025

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2025- reg.

It has been decided that the holidays, as specified in the Annexure-I to this O.M., will be observed in all the Administrative Offices of the Central Government located at Delhi/New Delhi during the year 2025. In addition, each employee will also be allowed to avail himself/herself of any two holidays to be chosen by him/her out of the list of Restricted Holidays specified at Annexure – II.

2. Central Government Administrative Offices located outside Delhi / New Delhi shall observe the following holidays compulsorily in addition to three holidays, to be chosen out of the 12 optional holidays indicated below at para 3.1:

1. REPUBLIC DAY
2. INDEPENDENCE DAY
3. MAHATMA GANDHI’S BIRTHDAY
4. BUDDHA PURNIMA
5. CHRISTMAS DAY
6. DUSSEHRA (VIJAY DASHMI)
7. DJWALI (DEEPAVALI)
8. GOOD FRIDAY
9. GURU NANAK’S BIRTHDAY
10. IDU’L FITR
11. IDU’L ZUHA
12. MAHAVIR JAY ANTI
13. MUHARRAM
14. PROPHET MOHAMMAD’S BIRTHDAY (ID-E-MILAD)

3.1. For offices located in New Delhi/Delhi, three holidays are selected by the D/o Personnel & Training and for the offices located outside Delhi/New Delhi three holidays are to be chosen by the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee in the State Capitals, if necessary, in consultation with Coordination Committees at other places in the State, from the list indicated below. The final list, applicable uniformly to all Central Government offices within the concerned State, shall be notified accordingly and no change can be carried out thereafter. It is also clarified that no change is permissible in the festivals and dates, as indicated at Annexure -I and Annexure-11 baring a few exceptions indicated at para 5.1 and 5.2 hereinafter. The 12 optional holidays are as follows:

1. AN ADDITIONAL DAY FOR DUSSEHRA
2. HOLI
3. JANAMASHTAMI (VAISHNAVI)
4. RAM NAVAMI
5. MAHA SHIVRATRI
6. GANESH CHATURTHI / VINA YAK CHATURTHI
7. MAKAR SANKARANTI
8. RATH YATRA
9. ONAM
10. PONGAL
11. SRI PANCHAMI / BASANT PANCHAMI
12. VISHU/ VAISAKHI / VAISAKHADI / BHAG BIHU / MASHADI UGADI / CHAITRA SUKLADI / CHETI CHAND / GUDI PADAVA /1ST NAVRATRA / NAORAZ/CHHATH PQOJA/KARVA CHAUTH.

3.2 No substitute holiday should be allowed if any of the festival holidays, initially declared, subsequently happens to fall on a weekly off or any other non-working day or in the event of more than one festival falling on the same day.

4. The list of Restricted Holidays appended as annexure-II to this O.M. is meant for Central Government Offices located in Delhi / New Delhi. The Coordination Committees at the State Capitals may draw up separate list of Restricted Holidays keeping in view the occasions of local importance. However, the 9 occasions left over, after choosing the 3 variable holidays in para 3.1 above, are also to be included in the list of restricted holidays.

5.1 For offices in Delhi / New Delhi, any change in the date of holidays in respect of Idul-Fitr, Idul-Zuha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad, if necessary, depending upon sighting of the Moon, would be declared by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, after ascertaining the position from the Govt, of NCT of Delhi (DCP, Special Branch, Delhi Police).

5.2 For offices outside Delhi / New Delhi, the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committees at the State Capitals are authorised to change the date of holiday, if necessary, based on the decision of the concerned State Governments / Union Territories, in respect of IdulFitr, IdulZuha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad.

5.3 It may happen that the change of date in respect of the above occasions has to be declared at a very short notice. In such a situation, announcement could be made through P.I.B/T.V./A.I.R./ Newspapers and the Heads of Department / Offices of the Central Government may take action according to such an announcement, without waiting for a formal order, about the change of date.

6. During 2023, Diwali (Deepavali) falls on Sunday, November 12, 2025 (Kartika 21). In certain States, the practice is to celebrate the occasion a day in advance, i.e., on “Naraka Chaturdasi Day”. In view of this, there is no objection if holiday on account of Deepavali is observed on “Naraka Chaturdasi Day (in place of Deepavali Day) in the Central Government Offices in a State if in that State that day alone is declared as a compulsory holiday for Diwali for the offices of the State Government.

