Central Government Holiday on Holi 2022 | Holi 2022 Date in India Calendar | 2022 Holi date

Central Government Holiday on Holi Festival 2022

The Department of Personnel and Training has released a list of holidays for the year 2022. These Holidays will be available to Central Government employees in 2022. [Central Government Holiday List 2022]

Holi 2022 Date in India

Holi festival falls on 18 March 2022 (Friday). This holiday was announced as gazetted holiday for all central government employees.

Holi is a popular festival in India, also known as the “Festival of Colours”. Holi celebrates the arrival of spring, the end of winter season. Holi celebrations start on the night before Holi with a Holika Dahan. The next morning is celebrated as Rangwali Holi (Dhuleti) – a free for all festival of colours.

Holi festival is celebrated with different names in different states in India.

In Assam, Holi is known as Phaguwa
In Goa, Holi is locally called Ukkuli in Konkani
In Gujarat, Holi festival of colour or Dhuleti
In Odisha, Holi is known as Dola
In Telangana, Holi is called as Kamuni Punnami/Kama Purnima
In Tripura, Holi is known as Pali
In West Bengal, Holi is known as Dol Jatra or Dol Purnimaor Swing Festival
In Tamil Nadu, Holi is known as Panguni Uthiram festival.

Holi is celebrated in outside of India also, Other Countries also celebrating holi festival in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, Mauritius, and Fiji.

Central Govt Holidays 2022 Month Wise

Central Govt Holidays in January 2022

Republic Day – 26 January 2022 – Wednesday

Central Govt Holidays in February 2022

No Central Govt Holidays in February 2022

Central Govt Holidays in March 2022

Maha Shivratri – 01 March 2022 – Tuesday
Holi – 18 March 2022 – Friday

Central Govt Holidays in April 2022

Mahavir Jayanti – 14 April 2022 – Thursday
Good Friday – 15 April 2022 – Friday

Central Govt Holidays in May 2022

Id-ul-Fitr – 03 May 2022 – Tuesday
Budha Purnima – 16 May 2022 – Monday

Central Govt Holidays in June 2022

No Central Govt Holidays in June 2022

Central Govt Holidays in July 2022

Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) – 10 July 2022 – Sunday

Central Govt Holidays in August 2022

Muharram – 09 August 2022 – Tuesday
Independence Day – 15 August 2022 – Monday
Janmashtami – 19 August 2022 – Friday

Central Govt Holidays in September 2022

No Central Govt Holidays in September 2022

Central Govt Holidays in October 2022

Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday – 02 October 2022 – Sunday
Dussehra – 05 October 2022 – Wednesday
Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad – 09 October 2022 – Sunday
Diwali (Deepavali) – 24 October 2022 – Monday

Central Govt Holidays in November 2022

Guru Nanak’s Birthday – 08 November 2022 – Tuesday

Central Govt Holidays in December 2022

Central Government Holiday List 2025 PDF

Christmas Day – 25 December 2022 – Sunday

All State Government Holiday list 2022 PDF links are given below…

All Union Territories Holiday list 2022 PDF links are given below…

Andaman and Nicobar Govt Holiday List 2022 PDF
Chandigarh Govt Holiday List 2022 PDF
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Govt Holiday List 2022 PDF
The Government of NCT of Delhi Govt Holiday List 2022 PDF
Jammu and Kashmir Govt Holiday List 2022 PDF
Ladakh Govt Holiday List 2022 PDF
Lakshadweep Govt Holiday List 2022 PDF
Puducherry Govt Holiday List 2022 PDF