Gazetted holidays in 2017 in India

Gazetted holidays are the holidays listed for central government employees in India applicable throughout the country. These holidays are as per the Circular issued by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Government of India, issued every year. The following are the gazetted holidays for the year 2017 as per the latest circular issued. You can plan your holidays based on these in advance.

There are 17 Gazetted holidays applicable throughout India in central government offices. Out of this fourteen are fixed and other three can be chosen from the second list depending upon state to state as festivals vary from state to state

S.No
Month in 2017
Date in 2017
Holiday Name
Day
1
January
26
Republic day
Thursday
2
April
9
Mahavir Jayanti
Tuesday
3
April
14
Good Friday
Friday
4
May
10
Buddha Purnima
Wednesday
5
June
26
Idu’l Fitr
Monday
6
August
15
Independence day
Tuesday
7
September
2
Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)
Saturday
8
September
30
Dussehra
Saturday
9
October
1
Muharram
Sunday
10
October
2
Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday
Monday
11
October
19
Diwali (Deepavali)
Thursday
12
November
4
Guru Nanak’s Birthday
Saturday
13
December
2
Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of prophet Mohammad)
Saturday
14
December
25
Christmas Day
Monday

Additional list (three to be chosen state wise)

  1. An Additional Day for Dussehra
  2. Holi
  3. Janamashtami (Vaishnavi)
  4. Ram Navami
  5. Maha Shivratri
  6. Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayak Chaturthi
  7. Makar Sankranti
  8. Rath Yatra
  9. Onam
  10. Pongal
  11. Sri Panchami / Basant Panchami
  12. Vishu/ Vaisakhi / Vaisakhadi / Bhag Bihu / Mashad Ugadi / Chaitra Sukladi / Cheti Chand / Gudi Padava 1st / Navratra / Nauraj / Chhath Pooja / Karva Chauth
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