Himachal govt list of gazetted holidays, restricted holidays for 2024
Shimla, 3 November
Himachal Pradesh Government has released the list of gazetted holidays and restricted holidays for the year 2024.
The holidays will apply to government employees working in all government offices / Boards / Corporations / Educational Institutions and daily wage workers.
Following is the list of Himachal govt gazetted holidays 2024:
S.No. Holiday Date Day of Week
1. Statehood Day 25th January, 2024 Thursday
2. Republic Day 26th January, 2024 Friday
3. Guru Ravidas’s Birthday 24th February, 2024 Saturday
4. Maha Shivratri 08th March 2024 Friday
5. Holi 25th March 2024 Monday
6. Good Friday 29th March 2024 Friday
7. Id-ul-Fitr 11th April 2024 Thursday
8. Dr B.R. Ambedkar’s Birthday 14th April, 2024 Sunday
9. Himachal Day 15th April 2024 Monday
10. Ram Navami 17th April 2024 Wednesday
11. Bhagvan Shree Parshuram Jayanti 10th May, 2024 Friday
12. Budha Purnima 23th May, 2024 Thrusday
13. Maharana Pratap Jayanti 9th June, 2024 Sunday
14. Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) 17th June, 2024 Monday
15. Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti (Prakat Diwas) 22nd June, 2024 Saturday
16. Muharram 17th July, 2024 Wednesday
17. Independence Day 15th August, 2024 Thursday
18. Janmashtami (Viashnva) 26th August, 2024 Monday
19. Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday 2nd October, 2024 Wednesday
20. Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday 17th October, 2024 Thursday
21. Dussehra 12th October, 2024 Saturday
22. Diwali (Deepavali) 31th October, 2024 Thursday
23. Guru Nanak’s Birthday 15th November, 2024 Friday
24. Christmas Day 25th December, 2024 Wednesday
Restricted Holidays for the Year-2024
1. New Year’s Day 1st January, 2024 Monday
2. Lohri 13th January, 2024 Saturday
3. Makar Sankranti 14th January, 2024 Sunday
4. MaghaBihu/Pongal 15 January 2024 Monday
5. Basant Panchami 14th February, 2024 Wednesday
6. Swami Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti 6th March, 2024 Wednesday
7. Easter Sunday 31st March, 2024
8. Guru Rabindranath’s Tagore birthday 08th May, 2024 Wednesday
9. Ganesh Chaturthi 7th September, 2024 Saturday
10. Maha Ashtami 11 October 2024 Friday
11. Govardhan Puja 2nd November 2024 Saturday
12. Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day 24th November, 2024 Sunday
13. Christmas Eve 24th December, 2024 Tuesday
Apart from these gazetted holidays, the women employees of all government offices / Boards / Corporations / Educational Institutions and daily wage workers will get holidays under Section 25 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.
These are Raksha Bandhan 19th August, 2024, Monday, Karva Chauth 20th October, 2024
Sunday and Bhai Duj 03rd November, 2024.
