Telangana govt notifies general, optional holidays for 2025
Hyderabad: The Telangana State government notified a list of general and optional holidays for the upcoming year 2025 on Saturday.
All state government offices will remain closed on all Sundays and second Saturdays in 2025, except the second Saturday in the month of February 2025, which will be a working day in lieu of the January 1 public holiday, according to the notification.
General holidays include New Year, Bhogi, Sankranti festival, Republic day, Maha Shivaratri, Holi, Good Friday, Ugadi, Eid-ul-Fitr (Ramzan), following day of Ramzan, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s birthday, Babu Jagjivan Ram’s birthday, Sri Rama Navami, Independence day, Vinayaka Chavithi, Mahatma Gandhi Jayanthi, Vijaya Dasami, Deepavali, and Christmas.
Optional holidays include Kanumu, Sri Panchami, Shab-e-Barat, Hazrath Ali (RA)’s birthday, Mahaveer Jayanthi, Varalakshmi Vratham, Shab-e-Meraj, Tamil New Year’s Day, Durgashtami, Muharram, Buddha Purnima, Parsi New Year’s Day, and others.
List of general holidays
January 1: New Year Day
January 13: Bhogi
January 14: Sankranti/ Pongal
January 26: Republic Day
February 26: Maha Shivaratri
March 14: Holi
March 30: Ugadi
March 31: Eid-ul-Fitr
April 1: Following day of Eid-ul-Fitr
April 5: Babu Jagjivan Ram’s birthday
April 6: Sri Rama Navami
April 14: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s birthday
April 18: Good Friday
June 7: Eid-ul-Azha (Bakrid)
July 6: Shahadat Imam Hussain 10th Muharam
July 21: Bonalu
August 15: Independence Day
August 18: Sri Krishna Astami
August 27: Vinayaka Chavithi
September 5: Eid Milad un Nabi
September 21: Bathukamma starting day
October 2: Mahatma Gandhi Jayanthi/Vijaya Dasami
October 3: Following day of Vijaya Dasami
October 20: Deepavali
November 6: Kartika Purnima/Guru Nanak’s birthday
December 25: Christmas
December 26: Boxing day
