Government holidays 2023

2023 Holiday Calendar Central Government India | Central Govt Gazetted Holiday Calendar 2023 PDF

The Government of India, Department of Personnel and Training has released the Central Government Holidays for the year 2023 for Central Govt Offices and Employees located in all over India on 16.6.2022. These holiday list are almost followed by all State Government and its administrative offices, Nationalized Banks, Post Offices and Railway Board etc..

Dopt Orders on Central Govt Holiday List 2023

Central Govt Office Holiday List 2023 in India PDF | Holiday Calendar 2023 for Central Govt Offices

F.No.12/5/2022-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, 2022

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2023- 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 2023. 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. DIWALI (DEEPAVALI)
8. GOOD FRIDAY
9. GURU NANAK’S BIRTHDAY
10. IDU’L FITR
11. IDU’L ZUHA
12. MAHAVIR JAYANTI
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 / VINAYAK 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 POOJA / 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 Id-ul-Fitr, Id-ul-Zuha, 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, 2023 (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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Central Government Office Gazetted Holiday List 2023 PDF | Central Government Public Holidays 2023

ANNEXURE-I

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

Central Govt Closed Holidays 2023

♦ Republic Day – 26 January 2023 – Thursday

◊ Holi – 8 March 2023 – Wednesday

♦ Ram Navami – 30 March 2023 – Thursday

◊ Mahavir Jayanti – 4 April 2023 – Tuesday

♦ Good Friday – 7 April 2023 – Friday

◊ Id-ul-Fitr – 22 April 2023 – Saturday

♦ Buddha Purnima – 5 May 2023 – Friday

◊ Bakrid / Id-ul-Zuha – 29 June 2023 – Thursday

♦ Muharram – 29 July 2023 – Saturday

◊ Independence Day – 15 August 2023 – Tuesday

♦ Janmashtami (Vaishnva)– 7 September 2023 – Thursday

◊ Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) – 28 September 2023 – Thursday

♦ Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday – 2 October 2023 – Monday

◊ Dussehra – 24 October 2023 – Tuesday

♦ Diwali – 12 November 2023 – Sunday

◊ Guru Nanak Jayanti – 27 November 2023 – Monday

♦ Christmas Day – 25 December 2023 – Monday

Central Govt Restricted Holiday List 2023 PDF | Central Govt Optional Holiday List 2023 PDF

ANNEXURE-II

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

♦ New Year’s Day – 1 January 2023 – Sunday

◊ Makar Sankranti / Magha Bihu – 14 January 2023 – Saturday

♦ Pongal – 15 January 2023 – Sunday

◊ Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami – 26 January 2023 – Thursday

♦ Hazarat Ali’s Birthday, Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday – 5 February 2023 – Sunday

◊ Birthday of Swami Dayananda Saraswati – 15 February 2023 – Wednesday

♦ Maha Shivratri – 18 February 2023 – Saturday

◊ Shiva ji Jayanti – 19 February 2023 – Sunday

♦ Holika dahan, dolyatra – 7 March 2023 – Tuesday

◊ Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava / Ugadi / Cheti Chand – 22 March 2023 – Wednesday

♦ Easter Sunday – 9 April 2023 – Sunday

◊ Vaisakhi / Vishu / Meshadi – 14 April 2023 – Friday

♦ Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam) – 15 April 2023 – Saturday

◊ Jamat-Ul-Vida – 21 April 2023 – Friday

♦ Birthday of Guru Rabindranath Tagore – 9 May 2023 – Tuesday

◊ Rath Yatra – 20 June 2023 – Tuesday

♦ Parsi New Year’s day / Nauraj – 16 August 2023 – Wednesday

◊ Vinayaka Chaturthi – 20 August 2023 – Sunday

♦ Onam or Thiru Onam Day – 29 August 2023 – Tuesday

◊ Raksha Bandhan – 30 August 2023 – Wednesday

♦ Janmashtami (Smarta) – 6 September 2023 – Wednesday

◊ Ganesh Chaturthi – 19 September 2023 – Tuesday

♦ Dussehra (Saptami) – 21 October 2023 – Saturday

◊ Dussehra (Mahashtami) – 22 October 2023 – Sunday

♦ Dussehra (Mahanavmi) – 23 October 2023 – Monday

◊ Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday – 28 October 2023 – Saturday

♦ Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth) – 1 November 2023 – Wednesday

◊ Naraka Chaturdasi – 12 November 2023 – Sunday

♦ Govardhan Puja – 13 November 2023 – Monday

◊ Bhai Duj – 15 November 2023 – Wednesday

♦ Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) – 19 November 2023 – Sunday

◊ Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day – 24 November 2023 – Friday

♦ Christmas Eve – 24 December 2023 – Sunday

Central Govt Holidays 2023 Month Wise

Central Govt Holidays in January 2023

  • Republic Day – 26.1.2023 – Thursday

Central Govt Holidays in March 2023

  • Holi – 8.3.2023 – Wednesday
  • Ram Navami – 30.3.2023 – Thursday

Central Govt Holidays in April 2023

  • Mahavir Jayanti – 4.4.2023 – Tuesday
  • Good Friday – 7.4.2023 – Friday
  • Id-ul-Fitr – 22.4.2023 – Saturday

Central Govt Holidays in May 2023

  • Buddha Purnima – 5.5.2023 – Friday

Central Govt Holidays in June 2023

  • Bakrid / Id-ul-Zuha – 29.6.2023 – Thursday

Central Govt Holidays in July 2023

  • Muharram – 29.7.2023 – Saturday

Central Govt Holidays in August 2023

  • Independence Day – 15.8.2023 – Tuesday

Central Govt Holidays in September 2023

  • Janmashtami (Vaishnva) – 7.9.2023 – Thursday
  • Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) – 28.9.2023 – Thursday

Central Govt Holidays in October 2023

  • Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday – 2.10.2023 – Monday
  • Dussehra – 24.10.2023 – Tuesday

Central Govt Holidays in November 2023

  • Diwali – 12.11.2023 – Sunday
  • Guru Nanak’s Birthday – 27.11.2023 – Monday

Central Govt Holidays in December 2023

  • Christmas Day – 25.12.2023 – Monday

Central Government Holiday List 2023 PDF Download

How many government holidays are there in a year 2023?

As per the Central Government Dopt orders on holiday list 2023, there are 17 days declared as Gazetted holiday and 33 days declared as Restricted holiday on the calendar designated by Govt of India. 3 National Holidays and Id-ul-Fitr, Muharram and Diwali included in the list of compulsory holidays and falling on days of weekly off.

Holi festival falls on which date in 2023?

As per the order of holidays, Holi festival is declared as Gazette holiday on 8.3.2023 (Wednesday). {Holi 2023 date in India - 8 March 2023, Wednesday}

Dussehra puja festival falls on which date in 2023?

Dussehra festival is declared as Gazette holiday on 24.10.2023 (Tuesday). {Dussehra 2023 date in India - 24 October 2023, Tuesday}

Diwali festival falls on which date in 2023?

Diwali 2023 Date is 12 November 2023 (Sunday).

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