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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.
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
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
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 |
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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