7. Central Government Organisations which include industrial, commercial and trading establishments would observe upto 16 holidays in a year including three national holidays viz. Republic Day, Independence Day and Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, as compulsory holidays. The remaining holidays / occasions may be determined by such establishments/organisations themselves for the year 2023, subject to para 3.2 above.

8. Union Territory Administrations shall decide the list of holidays in terms of Instructions issued in this regard by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

9. In respect of Indian Missions abroad, the number of holidays may be notified in accordance with the instructions contained in this Departments O.M. No. 12/5/2002-JCA dated 17th December, 2002. In other words, they will have the option to select 14 (Fourteen) holidays of their own only after including in the list, three National Holidays and Id-ul-Fitr, Muharram and Diwali included in the list of compulsory holidays and falling on days of weekly off.

10. In respect of Banks, the holidays shall be regulated in terms of the extant instructions issued by the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance.

11. Hindi version will follow.

(S.P. Pant)
Deputy Secretary to the Govt, of India
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CG Gazetted Holidays in 2025

ANNEXURE-I

LIST OF HOLIDAYS FOR THE YEAR 2023 TO BE OBSERVED IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI / NEW DELHI

S.No Holiday Date Saka Date Day
1. Republic Day January 26, 2025 Magha 06 Thursday
2. Holi March 08, 2025 Phalguna 17 Wednesday
3. Ram Navami March 30, 2025 Chaitra 09 Thursday
4. Mahavir Jayanti April 04, 2025 Chaitra 14 Tuesday
5. Good Friday April 07, 2025 Chaitra 17 Friday
6. Id-ul-Fitr April 22, 2025 Vaisakha 02 Saturday
7. Budha Purnima May 05, 2023 Vaisakha 15 Friday
8. Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) June 29, 2025 Ashadha 08 Thursday
9. Muharram July 29, 2025 Sarvana 07 Saturday
10. Independence Day August 15, 2025 Sarvana 24 Tuesday
11. Janmashtami (Vaishnva) September 07, 2023 Bhadra 16 Thursday
12. Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) September 28, 2025 Asvina 06 Thursday
13. Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday October 02, 2025 Asvina 10 Monday
14. Dussehra October 24, 2025 Kartika 02 Tuesday
15. Diwali (Deepavali) November 12, 2025 Kartika 21 Sunday
16. Guru Nanak’s Birthday November 27, 2025 Agarhayana 06 Monday
17. Christmas Day December 25, 2025 Pausha 04 Monday

CG Restricted Holidays in 2025

ANNEXURE-II

LIST OF RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS FOR THE YEAR 2023 IN RESPECT OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI / NEW DELHI

S.No Holiday Date Saka Date Day
1 New Year’s Day January 01, 2025 Pausha 11 Sunday
2 Makar Sankranti / Magha Bihu January 14, 2025 Pausha 24 Saturday
3 Pongal January 15, 2025 Pausha 25 Sunday
4 Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami January 26, 2025 Magha 06 Saturday
5 Hazarat Ali’s Birthday, Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday February 05, 2025 Magha 16 Sunday
6, Birthday of Swami Dayananda Saraswati February 15, 2025 Magha 26 Wednesday
7 Maha Shivratri February 18, 2025 Magha 29 Saturday
8 Shiva ji Jayanti February 19, 2025 Magha 30 Sunday
9 Holika dahan, dolyatra March 07, 2025 Phaiguna 16 Tuesday
10 Chaitra Sukladi  / Gudi Padava  / Ugadi / Cheti Chand March 22, 2025 Chaitra 01 Wednesday
11 Easter Sunday April 09, 2025 Chaitra 19 Sunday
12 Vaisakhi / Vishu / Meshadi April 14, 2025 Chaitra 24 Friday
13 Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam) April 15, 2025 Chaitra 25 Saturday
14 Jamat-Ul-Vida April 21, 2025 Vaisakha 01 Friday
15 Birthday of Guru Rabindranath Tagore May 09, 2025 Vaisakha 19 Tuesday
16 Rath Yatra June 20, 2025  Jyaishtha 30 Tuesday
17 Farsi New Year’s day / Nauraj August 16, 2023  Sravana 25 Wednesday
18 Vinayaka Chaturthi August 20, 2025 Sravana 29 Sunday
19 Onam or Thiru Onam Day August 29, 2025 Bhadra 07 Tuesday
20 Raksha Bandhan August 30, 2025 Bhadra 08 Wednesday
21 Janmashtami (Smarta) September 06, 2025 Bhadra 15 Wednesday
22 Ganesh Chaturthi September 19, 2025 Bhadra 28 Tuesday
23 Dussehra (Saptami) October 21, 2025 Asvina 29 Saturday
24 Dussehra (Mahashtami) October  22, 2025 Asvina 30 Sunday
25 Dussehra (Mahanavmi) October  23, 2025 Kartika 01 Monday
26 Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday October  28, 2025 Kartika 06 Saturday
27 Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth) November 01, 2025 Kartika 10 Wednesday
28 Naraka Chaturdasi November  12, 2025 Kartika 21 Sunday
29 Govardhan Puja November 13, 2025 Kartika 22 Monday
30 Bhai Duj November  15, 2025 Kartika 24 Wednesday
31 Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) November  19, 2025 Kartika 28 Sunday
32 Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day November  24, 2025 Agrahayana 03 Friday
33 Christmas Eve December 24, 2025 Pausha 03 Sunday

