Central Government Holidays List 2022 and Restricted Holidays

Central Government Holidays List 2022 I Gazetted Holidays 2022 and Restricted Holidays 2022

DoPT has issued Central Government Holidays List 2022 and Both gazetted Holidays and Restricted Holidays for the year 2022 are also provided

F.No.12/3/2021-JCA-2
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)
Establishment (JCA-2) Section

North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 8th June, 2021

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Central Government Holidays List 2022 to be observed in Central Government Offices

It has been decided that the holidays, as specified in the Annexure – I to this O.M., will be observed in all the Administrative Offices of the Central Government located at Delhi/ New Delhi during the year 2022. In addition, each employee will also be allowed to avail himself/herself of any two holidays to be chosen by him/ her out of the list of Restricted Holidays specified at Annexure – II.

2. Central Government Administrative Offices located outside Delhi / New Delhi shall observe the following holidays compulsorily in addition to three holidays, to be chosen out of the 12 optional holidays indicated below at para 3.1:

1. REPUBLIC DAY
2. INDEPENDENCE DAY
3. MAHATMA GANDHI’S BIRTHDAY
4. BUDDHA 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)

3.1. For offices located in New Delhi/ Delhi, three holidays are selected by the D/o Personnel & Training and for the offices located outside Delhi/ New Delhi three holidays are to be chosen by the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee in the State Capitals, if necessary, in consultation with Coordination Committees at other places in the State, from the list indicated below.

The final Central Government Holidays List 2022, applicable uniformly to all Central Government offices within the concerned State, shall be notified accordingly and no change can be carried out thereafter. It is also clarified that no change is permissible in the festivals and dates, as indicated at Annexure -I and Annexure-II baring a few exceptions indicated at para 5.1 and 5.2 hereinafter. The 12 optional holidays are as follows:

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 / BASANT PANCHAMI
12. VISHU/ VAISAKHI / VAISAKHADI / BHAG BIHU/ MASHADI UGADI/ CHAITRA SUKLADI/ CHETI CHAND/ GUDI PADAVA / 1st NAVRATRA/ NAORAZ/ CHHATH POOJA/ KARVA CHAUTH.

3.2 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 festival falling on the same day.

4. The list of Restricted Holidays appended as annexure-II to this O.M. is meant for Central Government Offices located in Delhi / New Delhi. The Coordination Committees at the State Capitals may draw up separate list of Restricted Holidays keeping in view the occasions of local importance. However, the 9 occasions left over, after choosing the 3 variable holidays in para 3.1 above, are also to be included in the list of restricted holidays.

5.1 For offices in Delhi / New Delhi, any change in the date of holidays in respect of Idu’l Fitr, Idu’l Zuha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad, if necessary, depending upon sighting of the Moon, would be declared by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, after ascertaining the position from the Govt. of NCT of Delhi (DCP, Special Branch, Delhi Police).

5.2 For offices outside Delhi / New Delhi, the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committees at the State Capitals are authorised to change the date of holiday, if necessary, based on the decision of the concerned State Governments / Union Territories, in respect of Idu’lFitr, Idu’lZuha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad.

5.3 It may happen that the change of date in respect of the above occasions has to be declared at a very short notice. In such a situation, announcement could be made through P.I.B/ T.V./ A.I.R. / Newspapers and the Heads of Department / Offices of the Central Government may take action according to such an announcement, without waiting for a formal order, about the change of date.

6. During 2022, Diwali (Deepavali) falls on Monday, October24, 2022(Kartika2). In certain States, the practice is to celebrate the occasion a day in advance, i.e., on “Naraka Chaturdasi Day”. In view of this, there is no objection if holiday on account of Deepavali is observed on “Naraka Chaturdasi Day (in place of Deepavali Day) in the Central Government Offices in a State if in that State that day alone is declared as a compulsory holiday for Diwali for the offices of the State Government.
7. Central Government Organisations which include industrial, commercial and trading establishments would observe upto 16 holidays in a year including three national holidays viz. Republic Day, Independence Day and Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, as compulsory holidays. The remaining holidays / occasions may be determined by such establishments/ organisations themselves for the year 2022, subject to para 3.2 above.
8. Union Territory Administrations shall decide the list of holidays in terms of Instructions issued in this regard by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
9. In respect of Indian Missions abroad, the number of holidays may be notified in accordance with the instructions contained in this Department’s O.M. No.12/ 5/ 2002-JCA dated 17th December, 2002. In other words, they will have the option to select 13 (Thirteen) holidays of their own only after including in the list, three National Holidays and Id-ul-Zuha, Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, Milad -un­ Nabi or Id-e-Milad and Christmas Day included in the list of compulsory holidays and falling on days of weekly off.
10. In respect of Banks, the holidays shall be regulated in terms of the extant instructions issued by the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance.
11. Hindi version will follow.

