The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi has issued a notification declaring the list of holidays for all government offices in 2024. This notification was issued on 19th October, 2023.
The following are the declared list of holidays:
- Republic Day January 26
- Holi March 25
- Good Friday March 29
- Id-ul Fitr April 11
- Ram Navami April 17
- Mahavir Jayanti April 21
- Buddha Purnima May 23
- Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) June 17
- Muharram July 17
- Independence Day August 15
- Janmashtami (Vaishnva) August 26
- Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) September 16
- Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday October 02
- Dussehra October 12
- Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday October 17
- Diwali (Deepavali) October 31
- Guru Nanak’s Birthday November 15
- Christmas Day December 25
The government has also listed restricted holidays in 2024. It states that an employee is entitled to avail himself/herself any of two holidays of the restricted holidays as additional holidays.
The list of the restricted holidays in 2024 are as follows:
- New Year’s Day January 01
- Lohri January 13
- Makar Sankranti January 14
- Magha Bihu/ Pongal January 15
- Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday January 17
- Hazarat Ali’s Birthday January 25
- Sri Panchami/Basant Panchami February 14
- Shiva ji Jayanti February 19
- Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday February 24
- Birthday of Swami Dayananda Saraswati March 06
- Maha Shivratri March 08
- Holika Dahan March 24
- Dolyatra March 25
- Easter Sunday March 31
- Jamat-Ul-Vida April 05
- Chaitra Sukladi/ Gudi Padava / Ugadi/ Cheti Chand April 09
- Vaisakhi / Vishu April 13
- Meshadi (Tamil New Year’s Day)/ Vaisakhadi (Bengal)/Bahag Bihu (Assam) April 14
- Birthday of Guru Rabindranath Tagore May 08
- Rath Yatra July 07
- Parsi New Year’s day/ Nauraj August 15
- Raksha Bandhan August 19
- Ganesh Chaturthi/Vinayaka Chaturthi September 07
- Onam or Thiru Onam Day September 15
- Dussehra (Saptami) October 10
- Dussehra (Mahashtami)/ Dussehra (Mahanavmi) October 11
- Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chouth) October 20
- Naraka Chaturdasi October 31
- Govardhan Puja November 02
- Bhai Duj November 03
- Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) November 07
- Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day November 24
- Christmas Eve December 24