Jaipur : Rajasthan Government has released the calendar of public holidays falling in the year 2025. According to the released calendar, there will be a total of 53 public holidays in the year. Which includes 33 public and 20 optional holidays. No new holiday has been added to the calendar issued by the General Administration Department. But, the new sky of Parshvanath Jayanti has been shown in the list of optional holidays. It has been said in the order that every Saturday and Sunday of the year will be a public holiday for government employees. In Kota district, the day coming after Janmashtami will automatically be considered as a holiday instead of Janmashtami. Muslim holidays will depend on the sighting of the moon. Every employee can choose any two holidays from the list of optional holidays and avail them.
This will be the longest weekend in April
According to the order, the longest five-day weekend will be in the month of April. There will be a holiday of 5 days from 10th to 14th April. There will be holiday on Saturday and Sunday along with Mahavir Jayanti, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jayanti and Ambedkar Jayanti. However, in 2025, government employees will get 11 less leaves than this year. This will happen due to second government holiday on Sunday or Saturday.
date | Day | Holiday |
26 January 2025 | sunday | Republic Day |
26 February 2025 | Wednesday | Maha Shivratri |
14 March 2025 | Friday | Holi |
31 March 2025 | monday | Eid-ul-Fitr |
10 April 2025 | Thursday | Mahavir Jayanti |
18 April 2025 | Friday | good friday |
12 May 2025 | monday | Buddha Purnima |
7 June 2025 | Saturday | Eid-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) |
6 July 2025 | sunday | muharram |
15 August 2025 | Friday | Independence Day |
16 August 2025 | Saturday | Janmashtami |
5 September 2025 | Friday | Milad-un-Nabi (Eid-e-Milad) |
2 October 2025 | Thursday | Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday |
2 October 2025 | Thursday | Dussehra |
20 October 2025 | monday | Diwali (Deepavali) |
5 November 2025 | Wednesday | Guru Nanak Jayanti |
25 December 2025 | Thursday | christmas day |
Restricted Holidays 2025 Full List
Date | Day | holiday |
1 January | Wednesday | New Year’s Day |
6th January | monday | birth anniversary of guru gobind singh |
14 January | Tuesday | Makar Sankranti/Magh Bihu/Pongal |
2 February | sunday | Basant Panchami |
12 February | Wednesday | Guru Ravidas’s birthday |
19 February | Wednesday | Shivaji Jayanti |
23 February | sunday | Swami Dayanand Saraswati’s birthday |
13 March | Thursday | Holika Dahan |
14 March | Friday | dole journey |
16 April | sunday | Ram Navami |
August 15 | Friday | Janmashtami (Smart) |
27 August | Wednesday | Ganesh Chaturthi/Vinayak Chaturthi |
5 September | Friday | Onam or Thiruonam |
29 September | monday | Dussehra (Saptami) |
30 September | Tuesday | Dussehra (Mahashtami) |
1 October | Wednesday | Dussehra (Mahanavami) |
7 October | Tuesday | Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti |
10 October | Friday | Karak Chaturthi (Karva Chauth) |
20 October | monday | hell chaturdashi |
22 October | Wednesday | govardhan puja |
23 October | Thursday | Bhai Dooj |
28 October | Tuesday | Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhath Puja) |
24 November | monday | Martyrdom Day of Guru Tegh Bahadur |
24th December | Wednesday | Christmas Eve |