(S.P. Pant)
Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of India

ANNEXURE I

LIST OF HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR 2022

Central Government Holidays List 2022

FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI / NEW DELHI

S.No.	Holiday	Date	Saka Date	Day
			1943 SAKA ERA
1.	Republic Day	January 26	Magha 06	Wednesday
2.	Maha Shivratri	March 29	Phalguna 10	Tuesday
3.	Holi	March 18	Phalguna 27	Friday
			1944 Saka Era
4.	Mahavir Jayanti	April 14	Chaitra 24	Thursday
5.	Good Friday	April 15	Chaitra 25	Friday
6.	Id-ul-Fitr	April 21	Vaisakha 01	Wednesday
7.	Budha Purnima	May 16	Vaisakha 26	Monday
8.	Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)	July 10	Ashadha 19	Sunday
9.	Muharram	August 09	Sarvana 18	Tuesday
10.	Independence Day	August 15	Sarvana 24	Monday
11.	Janmashtami	August 19	Sarvana 28	Friday
12.	Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday	October 02	Asvina 10	Sunday
13.	Dussehra	October 05	Asvina 13	Wednesday
14.	Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)	October 09	Asvina 17	Sunday
15.	Diwali (Deepavali)	October 24	Kartika 02	Monday
16.	Guru Nanak’s Birthday	November 08	Kartika 17	Tuesday
17.	Christmas Day	December 25	Pausha 04	Sunday

ANNEXURE II

LIST OF RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR 2022 

FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI / NEW DELHI

Central Government Holidays List 2022

S.No.	Holiday	Month	date	Saka 1943	date	Day
1.	New Year’s Day	January	01	Pausha	11	Saturday
2.	Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday	January	09	Pausha	19	Sunday
3.	Lohri	January	13	Pausha	23	Thursday
4.	Makar Sankranti/ Magha/ Bihu / Pongal	January	14	Pausha	24	Friday
5.	Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami	February	05	Magha	16	Saturday
6.	Hazarat Ali’s Birthday	February	15	Magha	26	Tuesday
7.	Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday	February	16	Magha	27	Wednesday
8.	Shiva ji Jayanti	February	19	Magha	30	Saturday
9.	Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti	February	26	Phalguna	07	Saturday
10.	Holika Dahan	March	17	Phalguna	26	Thursday
11.	Dolyatra	March	18	Phalguna	27	Friday
				Saka Era 1944	date
12.	Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi/ Padava/ Ugadi/ Cheti Chand	April	02	Chaitra	12	Saturday
13.	Ram Navami	April	10	Chaitra	20	Sunday
14.	Vaisakhi / Vishu / Meshadi	April	14	Chaitra	24	Thursday
15.	Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam)	April	15	Chaitra	25	Friday
16.	Easter Sunday	April	17	Chaitra	27	Sunday
17.	Jamat-Ul-Vida	April	29	Vaisakha	09	Friday
18.	Guru Rabindranath’s birthday	May	09	Vaisakha	19	Monday
19.	Rath Yatra	July	01	Ashadha	10	Friday
20.	Raksha Bandhan	August	11	Sarvana	20	Thursday
21.	Parsi New Year’s day/ Nauraj	August	16	Sravana	25	Tuesday
22.	Janmashtami (Smarta)	August	18	Sravana	27	Thursday
23.	Vinayaka Chaturthi/	August	31	Bhadra	09	Wednesday
24.	Onam or Thiru Onam Day	September	08	Bhadra	17	Thursday
25.	Dussehra (Saptami)	October	02	Asvina	10	Sunday
26.	Dussehra (Mahashtami)	October	03	Asvina	11	Monday
27.	Dussehra (Mahanavmi)	October	04	Asvina	12	Tuesday
28.	Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday	October	09	Asvina	17	Sunday
29.	Karaka Chaturthi (KarwaChouth)	October	13	Asvina	21	Thursday
30.	Naraka Chaturdasi	October	24	Kartika	02	Monday
31.	Govardhan Puja	October	25	Kartika	03	Tuesday
32.	Bhai Duj	October	26	Kartika	04	Wednesday
33.	PratiharShashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja)	October	30	Kartika	08	Sunday
34.	Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day	November	24	Agrahayana	03	Thursday
35.	Christmas Eve	December	24	Pausha	03	Saturday
36.	Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday	December	29	Pausha	08	Thursday

