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Holidays Declared by Government in 2022: A Complete List of Public Holidays for Year 2022

In the year 2022, the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has provided a complete list of public holidays for central government offices in Delhi

Sentinel Digital Desk

With only a few days till the new year begins, the Centre has announced a list of public holidays for 2022. The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions have released a schedule of upcoming holidays, which includes 16 gazetted and 30 restricted holidays.

Limited holidays are frequently referred to as voluntary holidays, whereas gazetted holidays are effectively required holidays. Administrative offices outside of the national capital will be forced to take 14 vacation days, with three additional vacation days available from a list of 12 possibilities.

The following is a comprehensive list of holidays observed by central government agencies located outside of Delhi:

Republic Day: January 26, 2022

Mahavirr Jayanti:April 14, 2022

Good Friday: April 15, 2022

Eid-al-Fitr: May 03, 2022

Buddha Purnima: May 16, 2022

Bakrid: July 10, 2022

Muharram: August 09, 2022

Independence Day: August 15, 2022

Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday: October 02, 2022

Dussehra: October 05, 2022

Prophet Mohammad's Birthday: October 07, 2022

Diwali (Deepawali): October 24, 2022

Guru Nanak's Birthday: November 08, 2022

Christmas Day: December 25, 2022

The following is a list of 12 optional Indian holidays:

An additional day for Dussehra

Holi

Janamashtami(Vaishnavi)

Ram Navami

Maha Shivaratri

Ganesh Chaturthi/Vinayaka Chaturthi

Makar Sankranti

Rath Yatra

Onam

Pongal

Sri Panchami/Basant Panchami

Vishu/Vaisakhi/Vaisakhadi/Bhag Bihu/Mashadi Ugadi/Chaitra Sukladi/Cheti Chand/Gudi Padava/1st Navratra/Naoraz/Chhath Pooja/Karva Chauth

Government holidays in 2022: The following is a complete list of holidays for central government administrative offices in New Delhi for the year 2022.

1

January 26, 2022

Magha 06

Wednesday

Republic Day

2

March 01, 2022

Phalguna 10

Tuesday

Mahashivaratri

3

March 18, 2022

Phalguna 27

Friday

Holi

4

April 14, 2022

Chaitra 24

Thursday

Mahavir Jayanti

5

April 15, 2022

Chaitra 25

Friday

Good Friday

6

May 03, 2022

Vaishakha 13

Tuesday

Id-ul-Fitr

7

May 16, 2022

Vaishakha 26

Monday

Buddha Purnima

8

July 10, 2022

Ashadha 19

Sunday

Id-ul-Zuha(Bakrid)

9

August 09, 2022

Sarvana 18

Tuesday

Muharram

10

August 15, 2022

Sarvana 24

Monday

Independence Day

11

August 19, 2022

Sarvana 28

Friday

Janmashtami

12

October 02, 2022

Asvina 10

Sunday

Mahatma Gandhi Birthday

13

October 05, 2022

Asvina 13

Wednesday

Dusshera

14

October 09, 2022

Asvina 17

Sunday

Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad(Birthday of Prophet Muhammad)

15

October 24, 2022

Kartika 02

Monday

Diwali

16

November 08, 2022

Kartika 17

Tuesday

Guru Nanak's Birthday

17

December 25, 2022

Pausha 04

Sunday

Christmas Day

The following is a list of limited holidays for federal government administrative offices in New Delhi in 2022.

S.No

Date

Saka Date

Day

Holiday

1

January 01, 2022

Pausha 11

Saturday

New Year's Day

2

January 09, 2022

Pausha 19

Sunday

Guru Gobind Singh's Birthday

3

January 13, 2022

Pausha 23

Thursday

Lohri

4

January 14, 2022

Pausha 24

Friday

Makar Sankranti/

Magha Bihu/

Pongal

5

February 05, 2022

Magha 16

Saturday

Basant Panchami/Sri Panchami

6

February 15, 2022

Magha 26

Tuesday

Hazrat Ali's Birthday

7

February 16, 2022

Magha 27

Wednesday

Guru Ravi Das's Birthday

8

February 19, 2022

Magha 30

Saturday

Shiva ji Jayanti

9

February 26, 2022

Phalguna 07

Saturday

Swami Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti

10

March 17, 2022

Phalguna 26

Thursday

Holika Dahan

11

March 18, 2022

Phalguna 27

Friday

Dolyatra

12

April 02, 2022

Chaitra 12

Saturday

Chaitra Sukladi/

Gudi Padava/

Ugadi/

Cheti Chand

13

April 10, 2022

Chaitra 20

Sunday

Ram Navami

14

April 14, 2022

Chaitra 24

Thursday

Vaisakhi/Vishu/Meshadi

15

April 15, 2022

Chaitra 25

Friday

Vaishakhadi(Bengal)/

Bahag Bihu Assam

16

April 17, 2022

Chaitra 27

Sunday

Easter Sunday

17

April 29, 2022

Vaishakha 09

Friday

Jamat-Ul-Vida

18

May 09, 2022

Vaishakha 19

Monday

Guru Rabindranath's birthday

19

July 01, 2022

Ashadha 10

Friday

Rath Yatra

20

August 11, 2022

Sarvana 20

Thursday

Raksha Bandhan

21

August 16, 2022

Sarvana 25

Tuesday

Parsi New Year's Day/Nauraj

22

August 18, 2022

Sarvana 27

Thursday

Janmasthami(Smarta)

23

August 31, 2022

Bhadra 09

Wednesday

Vinayaka Chaturthi/Ganesh Chaturthi

24

September 08, 2022

Bhadra 17

Thursday

Onam or Thiru Onam Day

25

October 02, 2022

Asvina 10

Sunday

Dusshera (Saptami)

26

October 03, 2022

Asvina 11

Monday

Dusshera (Mahashtami)

27

October 04, 2022

Asvina 12

Tuesday

Dusshera (Mahanavmi)

28

October 09, 2022

Asvina 17

Sunday

Maharishi Valmiki Birthday

29

October 13, 2022

Asvina 21

Thursday

Karaka Chaturthi (KarwaChouth)

30

October 24, 2021

Kartika 02

Monday

Naraka Chaturdasi

31

October 25, 2021

Kartika 03

Tuesday

Govardhan Puja

32

October 26, 2021

Kartika 04

Wednesday

Bhai Duj

33

October 30, 2021

Kartika 08

Sunday

PratiharShashthi or SuryaShashthi(Chhat Puja)

34

November 24, 2022

Agrahayana 03

Thursday

Guru Tej Bahadurs Martyrdom Day

35

November 24, 2022

Pausha 03

Saturday

Christmas Eve

36

December 29, 2022

Pausha 08

Thursday

Guru Govind Singh's birthday

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