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Central Government Office Gazetted Holiday List 2023 PDF

June 16, 2022

Central Govt Holiday List 2023 PDF | Holiday Calendar 2023 India

Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2023 

The Government of India, DoPT has released the Central Government Holidays for the year 2023 for Central Govt Offices and Employees located in all over India on 16 June 2022.

Central Govt Holiday 2023 in India | Central Govt Holidays in January 2023

  • Republic Day – 26 January 2023 – Thursday

According to the Central Government Dopt orders on holidays 2023, The above holiday has been declared as Gazetted Holiday for Central Govt offices in India during the month of January 2023

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. DJWALI (DEEPAVALI)
8. GOOD FRIDAY
9. GURU NANAK’S BIRTHDAY
10. IDU’L FITR
11. IDU’L ZUHA
12. MAHAVIR JAY ANTI
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 / VINA YAK 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 PQOJA/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 IdulFitr, IdulZuha, 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 Govt Public Holiday List 2023 | Central Govt Gazetted Holiday List 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

List of 17 Gazetted Holidays for Central Government Employees During the Year 2023

S.No Holiday Date Saka Date Day
1. Republic Day January 26, 2023 Magha 06 Thursday
2. Holi March 08, 2023 Phalguna 17 Wednesday
3. Ram Navami March 30, 2023 Chaitra 09 Thursday
4. Mahavir Jayanti April 04, 2023 Chaitra 14 Tuesday
5. Good Friday April 07, 2023 Chaitra 17 Friday
6. Id-ul-Fitr April 22, 2023 Vaisakha 02 Saturday
7. Budha Purnima May 05, 2023 Vaisakha 15 Friday
8. Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) June 29, 2023 Ashadha 08 Thursday
9. Muharram July 29, 2023 Sarvana 07 Saturday
10. Independence Day August 15, 2023 Sarvana 24 Tuesday
11. Janmashtami (Vaishnva) September 07, 2023 Bhadra 16 Thursday
12. Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) September 28, 2023 Asvina 06 Thursday
13. Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday October 02, 2023 Asvina 10 Monday
14. Dussehra October 24, 2023 Kartika 02 Tuesday
15. Diwali (Deepavali) November 12, 2023 Kartika 21 Sunday
16. Guru Nanak’s Birthday November 27, 2023 Agarhayana 06 Monday
17. Christmas Day December 25, 2023 Pausha 04 Monday

Central Govt Restricted Holiday List 2023

ANNEXURE-II

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

List of 33 Restricted Holidays for Central Government Employees During the Year 2023

S.No Holiday Date Saka Date Day
1 New Year’s Day January 01, 2023 Pausha 11 Sunday
2 Makar Sankranti / Magha Bihu January 14, 2023 Pausha 24 Saturday
3 Pongal January 15, 2023 Pausha 25 Sunday
4 Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami January 26, 2023 Magha 06 Thursday
5 Hazarat Ali’s Birthday, Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday February 05, 2023 Magha 16 Sunday
6, Birthday of Swami Dayananda Saraswati February 15, 2023 Magha 26 Wednesday
7 Maha Shivratri February 18, 2023 Magha 29 Saturday
8 Shiva ji Jayanti February 19, 2023 Magha 30 Sunday
9 Holika dahan, dolyatra March 07, 2023 Phaiguna 16 Tuesday
10 Chaitra Sukladi  / Gudi Padava  / Ugadi / Cheti Chand March 22, 2023 Chaitra 01 Wednesday
11 Easter Sunday April 09, 2023 Chaitra 19 Sunday
12 Vaisakhi / Vishu / Meshadi April 14, 2023 Chaitra 24 Friday
13 Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam) April 15, 2023 Chaitra 25 Saturday
14 Jamat-Ul-Vida April 21, 2023 Vaisakha 01 Friday
15 Birthday of Guru Rabindranath Tagore May 09, 2023 Vaisakha 19 Tuesday
16 Rath Yatra June 20, 2023  Jyaishtha 30 Tuesday
17 Farsi New Year’s day / Nauraj August 16, 2023  Sravana 25 Wednesday
18 Vinayaka Chaturthi August 20, 2023 Sravana 29 Sunday
19 Onam or Thiru Onam Day August 29, 2023 Bhadra 07 Tuesday
20 Raksha Bandhan August 30, 2023 Bhadra 08 Wednesday
21 Janmashtami (Smarta) September 06, 2023 Bhadra 15 Wednesday
22 Ganesh Chaturthi September 19, 2023 Bhadra 28 Tuesday
23 Dussehra (Saptami) October 21, 2023 Asvina 29 Saturday
24 Dussehra (Mahashtami) October  22, 2023 Asvina 30 Sunday
25 Dussehra (Mahanavmi) October  23, 2023 Kartika 01 Monday
26 Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday October  28, 2023 Kartika 06 Saturday
27 Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth) November 01, 2023 Kartika 10 Wednesday
28 Naraka Chaturdasi November  12, 2023 Kartika 21 Sunday
29 Govardhan Puja November 13, 2023 Kartika 22 Monday
30 Bhai Duj November  15, 2023 Kartika 24 Wednesday
31 Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) November  19, 2023 Kartika 28 Sunday
32 Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day November  24, 2023 Agrahayana 03 Friday
33 Christmas Eve December 24, 2023 Pausha 03 Sunday

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