Central Government Holidays List 2016 Guested

Central Government Holidays List

Central Government Guested Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2014 Central Government Holidays List 2016. Central Government Organisations which include industrial, commercial and trading establishments would observe up to 16 holidays in a year including three national holidays viz.Republic Day, Independence Day and Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, as compulsory holidays.

Central Government Administrative Offices located outside Delhi / New Delhi shall observe the following holidays compulsorily in addition to three holidays

1.REPUBLIC DAY
2.INDEPENDENCE DAY
3.MAHATMA GANDHI'S BIRTHDAY
4.BUDHA PURNIMA
5.CHRISTMAS DAY
6.DUSSEHRA (VIJAY DASHMI)
7.DIWALI (DEEPAVALI)
8.GOOD FRIDAY
9.GURU NANAK'S BIRTHDAY
10.IDU'L FITR
11.IDU'L ZUHA
12.MAHAVIR JAYANTI
13.MUHARRAM
14.PROPHET MOHAMMAD'S BIRTHDAY (ID-E-MILAD)

1.AN ADDITIONAL DAY FOR DUSSEHRA
2.HOLI
3.JANAMASHTAMI (VAISHNAVI)
4.RAM NAVAMI
5.MAHA SHIVRATRI
6.GANESH CHATURTHI / VINAYAK CHATURTHI
7.MAKAR SANKARANTI
8.RATH YATRA
9.ONAM
10.PONGAL
11.SRI PANCHAMI / BASANTA PANCHAMI
12.VISHU/ VAISAKHI / VAISAKHADI / BHAG BIHU / MASHADI UGADI / CHAITRA SUKLADI / CHAUTH

No substitute holiday should be allowed if any of the festival holidays initially declared subsequently happens to fall on a weekly off or any other non-working day or in the event of more than one festivals falling on the same day.