Public Holidays in India 2025

There are 16 Indian public holidays in 2025. 11 of them fall on working days, which leaves 250 working days after 104 weekend days.

The Indian public holidays in 2025 are Republic Day (Sunday, January 26), Holi (Friday, March 14), Id-ul-Fitr (Monday, March 31), Ram Navami (Sunday, April 6), Mahavir Jayanti (Thursday, April 10), Good Friday (Friday, April 18), Buddha Purnima (Monday, May 12), Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) (Saturday, June 7), Muharram (Sunday, July 6), Independence Day (Friday, August 15), Janmashtami (Saturday, August 16), Milad-un-Nabi (Prophet Mohammad's Birthday) (Friday, September 5), Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday (Gandhi Jayanti) (Thursday, October 2), Dussehra (Vijaya Dashami) (Thursday, October 2), Diwali (Deepavali) (Monday, October 20), Guru Nanak's Birthday (Wednesday, November 5) and Christmas Day (Thursday, December 25).

There are 7 long weekends of three days or more in 2025: Mar 14–Mar 16 (3 days, Holi); Mar 29–Mar 31 (3 days, Id-ul-Fitr); Apr 18–Apr 20 (3 days, Good Friday); May 10–May 12 (3 days, Buddha Purnima); Aug 15–Aug 17 (3 days, Independence Day, Janmashtami); Sep 5–Sep 7 (3 days, Milad-un-Nabi (Prophet Mohammad's Birthday)); Oct 18–Oct 20 (3 days, Diwali (Deepavali)).

The weekend in India is Saturday and Sunday. Holidays that fall on a weekend are shown in the list.

Gazetted holidays for central government offices in Delhi (DoPT). States add their own holidays, and many offices work on Saturdays. Festival dates for years without a DoPT list yet are estimated from the moon.

Dates marked tentative follow the moon: Islamic holidays use the Umm al-Qura calendar and depend on the moon sighting, and festival dates for years without an official list are estimated. The official date can differ by a day.