Central Government in India during year 2009

Central Government in India during year 2009

The Central Government of India has declared following holidays for the year 2009. The holidays may vary from office to office of Central Government, however the core list of 14 holidays will be common across India. The following are a list (and attached circular) of mandatory, optional (or restricted) holidays for India.

List of Central Government Holidays

January 08, Thursday, Muharram

January 26, Monday, Republic Day

March 10, Tuesday, Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-a-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Md)

March 11,Wednesday, Holi(Dola Yatra)

April 03, Friday, Rama Navami

April 07, Tuesday, Mahavir Jayanti

April 10, Friday, Good Friday

May 09, Saturday, Buddha Pournima

August 14, Friday, Janamashtami (Vaisnava)

August 15, Saturday, Independence Day

September 21, Monday, Idu’l Fitr

September 28, Monday, Dussehra(Vijaya Dashami)

October 02, Friday, Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday

October 17, Saturday, Diwali(Deepavali)

November 02, Monday, Guru Nanak’s Birthday

November 28, Saturday, Idu’l Zuha(Bakrid)

December 25, Friday, Christmas Day

December 28, Monday, Muharram

Notes

The above holidays are for Delhi region

The holidays in bold are applicable across all offices of Government of India

In addition to above 14 holidays in bold the offices outside Delhi can chose three holidays from following:

Additional Day for Dussera

Holi

Janmashtami

Ram Navami

Maha Shiv Ratri

Ganesh Chaturthi

Makar Sankranti

Rath Yatra

Onam

Pongal

Sri Panchami / Basant Panchami

Vishu / Vaisakhi / Vaisakhadi / Bagh Bihu / Mashadi Ugadi / Chaitra Salkadi / Cheti Chand / Gudi Padwa 1st Navratra / Nauraj

The dates of above holidays can be taken from list below:

List of Central Government Restricted Holidays

Employees can take two of these optional holidays

January 01, Thursday, New Year Day

January 05, Monday, Guru Govind Singh’s Birthday

January 13, Tuesday, Makara Samkranti(North India)

January 14, Wednesday, Makara Samkranti(Bengal)

January 14, Wednesday, Pongal(south India)

January 31, Saturday, Basanta Panchami/Shree Panchami

February 09, Monday, Guru Ravida’s Birthday

February 19, Thursday, Sivaji Jayanti

February 19, Thursday, Swami Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti

February 23, Monday, Maha Shivaratri

March 10, Tuesday, Holika Dahana

March 27, Friday, Chitra / Gudi Padava / Ugadi / Cheti Chand

April 12, Sunday, Easter(Sunday)

April 13, Monday, Visakhi

April 13, Monday, Vishu

April 14, Tuesday, Mesadi

April 15, Wednesday, Vaisakhadi(Bengal)/ Bahag Bihu(Assam)

May 09, Saturday, Birthday of Rabindranath

June 24, Wednesday, Rath Yatra

July 07,Tuesday, Hazarat Ali’s Birthday

August 05,Wednesday, Raksha Bandhan

August 19, Wednesday, Parsi New Year

August 23, Sunday, Ganesh Chaturthi/ Vinayaka Chaturthi

September 02, Wednesday, Onam

September 18, Friday, Jamat-ul-vida

September 25, Friday, Maha Saptami

September 26, Saturday, Maha Ashtami

September 27, Sunday, Maha Navmi

October 04, Sunday, Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday

October 17, Saturday, Deepavali(south India)

October 17, Saturday, Naraka Chaturdasi

October 18, Sunday, Govardhan Puja

October 19, Monday, Bhai Duj

November 24, Tuesday, Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdrom Day

December 24, Thursday, Christmas Eve