Gujarat Public Holiday List 2023

Public holiday list for Gujarat 2023

Government of Gujarat
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
Sachivalaya, Gandhinagar,
Dated the 05th November, 2022

Notification

The Government of Gujarat is pleased to declare the following days to be Public Holidays for State Government Offices and Banks during the year 2023.

Gujarat Public Holiday List 2023

Sr. No	Name of General Holidays	Date	Saka Era	Days of Week
1	Republic Day	26th January, 2023	06, Magh, 1944	Thursday
2	Maha Shivratri (Maha Vad-14)	18th February, 2023	29, Magh, 1944	Saturday
3	Holi 2nd Day – Dhuleti	8th March, 2023	17, Phalgun, 1944	Wednesday
4	Chetichand	22nd March, 2023	01, Chaitra, 1945	Wednesday
5	Shree Ram Navami	30th March, 2023	09, Chaitra, 1945	Thursday
6	Mahavir Janma Kalyanak	04th April, 2023	14, Chaitra, 1945	Tuesday
7	Good Friday	07th April, 2023	17, Chaitra, 1945	Friday
8	Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar’s Birthday	14th April, 2023	24, Chaitra, 1945	Friday
9	Bakri-Eid-(Eid-Ul-Adha)	29th June, 2023	08, Ashadh, 1945	Thursday
10	Muharram (Ashoora)	29th July, 2023	07, Shravan, 1945	Saturday
11	Independence Day	15th August, 2023	24, Shravan, 1945	Tuesday
12	Parsi New Year Day – Pateti (Parsi Shahenshahi)	16th August, 2023	25, Shravan, 1945	Wednesday
13	Raksha Bandhan	30th August, 2023	08, Bhadrapad, 1945	Wednesday
14	Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8)	07th September, 2023	16, Bhadrapad, 1945	Thursday
15	Samvatsari (Chaturthi Paksha)	19th September, 2023	28, Bhadrapad, 1945	Tuesday
16	Eid-e-Meeladunnabi – (Prophet Mohammad’s Birthday) (bara vafat)	28th September, 2023	06, Ashwin, 1945	Thursday
17	Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday	2nd October, 2023	10, Ashwin, 1945	Monday
18	Dusshera (Vijaya Dashmi) (Aaso sud-10)	24th October, 2023	02, Kartik, 1945	Tuesday
19	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s Birthday	31st October, 2023	09, Kartik, 1945	Monday
20	Vikram Samvant New Year Day	14th November, 2023	23, Kartik, 1945	Tuesday
21	Bhai Bij	15th November, 2023	24, Kartik, 1945	Wednesday
22	Guru Nanak’s Birthday	27th November, 2023	06, Agrahayan, 1945	Monday
23	Christmas	25th December, 2023	04, Paush, 1945	Monday

The following days have not been notified as General Holidays as they fall on 2nd Saturday, 4th Saturday and Sunday

Sr. No	Name of General Holidays	Date	Saka Era	Days of Week
1	Makar Sankranti	14th January, 2023	24, Paush, 1944	2nd Saturday
2	Bhagvan Shree Parshuram Jayanti (Vaishakh Sud-3)	22nd April, 2023	02, Vaishakha, 1945	4th Saturday
3	Ramjan-Eid (Eid-Ul-Fitra) (1st Shawall) (Muslim, Shiya & Sunni)	22nd April, 2023	02, Vaishakha, 1945	4th Saturday
4	Diwali	12th November, 2023	21, Kartik, 1945	Sunday

Note:-

If any of the Muslim Religion Holidays notified above does not fall on the day notified, the Muslim Employees of the Government may be granted an optional holiday on the day on which the holiday is actually observed

The Holidays will also be applicable to all State Government Undertakings, Boards, Corporations and Panchayat Offices.

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