The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi has issued a notification declaring the list of holidays for all government offices in 2024. This notification was issued on 19th October, 2023.

The following are the declared list of holidays:

  1. Republic Day January 26
  2. Holi March 25
  3. Good Friday March 29
  4. Id-ul Fitr April 11
  5. Ram Navami April 17
  6. Mahavir Jayanti April 21
  7. Buddha Purnima May 23
  8. Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) June 17
  9. Muharram July 17
  10. Independence Day August 15
  11. Janmashtami (Vaishnva) August 26
  12. Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) September 16
  13. Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday October 02
  14. Dussehra October 12
  15. Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday October 17
  16. Diwali (Deepavali) October 31
  17. Guru Nanak’s Birthday November 15
  18. Christmas Day December 25

The government has also listed restricted holidays in 2024. It states that an employee is entitled to avail himself/herself any of two holidays of the restricted holidays as additional holidays.

The list of the restricted holidays in 2024 are as follows:

  1. New Year’s Day January 01
  2. Lohri January 13
  3. Makar Sankranti January 14
  4. Magha Bihu/ Pongal January 15
  5. Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday January 17
  6. Hazarat Ali’s Birthday January 25
  7. Sri Panchami/Basant Panchami February 14
  8. Shiva ji Jayanti February 19
  9. Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday February 24
  10. Birthday of Swami Dayananda Saraswati March 06
  11. Maha Shivratri March 08
  12. Holika Dahan March 24
  13. Dolyatra March 25
  14. Easter Sunday March 31
  15. Jamat-Ul-Vida April 05
  16. Chaitra Sukladi/ Gudi Padava / Ugadi/ Cheti Chand April 09
  17. Vaisakhi / Vishu April 13
  18. Meshadi (Tamil New Year’s Day)/ Vaisakhadi (Bengal)/Bahag Bihu (Assam) April 14
  19. Birthday of Guru Rabindranath Tagore May 08
  20. Rath Yatra July 07
  21. Parsi New Year’s day/ Nauraj August 15
  22. Raksha Bandhan August 19
  23. Ganesh Chaturthi/Vinayaka Chaturthi September 07
  24. Onam or Thiru Onam Day September 15
  25. Dussehra (Saptami) October 10
  26. Dussehra (Mahashtami)/ Dussehra (Mahanavmi) October 11
  27. Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chouth) October 20
  28. Naraka Chaturdasi October 31
  29. Govardhan Puja November 02
  30. Bhai Duj November 03
  31. Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) November 07
  32. Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day November 24
  33. Christmas Eve December 24

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