Railway Holidays 2023 PDF : https://indianrailways.gov.in/

Here is the official Railway Holiday Calendar for 2025, applicable across Indian Railways (including all zones), based on government notifications and railway board circulars:

🏛️ Gazetted Holidays (Mandatory Closures for All Railway Offices)

These are compulsory holidays observed nationally:

  1. Republic Day — January 26 (Sunday)
  2. Holi — March 14 (Friday)
  3. Id‑ul‑Fitr — March 31 (Monday)
  4. Mahavir Jayanti — April 10 (Thursday)
  5. Good Friday — April 18 (Friday)
  6. Buddha Purnima — May 2 (Monday)
  7. Id‑ul‑Zuha (Bakrid) — June 7 (Saturday)
  8. Muharram — July 6 (Sunday)
  9. Independence Day — August 15 (Friday)
  10. Janmashtami — August 16 (Saturday)
  11. Milad‑un‑Nabi (Prophet’s Birthday) — September 5 (Friday)
  12. Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday — October 2 (Thursday)
  13. Dussehra — October 2 (Thursday) (same day as Gandhi Jayanti in 2025)
  14. Diwali (Deepavali) — October 20 (Monday)
  15. Guru Nanak’s Birthday — November 5 (Wednesday)
  16. Christmas Day — December 25 (Thursday)
    (Total: 17 Gazetted Holidays)

🌸 Restricted Holidays (Employee-Optional; Choose Two)

Railway employees may opt for up to two restricted holidays, selected from a longer list. Options include:

  • Makar Sankranti / Pongal — Jan 14 (Tuesday)
  • Maha Shivaratri — Feb 26 (Wednesday)
  • Holika Dahan — Mar 13 (Thursday)
  • Ram Navami — Apr 6 (Sunday)
  • Buddha Purnima — May 12 (Monday)
  • Raksha Bandhan — Aug 9 (Saturday)
  • Ganesh Chaturthi — Aug 27 (Wednesday)
  • Onam — Sep 5 (Friday)
  • Karwa Chauth — Oct 10 (Friday)
  • Bhai Duj — Oct 23 (Thursday)
  • Plus others like Easter, Basant Panchami, Guru Ravidas Jayanti, Surya Shashthi, Dussehra variants, Naraka Chaturdasi, and regional observances

🗺 Regional Holidays (Zone‑Specific)

Each railway zone may observe additional regional holidays tied to local festivals. These vary depending on local cultural significance. Examples include:

  • Pongal in Tamil Nadu divisions
  • Onam in Kerala-based zones
  • Ganesh Visarjan days in Maharashtra divisions
  • Bihu in Assam zones

Employees should refer to their respective zone’s holiday circular or HR portal for the zone‑specific list.

🧮 Holiday Entitlements Summary

  • Railway offices observe 17 Gazetted Holidays (closed).
  • Employees may take up to 2 Restricted Holidays of their choice.
  • Zones have additional local (regional) holidays, announced via zone-level circulars.

✅ Usage Tips

  • Travelers & general public: These holidays do not affect train operations. Special trains and network schedules usually remain unchanged but station offices or booking counters may function on reduced staff on these days.
  • Railway employees: Records these holidays for planning annual leave and shift schedules.
  • Managers & HR teams: Use these dates for compliance and internal planning. ​Compensatory leave can be granted if an employee works on a gazetted/public holiday.

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