Gazetted Holidays in the Year 2022

1	REPUBLIC DAY	26th January 2022
2	INDEPENDENCE DAY	15th august 2022
3	MAHATMA GANDHI’S BIRTHDAY	2nd October 2022
4	BUDDHA PURNIMA	16th May 2022
5	CHRISTMAS DAY	25th December 2022
6	DUSSEHRA (VIJAY DASHMI)	5th October 2022
7	DIWALI (DEEPAVALI)	24th October 2022
8	GOOD FRIDAY	15th April 2022
9	GURU NANAK’ S BIRTHDAY	8th November 2022
10	IDU’L FITR	21st April 2022
11	IDU’L ZUHA	10th July 2022
12	MAHAVIR JAYANTI	14th April 2022
13	MUHARRAM	9th August 2022
14	PROPHET MOHAMMAD’ S BIRTHDAY (ID-E-MILAD)	9th October 2022

Central Govt Holidays 2022 Month Wise

Month wise Central Government Holidays List 2022

Central Govt Holidays in January 2022

There are 1 gazetted Holiday and 4 Restricted Holidays in the month of January 2022

Gazetted Holiday in January 2022

1.Republic day on 26th January 2022 Wednesday

Restricted Holidays in January 2022

1	New Year’s Day	January 01 Saturday
2	Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday	January 09 Sunday
3	Lohri	January 13 Thursday
4	Makar Sankranti/ Magha/ Bihu / Pongal	January 14 Friday

Central Govt Holidays in February 2022

There is No Gazetted Holidays in February 2022

Restricted Holidays in February 2022

1	Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami	February	05	Saturday
2	Hazarat Ali’s Birthday	February	15	Tuesday
3	Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday	February	16	Wednesday
4	Shiva ji Jayanti	February	19	Saturday
5	Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti	February	26	Saturday

Central Govt Holidays in March 2022

There are 2 Gazetted Holidays and 2 Restricted holidays in March 2022

Gazetted Holidays in March 2022

1	Maha Shivratri	01 March 2022	Tuesday
2	Holi *	18 March 2022	Friday

Restricted holidays in March 2022

1	Holika Dahan	March 17	Thursday
2	Dolyatra	March 18	27 Friday

Central Govt Holidays in April 2022

Mahavir Jayanti – 14 April 2022 – Thursday
Good Friday – 15 April 2022 – Friday

Central Govt Holidays in May 2022

Id-ul-Fitr – 03 May 2022 – Tuesday
Budha Purnima – 16 May 2022 – Monday

Central Govt Holidays in June 2022

No Central Govt Holidays in June 2022

Central Govt Holidays in July 2022

Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) – 10 July 2022 – Sunday

Central Govt Holidays in August 2022

Muharram – 09 August 2022 – Tuesday
Independence Day – 15 August 2022 – Monday
Janmashtami – 19 August 2022 – Friday

Central Govt Holidays in September 2022

No Central Govt Holidays in September 2022

Central Govt Holidays in October 2022

Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday – 02 October 2022 – Sunday
Dussehra – 05 October 2022 – Wednesday
Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad – 09 October 2022 – Sunday
Diwali (Deepavali) – 24 October 2022 – Monday

Central Govt Holidays in November 2022

Guru Nanak’s Birthday – 08 November 2022 – Tuesday

Central Govt Holidays in December 2022

Christmas Day – 25 December 2022 – Sunday

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