India Holidays 2018
Check official India Public Holidays and Restricted Holidays for the year 2018.
Public Holidays:
List of 2018 public holidays for the central government office located in the Delhi.
| In Delhi |
| No | Date | Day | Holiday |
| 1 | January 26 | Friday | Republic Day |
| 2 | February 14 | Wednesday | Maha Shivaratri |
| 3 | March 2 | Friday | Holi |
| 4 | March 29 | Thursday | Mahavir Jayanti |
| 5 | April 30 | Monday | Good Friday |
| Buddha Purnima |
| 6 | June 16 | Saturday | Eid Al-Fitr * |
| 7 | August 15 | Wednesday | Independence Day |
| 8 | August 22 | Wednesday | Eid al-Zuha * |
| 9 | September 3 | Monday | Krishna Janmashtami |
| 10 | September 21 | Friday | Muharram * |
| 11 | October 2 | Tuesday | Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti |
| 12 | October 19 | Friday | Dussehra / Vijaya Dashami |
| 13 | November 7 | Wednesday | Diwali |
| 14 | November 21 | Wednesday | Eid-e-Milad * |
| 15 | November 23 | Friday | Guru Nanak Jayanti |
| 16 | December 25 | Tuesday | Christmas |
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- Date Subject to change depending on the sighting of the moon.
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Restricted Holidays:
Check Restricted holidays list for offices present inside the Delhi.
| Optional Holidays |
| No | Date | Day | Holiday |
| 1 | January 1 | Monday | New Year's Day |
| 2 | January 14 | Sunday | Makar Sankranti |
| Pongal |
| 3 | January 22 | Monday | Vasant Panchami / Sri Panchami |
| 4 | January 31 | Wednesday | Guru Ravidas Jayanti |
| 5 | February 10 | Saturday | Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti |
| 6 | February 19 | Monday | Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti |
| 7 | March 1 | Thursday | Holika Dahan / Dolyatra |
| 8 | March 18 | Sunday | Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padwa/ Ugadi/ Cheti Chand |
| 9 | March 25 | Sunday | Ram Navami |
| 10 | April 1 | Sunday | Easter Sunday |
| 11 | April 10 | Tuesday | Hazarat Ali's Birthday |
| 12 | April 14 | Saturday | Vaisakhi / Vishu |
| Masadi |
| 13 | April 15 | Sunday | Vaisakhadi / Bahag Bihu (Assam) |
| 14 | May 9 | Wednesday | Guru Rabindranath's Birthday |
| 15 | June 15 | Friday | Jamat-ul-Vida |
| 16 | July 14 | Saturday | Rath Yatra |
| 17 | August 17 | Friday | Parsi New Year Day |
| 18 | August 25 | Saturday | Onam |
| 19 | August 26 | Sunday | Raksha Bandhan |
| 20 | September 13 | Thursday | Ganesh Chaturthi |
| 21 | October 16 | Tuesday | Maha Saptami |
| 22 | October 17 | Wednesday | Maha Ashtami |
| 23 | October 18 | Thursday | Maha Navami |
| 24 | October 24 | Wednesday | Maharishi Valmiki's Birthday |
| 25 | October 27 | Saturday | Karva Chauth |
| 26 | November 6 | Tuesday | Diwali / Narak Chaturdashi |
| Diwali / In South India |
| 27 | November 8 | Thursday | Govardhan Puja |
| 28 | November 9 | Friday | Bhai Dooj |
| 29 | November 13 | Tuesday | Chhat Puja |
| 30 | November 24 | Saturday | Guru Tegh Bahadur's Martyrdom Day |
| 31 | December 24 | Monday | Christmas Eve |
Each central government employee, allow to avail any two (2) holidays from the given restricted holidays list.
Holidays For Offices Outside Delhi:
Each central government offices out side Delhi observe the following compulsorily holidays.
| Public Holidays For Outside of Delhi |
| No | Date | Day | Holiday |
| 1 | January 26 | Friday | Republic Day |
| 2 | February 14 | Wednesday | Maha Shivaratri |
| 3 | March 2 | Friday | Holi |
| 4 | March 25 | Sunday | Shri Ram Navami |
| 5 | March 29 | Thursday | Mahavir Jayanti |
| 6 | March 30 | Friday | Good Friday |
| 7 | April 30 | Monday | Buddha Purnima |
| 8 | June 16 | Saturday | Eid al-Fitr * |
| 9 | August 15 | Wednesday | Independence day |
| 10 | August 22 | Wednesday | Eid al-Zuha * |
| 11 | September 21 | Friday | Muharram * |
| 12 | October 2 | Tuesday | Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti |
| 13 | October 19 | Friday | Vijaya Dashami / Dussehra |
| 14 | November 7 | Wednesday | Diwali |
| 15 | November 21 | Wednesday | Eid-e-Milad * |
| 16 | November 23 | Friday | Guru Nanak Jayanti |
| 17 | December 25 | Tuesday | Christmas |
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- Date Subject to change depending on the sighting of the moon.
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Optional Holidays:
Each central government employee from offices outside Delhi, allow to avail any three (3) holidays from the given holidays list.
| Optional Holidays For Outside of Delhi |
| No | Date | Day | Holiday |
| 1 | January 14 | Sunday | Makar Sankranti |
| Pongal |
| 2 | January 22 | Monday | Vasant Panchami / Sri Panchami |
| 3 | February 14 | Wednesday | Maha Shivaratri |
| 4 | March 2 | Friday | Holi |
| 5 | March 25 | Sunday | Shri Ram Navami |
| 6 | July 14 | Saturday | Rath Yatra |
| 7 | August 25 | Saturday | Onam |
| 8 | September 3 | Monday | Krishna Janmashtami |
| 9 | September 13 | Thursday | Ganesh Chaturthi |
| 10 | October 19 | Friday | Dussehra |
India Holiday Calendar 2018
India Holidays 2018