2025 Holiday List PDF

# Office of the Secretary, Central Government Employees’ Welfare Co-ordination Committee, Kolkata **Aayakar Bhawan, 2nd floor, Room No.2/14,P-7, Chowringhee Square, Kolkata-700069** **[email protected]** **Phone No-2213-6892** **Dated: 19.09.2024** **NO. C.G.E.W.C.C./Kol/Holiday-2025/...

# Office of the Secretary, Central Government Employees’ Welfare Co-ordination Committee, Kolkata **Aayakar Bhawan, 2nd floor, Room No.2/14,P-7, Chowringhee Square, Kolkata-700069** **[email protected]** **Phone No-2213-6892** **Dated: 19.09.2024** **NO. C.G.E.W.C.C./Kol/Holiday-2025/2024-25/143** ## List of Compulsory And Restricted Holidays For The Year 2025 The working committee of the CGEWCC, Kolkata in its 121st Annual General Meeting held on 12.09.2024 decided 3 (three) holidays locally (at Sl. No. 1,2 & 8 of para 3.1) in addition to 14 (fourteen) holidays fixed by the Ministry for the year 2025 vide F.No. 12/2/2023-JCA, Govt. of India, Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions, (Department of Personnel &Training), Establishment (JCA) Section, New Delhi, dated 09/07/2024. Thus the Central Govt. Offices coming under the purview of this committee who are doing "work of Secretariat Nature " will observe the under noted 17 (Seventeen) compulsory holidays for the Calendar year 2025 and further 2 (two) Restricted Holidays from the List of Restricted Holidays for the year 2025. ## List of Compulsory Holidays For The Year 2025 | Sl.No. | Holidays & Connected Festivals | Month & Date A.D. 2025 | Days of Week | |---|---|---|---| |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,12 |Monday | |7|Id-Ul-Zuha (Bakrid)|June,07| Saturday| |8|Rathayatra|June, 27| Friday| |9|Muharram|July, 06| Sunday| |10|Independence Day|August, 15| Friday| |11|Milad-un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad (Birth Day of Prophet Mohammad)|September, 05| Friday| |12|Additional day of Dussehra (Mahanavmi)|October 01| Wednesday| |13|Dussehra (Vijay Dashmi)|October, 02| Thursday| |14|Mahatma Gandhi's Birth day|October,02| Thursday| |15|Diwali (Deepavali)|Octoberr, 20| Monday| |16|Guru Nanak's Birthday|November,05| Wednesday| |17|Christmas Day|December, 25|Thursday| **Note:** Central Govt. Organizations, which include Industrial, Commercial & Training Establishment (i.e. other than doing work of Secretariat nature) would observe 16 holidays in a year out of which 3 namely, Republic Day, Independence and Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday will be compulsory. The remaining Holidays / Occasions may be determined by such Establishment / Organizations themselves on year to year basis. In deciding whether a particular Department / Establishment/ Organization an Industrial, Commercial or Trading Organizations (i.e. other than those doing work of Secretariat nature) the decision may be taken by the respective Ministry / Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi. The date of Holidays for the Muslim Festivals may be changed on sighting of the Moon and decision to be taken by the CGEWCC, Kolkata based on the decision of the State Government in respect of Idu'l Fitr, Idu'l Zoha [Id-Uz-Zuha(Bakrid)], Muharram and Id -e - Milad. ## List of Restricted Holidays For The Year 2025 | SI. No. | Restricted Holidays & Connected Festivals | Month & Date A.D. 2025 | Days of Week | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | New Years Day | January, 01 | Wednesday | | 2 | Guru Govind Singh's Birthday | January, 06 | Monday | | 3 | Makar Sankranti/Magha Bihu/Pongal/ Hazrat Ali's Birthday | January, 14 | Tuesday | | 4 | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's birthday | January, 23 | Tuesday | | 5 | Basant Panchami/Sri Panchami | February, 02 | Sunday | | 6 | Guru Ravi Das's Birthday | February, 12 | Wednesday | | 7 | Shivaji Jayanti | February, 19 | Wednesday | | 8 | Birthday of Swami Dayanand Saraswati | February, 23 | Sunday | | 9 | Maha Shivaratri | February, 26 | Wednesday | | 10 | Holika Dahan, Dolyatra | March, 13 | Thursday | | 11 | Jamat-ul-Vida | March, 14 | Friday | | 12 | ChaitraSukladi/Gudi Padava/Ugadi/ChetiChand | March, 28 | Friday | | 13 | Ram Navami | March, 30 | Sunday | | 14 | Vaisakhi/ Vishu | April, 06 | Sunday | | 15 | Meshadi | April, 13 | Sunday | | 16 | Vaisakhadi(Bengal)/Bahag Bihu(Assam) | April, 14 | Monday | | 17 | Easter Sunday | April, 20 | Sunday | | 18 | Birthday of Guru Rabindranath Tagore | May, 09 | Friday | | 19 | Raksha Bandhan | August, 09 | Saturday | | 20 | Parsi New Year's day/Nauraj | August, 15 | Friday | | 21 | Janmashtami(Smarta) | August, 15 | Friday | | 22 | Janmashtami (Vaisnava) | August, 16 | Saturday | | 23 | Vinayaka Chaturthi/Ganesh Chaturthi | August, 27 | Wednesday | | 24 | Onam or Thiru Onam Day | September, 05 | Friday | | 25 | Dussehra (Saptami) | September, 29 | Monday | | 26 | Dussehra (Mahaashtami) | September, 30 | Tuesday | | 27 | Kojagori Laxmi Puja | October, 06 | Monday | | 28 | Maharshi Valmiki's Birthday | October, 07 | Tuesday | | 29 | Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth) | October, 10 | Friday | | 30 | Naraka Chaturdasi | October, 20 | Monday | | 31 | Govardhan Puja | October, 22 | Wednesday | | 32 | Bhai Duj | October, 23 | Thursday | | 33 | Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shasthi (Chhat Puja) | October, 28 | Tuesday | | 34 | Jagaddhatri Puja | October, 31 | Friday | | 35 | Guru Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom Day | November, 24 | Monday | | 36 | Christmas Eve | December, 24 | Wednesday | **[BISHNU PADA MONDAL]** **SECRETARY** **CENTRAL GOVT. EMPLOYEES’ WELFARE CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE, KOLKATA** **Memo NO. C.G.E.W.C.C./Kol/Holiday-2025/2024-25/ 144-45** **Dated: 19.09.2024** 1. Deputy Secretary (JCA) to the Govt. of India, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievance & Pensions, Department of Personnel & Training), North Block, New Delhi-110001. 2. All Heads of the Central Govt. Offices under CGEWCC, Kolkata. **[BISHNU PADA MONDAL]** **SECRETARY** **CENTRAL GOVT. EMPLOYEES' WELFARE CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE, KOLKATA** **Secretary** **C.G.E.W.C.C. Kolkata** **Aayakar Bhawan, Kol.**