Looking ahead to 2025? Here’s the full list of Telangana holidays

Hyderabad: The Telangana Government has officially announced the list of general and optional holidays for the year 2025. A recent government notification outlines the official holidays for state government offices, including both mandatory and optional days off.
General Holidays for 2025
According to the notification, the following days will be observed as general holidays for all state government offices in Telangana:
• New Year’s Day – 01-01-2025 (Wednesday)
• Bhogi – 13-01-2025 (Monday)
• Sankranti/Pongal – 14-01-2025 (Tuesday)
• Republic Day – 26-01-2025 (Sunday)
• Maha Shivaratri – 26-02-2025 (Wednesday)
• Holi – 14-03-2025 (Friday)
• Ugadi – 30-03-2025 (Sunday)
• Eid ul-Fitr (Ramzan) – 31-03-2025 (Monday)
• Following Day of Ramzan – 01-04-2025 (Tuesday)
• Babu Jagjivan Ram’s Birthday – 05-04-2025 (Saturday)
• Sri Rama Navami – 06-04-2025 (Sunday)
• Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Birthday – 14-04-2025 (Monday)
• Good Friday – 18-04-2025 (Friday)
• Eid ul-Azha (Bakrid) – 07-06-2025 (Saturday)
• Shahadat Imam Hussain (R.A.) (10th Moharram) – 06-07-2025 (Sunday)
• Bonalu – 21-07-2025 (Monday)
• Independence Day – 15-08-2025 (Friday)
• Sri Krishna Ashtami – 16-08-2025 (Saturday)
• Vinayaka Chavithi – 27-08-2025 (Wednesday)
• Eid Miladun Nabi – 5-09-2025 (Friday)
• Bathukamma Starting Day – 21-09-2025 (Sunday)
• Mahatma Gandhi Jayanthi/Vijaya Dasami – 02-10-2025 (Thursday)
• Following Day of Vijaya Dasami – 03-10-2025 (Friday)
• Deepavali – 20-10-2025 (Monday)
• Kartika Purnima/Guru Nanak’s Jayanti – 05-11-2025 (Wednesday)
• Christmas – 25-12-2025 (Thursday)
• Following Day of Christmas (Boxing Day) – 26-12-2025 (Friday)
Optional Holidays for 2025
The government also listed the following optional holidays for state government employees. Employees can avail themselves of up to five optional holidays during the year on the specified festivals or occasions, regardless of their religious affiliations. These holidays must be applied for in advance, and the respective superior officer will generally approve.
• Birthday of Hazrath Ali (R.A.) – 14-01-2025 (Tuesday)
• Kanumu – 15-01-2025 (Wednesday)
• Shab-e-Meraj – 28-01-2025 (Tuesday)
• Sri Panchami – 03-02-2025 (Monday)
• Shab-e-Barat – 14-02-2025 (Friday)
• Shahadat Hzt Ali (R.A.) – 21-03-2025 (Friday)
• Jumuatul Wada/Shab-e-Qader – 28-03-2025 (Friday)
• Mahaveer Jayanthi – 10-04-2025 (Thursday)
• Tamil New Year’s Day – 14-04-2025 (Monday) (General holiday in view of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Birthday)
• Basava Jayanti – 30-04-2025 (Wednesday)
• Buddha Purnima – 12-05-2025 (Monday)
• Eid-e-Ghadeer – 15-06-2025 (Sunday)
• Ratha Yathra – 27-06-2025 (Friday)
• 9th Moharram (1446H) – 05-07-2025 (Saturday)
• Varalakshmi Vratam – 08-08-2025 (Friday)
• Sravana Purnima/Rakhi Purnima – 09-08-2025 (Saturday)
• Parsi New Year’s Day/Arbayeen – 15-08-2025 (Friday) (General holiday in view of Independence Day)
• Durgashtami – 30-09-2025 (Tuesday)
• Mahanavami – 01-10-2025 (Wednesday)
• Yaz Dahum Shareef – 04-10-2025 (Saturday)
• Naraka Chaturthi – 19-10-2025 (Sunday)
• Birthday of Hzt. Syed Mohammed Juvanpuri Mahdi Ma’ud (A.S.) – 16-11-2025 (Sunday)
• Christmas Eve – 24-12-2025 (Wednesday)
The government has clarified that all state government offices will remain closed on Sundays and the second Saturdays of every month, except for 6th February 2025, which will be a working day in lieu of the public holiday on 1st January 2025.
The general holidays listed do not apply to industrial establishments, public undertakings, public works departments, and educational institutions, which will observe holidays as per separate orders issued by their respective administrative departments.