April 2024 Calendar With Holidays India

List of Holidays in 2024 By Central Government

Central Government Holiday List 2024: Counting holidays are normal. The Central Government has released a list of holidays for the upcoming year. This list is a blend of national and international celebrations, religious festivals, historical events and other regional observances. 

 As per the Office Memorandum of July 3, 2023, all the Central Government Administrative Offices located in Delhi/New Delhi in 2024 will observe around 17 gazetted holidays. Other than this, there will be a few restricted holidays as well. 

You can prepare your calendar and also plan your weekend with the help of the below tables of gazetted and restricted holidays.

Gazetted Holidays of 2023

A holiday that has been formally declared by the government and published in the official gazette is known as a gazetted holiday. This indicates that the government and other public institutions across the nation recognise and honour it as a national holiday.

Date

Holiday

Day

Jan 26

Republic Day

Friday

March 25

Holi

Monday

March 29

Good Friday

Friday

April 9 or 10

Eid-ul-Fitr

Tuesday or Wednesday

April 17

Ram Navami

Wednesday

April 21

Mahavir Jayanti

Sunday

May 23

Buddha Purnima

Thursday

June 16 or 17

Eid-ul-Adha

Sunday or Monday

July 17

Muharram

Wednesday

August 15

Independence Day

Thursday

August 26

Janmashtami

Monday

September 15 or 16

Id-E-Milad

Sunday or Monday

October 02

Gandhi Jayanti

Wednesday

October 12

Dussehra

Saturday

October 31

Diwali

Thursday

November 11

Guru Nanak Jayanti

Friday

December 25

Christmas

Wednesday

List of Optional Holidays in 2024

Restricted holidays, which are sometimes called Optional Holidays, are extra days that employers give their staff members in addition to mandatory vacations like company, regional, and national holidays.

Date

Holidays

Day

January 15

Makar Sankranti

Monday

Jan 15 to Jan 18

Pongal

Monday to Thursday

Feb 14

Sri Panchami/Vasant Panchami

Wednesday

March 8 

Maha Shivaratri

Friday

March 20

Nowruz

Wednesday

March 25

Holi

Monday

April 9

Ugadi/ Chaitra Sukladi/ Cheti Chand/ Gudi Padwa

Tuesday

April 13

Vaishakhi/Vaisakhadi

Saturday

April 14

Vishu/Bohag Bihu/ Mesadi

Sunday

April 17

Ram Navami

Wednesday

July 8

Rath Yatra

Monday

August 26

Janmashtami

Monday

September 9

Ganesh Chaturthi/Vinayaka Chaturthi

Saturday

Sep 5 to Sep 17

Onam

Thursday to Tuesday

October 3 to October 12

Shardiya Navratri

Thursday to Saturday

October 12

Dussehra

Saturday

October 20 or October 21

Karwa Chauth

Sunday or Monday

Nov 7 to Nov 11

Chhath Puja 

Thursday to Sunday

List of All Gazetted & Restricted Holidays in 2024

Holiday

Date

Day

New Year’s Day

Jan 1

Monday

Makar Sankranti

Jan 15

Monday

Bihu Magh

Jan 13 & Jan 14

Saturday & Sunday

Pongal

Jan 15 to Jan 18

Monday to Thursday

Basant Panchami

Feb 14

Wednesday

Sri Panchami

Feb 14

Wednesday

Hazarat Ali’s Birthday

Jan 23 or Jan 24

Tuesday & Wednesday

Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday

Feb 24

Saturday

Birthday of Swami Dayananda Saraswati

Mar 5

Tuesday

Maha Shivratri

Mar 8

Friday

Shivaji Jayanti

Feb 19

Monday

Holika dahan

Mar 25

Monday

Dolyatra

Mar 25

Monday

Chaitra Sukladi

April 9

Tuesday

Cheti Chand

April 9

Tuesday

Ugadi

April 9

Tuesday

Padwa

April 9

Tuesday

Gudi

April 9

Tuesday

Easter Sunday

Mar 31

Sunday

Vaisakhi

April 13

Saturday

Vishu

April 13

Saturday

Mesadi

April 13

Saturday

Vaisakhadi (Bengal)

April 13

Saturday

Bahag Bihu (Assam)

April 14

Sunday

Jamat-Ul-Vida

April 4 & April 5

Thursday & Friday

Birthday of Guru Rabindranath Tagore

May 8

Wednesday

Rath Yatra

July 8

Monday

Parsi New Year’s day

Aug 15

Thursday

Nauraj

Aug 15

Thursday

Vinayaka Chaturthi

Sep 7

Saturday

Onam or Thiru Onam Day

Sep 5 to Sep 17

Thursday & Tuesday

Raksha Bandhan

Aug 19

Monday

Janmashtami (Smarta)

Aug 26

Monday

Ganesh Chaturthi

Sep 7

Saturday

Dussehra (Saptami)

October 10

Saturday

Dussehra (Maha Ashtami)

October 11

Friday

Dussehra (Mahanavami)

October 12

Saturday

Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday

Oct 17

Thursday

Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chauth)

Oct 20

Sunday

Naraka Chaturdashi

Oct 31

Thursday

Govardhan Puja

Nov 2

Saturday

Bhai Dooj

Nov 3

Sunday

Pratihar Shashthi (Chhat Puja)

Nov 7

Thursday

Guru Tegh Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day

Nov 24

Sunday

Christmas Eve

Dec 24

Tuesday

Christmas

Dec 25

Wednesday

There are just three national holidays in India Republic Day (January 26), Independence Day (15 August), and Gandhi Jayanti (2 October) despite the country’s vast cultural heritage.In major regions of India, along with other state holidays, over thirty great festivals are observed. States have regional celebrations based on the language and religious populations that predominate there.