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List of National,Cultural and Religious Haryana Government Holidays in 2025

Haryana notified its 2025 holiday calendar through Human Resources Department Notification No. 28/67/2008-1HR-I dated 26 December 2024, signed by the Chief Secretary and applicable to all public offices under the state government. The calendar names 30 festivals and observances for the year. Twenty one of them are gazetted public holidays. The other nine fall on a Saturday or a Sunday, and because Haryana already closes public offices on all 52 Saturdays and all 52 Sundays, the notification lists them separately and grants no day in lieu. The table below carries every named occasion with its date, day and holiday type, and marks which of the nine coincide with a weekend closure.

Holiday calendar 2025

DateDayHolidayHoliday Type
6 Jan 2025MondayShri Guru Gobind Singh Ji JayantiReligious
26 Jan 2025SundayRepublic Day (falls on a closed day)National
2 Feb 2025SundayBasant Panchmi / Sir Chhotu Ram Jayanti (falls on a closed day)Cultural
12 Feb 2025WednesdayGuru Ravidas JayantiReligious
26 Feb 2025WednesdayMaha ShivratriReligious
14 Mar 2025FridayHoliCultural
23 Mar 2025SundayShaheedi Divas of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev (falls on a closed day)National
31 Mar 2025MondayId-ul-FitrReligious
6 Apr 2025SundayRam Navmi (falls on a closed day)Religious
10 Apr 2025ThursdayMahavir JayantiReligious
13 Apr 2025SundayVaisakhi / Chhath Puja (falls on a closed day)Cultural
14 Apr 2025MondayDr. B.R. Ambedkar JayantiNational
29 Apr 2025TuesdayParshuram JayantiReligious
30 Apr 2025WednesdayAkshya TrityaReligious
29 May 2025ThursdayMaharana Pratap JayantiNational
7 Jun 2025SaturdayId-uz-Zuha (Bakrid) (falls on a closed day)Religious
11 Jun 2025WednesdaySant Kabir JayantiReligious
31 Jul 2025ThursdayShaheed Udham Singh Martyrdom DayNational
9 Aug 2025SaturdayRaksha Bandhan (falls on a closed day)Cultural
15 Aug 2025FridayIndependence DayNational
16 Aug 2025SaturdayJanmashtmi (falls on a closed day)Religious
22 Sep 2025MondayMaharaja Agrasen JayantiReligious
23 Sep 2025TuesdayShaheedi Divas / Haryana War Heroes' Martyrdom DayNational
2 Oct 2025ThursdayMahatma Gandhi Jayanti / DussehraNational
7 Oct 2025TuesdayMaharishi Valmiki Jayanti / Maharaja Ajmidh JayantiReligious
20 Oct 2025MondayDiwaliReligious
22 Oct 2025WednesdayVishvakarma DayReligious
1 Nov 2025SaturdayHaryana Day (falls on a closed day)National
5 Nov 2025WednesdayGuru Nanak Dev JayantiReligious
25 Dec 2025ThursdayChristmasReligious

Alongside the gazetted list, the notification permits every employee, including outsourced staff, to choose any three days from a list of 14 restricted holidays that runs from Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti in February to Shaheed Udham Singh's Jayanti in December. Offices stay open on those days unless an employee elects them. Banks and institutions covered by the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 follow a shorter 16 day list that applies across Haryana except the judicial courts. Eight days close government offices but not banks, including Parshuram Jayanti, Akshya Tritya, Maharana Pratap Jayanti, Sant Kabir Jayanti and Vishvakarma Day. Republic Day, Bakrid and Janmashtmi close banks even though they are weekend dates on the government side, and 1 April is a bank holiday for the annual closing of accounts with no counterpart in the government calendar. The notification also names 20 special days, from Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti on 23 January to Maharaja Shoorsaini Jayanti on 20 December, which are observed as commemorations only and carry no closure.

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How Haryana Holidays Impact Payroll and Leave Management?

The defining feature of the Haryana calendar is subtraction. Nine of the 30 named occasions land on a Saturday or Sunday and produce no extra day off, so a leave system that builds its holiday master from a festival feed will over report the entitlement unless it is reconciled against the notification itself. The second issue is that the government list and the bank list do not match. Eight days close offices but not banks, three days close banks but not offices, and 1 April is a bank only closure. Payroll disbursement, statutory remittances and vendor payments therefore need two calendars rather than one. One date needs manual attention. On 22 October, Vishvakarma Day is gazetted while Goverdhan Puja is restricted, and both fall on the same Wednesday. An employee who elects Goverdhan Puja spends one of their three restricted days on a day the office is already closed.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Haryana has 21 gazetted public holidays in 2025, in addition to all 52 Saturdays and all 52 Sundays, which are closed days for public offices. Employees may also choose any three days from a list of 14 restricted holidays.