Government School Holidays 2025: Gazetted and Restricted List
The Government School Holidays 2025 list mentions an off on October 2, 2025 and October 20, 2025, for Gandhi Jayanti and Diwali, respectively. It has both Gazetted and Restricted holidays.
The Government School Holidays 2025 list is released by respective state and union territory governments by considering the holiday list declared by the central government. The list carries Gazetted and Restricted holidays. The gazetted holidays are mandatory days off declared by the central government, while the restricted holidays are optional. The restricted holidays vary from state to state and place to place, depending on religious and cultural events.
Some of the upcoming government school holidays are October 2, 2025 for Gandhi Jayanti and October 20, 2025 for Diwali. Some restricted ones are September 5, 2025 for Onam, September 29, 2025 for Dussera (Maha Saptami) and September 30, 2025 for Dussera (Maha Ashtami). Read ahead and get a full list of Government School Holidays 2025.
Gazetted Government School Holidays 2025
Here is the full list of Gazetted holidays in government school 2025:Dates | Events | Day |
January 26, 2025 | Republic Day | Sunday |
February 26, 2025 | Maha Shivratri | Wednesday |
March 14, 2025 | Holi | Friday |
March 31, 2025 | Id-ul-Fitr | Monday |
April 10, 2025 | Mahavir Jayanti | Thursday |
April 14, 2025 | Dr B.R. Ambedkar's Birthday | Monday |
April 18, 2025 | Good Friday | Friday |
May 12, 2025 | Buddha Purnima | Monday |
June 7, 2025 | Bakri-Id | Saturday |
July 6, 2025 | Muharram | Sunday |
August 15, 2025 | Independence Day | Friday |
August 16, 2025 | Jabmasthami | Saturday |
October 2, 2025 | Gandhi Jayanti | Thursday |
October 20, 2025 | Diwali | Monday |
November 5, 2025 | Guru Nanak's Birthday | Wednesday |
December 25, 2025 | Christmas Day | Thursday |
Government School Restricted Holidays 2025
Captued below are the restricted holidays in government school 2025:Dates | Events | Day |
January 1, 2025 | New Year's Day | Wednesday |
January 6, 2025 | Guru Govind Singh's Birthday | Monday |
January 14, 2025 | Makar Sankranti, Pongal | Tuesday |
February 2, 2025 | Basant Panchami | Sunday |
February 12, 2025 | Guru Ravidas's Birthday | Wednesday |
February 19, 2025 | Shivaji Jayanti | Wednesday |
February 23, 2025 | Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti | Sunday |
March 13, 2025 | Holika Dahan | Thursday |
March 14, 2025 | Holi | Friday |
March 28, 2025 | Jamat-Ul-Vida | Friday |
March 30, 2025 | Chaitra Sukladi, Gudi Padav | Sunday |
April 6, 2025 | Ram Navami | Sunday |
April 13, 2025 | Vaishakhi | Sunday |
April 14, 2025 | Tamil New Year's Day | Monday |
April 15, 2025 | Vaishakhi, Bihu | Tuesday |
April 20, 2025 | Easter Sunday | Sunday |
May 9, 2025 | Rabindranath Tagore's Birthday | Friday |
June 27, 2025 | Rath Yatra | Friday |
August 9, 2025 | Raksha Bandhan | Saturday |
August 15, 2025 | Janmasthami | Friday |
August 27, 2025 | Ganesh Chaturthi | Wednesday |
September 5, 2025 | Onam | Friday |
September 29, 2025 | Dussera- Maha Saptami | Monday |
September 30, 2025 | Dussera- Maha Ashtami | Tuesday |
October 1, 2025 | Dussera- Maha Nabami | Wednesday |
October 7, 2025 | Maharishi Valmiki's Birthday | Tuesday |
October 10, 2025 | Karwa Chauth | Friday |
October 20, 2025 | Diwali | Monday |
October 22, 2025 | Govardhan Puja | Wednesday |
October 23, 2025 | Bhai Dooj | Thursday |
October 28, 2025 | Chhat Puja | Tuesday |
November 24, 2025 | Guru Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom Day | Monday |
December 24, 2025 | Christmas Eve | Wednesday |