Central Government restricted holidays in 2017 in India

India is a land of diverse religions, customs, beliefs and languages. As all important holidays of different religions, cultures and beliefs cannot be combined in a single holiday list the central government publishes a a list of restricted holidays (35 in number for the year 2017) from which a central government employee can take two holidays as per his choice in the calendar year. The restricted holiday list for the year 2017 is as follows.

S.No
Holiday Name 2017
Month 2017
Date 2017
Day 2017
1
New Year’s Day
January
1
Sunday
2
Guru Govind Singh Birthday
January
5
Thursday
3
Makar Sankranti
January
14
Saturday
4
Pongal
January
14
Saturday
5
Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami
February
1
Wednesday
6
Guru Ravidas Birthday
February
10
Friday
7
Shivaji Jayanti
February
19
Sunday
8
Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti
February
21
Tuesday
9
Holika Dahan /Dolyatra
March
12
Sunday
10
Chaitra Sukladi /Gudi Padava/Ugadi / Cheti Chand
March
28
Tuesday
11
Hazarat Ali Birthday
April
11
Tuesday
12
Vaisakhi / Vishu
April
13
Thursday
13
Mesadi
April
14
Friday
14
Vaisakhadi (Bengal) /Bahag Bihu (Assam)
April
15
Saturday
15
Easter Sunday
April
16
Sunday
16
Guru Rabindranath Birthday
May
9
Tuesday
17
Jamat-Ul-Vida
June
23
Friday
18
Rath Yatra
June
25
Sunday
19
Raksha Bandhan
August
7
Monday
20
Janmashtami (Vaishnav)
August
15
Tuesday
21
Parsi New Year’s day / Nauraj
August
17
Thursday
22
Vinayaka Chaturthi /Ganesh Chaturthi
August
25
Friday
23
Onam
September
4
Monday
24
Dussehra (Maha Saptami) (Additional)
September
27
Wednesday
25
Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) (Additional)
September
28
Thursday
26
Dussehra (Maha Navmi)
September
29
Friday
27
Maharishi Valmiki Birthday
October
5
Thursday
28
Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chauth)
October
8
Sunday
29
Deepavali (South India)
October
18
Wednesday
30
Naraka Chaturdasi
October
18
Wednesday
31
Govardhan Puja
October
20
Friday
32
Bhai Duj
October
21
Saturday
33
Pratihar Sashthi Or Surya Sashthi (Chhat Puja)
October
26
Thursday
34
Guru Teg Bahadur Martyrdom Day
November
24
Friday
35
Christmas Eve
December
24
Sunday
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