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DOPT Holiday List 2023
Department of Personnel & Training.(DOPT)
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Government of India, Department of Personnel and Training has released the Central Government Holidays for the year 2023 for Central Govt Offices and Employees located in all over India.
Central Government Administrative Offices shall observe the following 14 holidays compulsorily and in addition three holidays, to be chosen from the optional holidays, totally 17 holidays will have been declare in Gazetted holidays.
3.1. For offices located in New Delhi/ Delhi, three holidays are selected by the D/o Personnel & Training and for the offices located outside Delhi/ New Delhi three holidays are to be chosen by the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee in the State Capitals, if necessary, in consultation with Coordination Committees at other places in the State, from the list indicated below.
The final list, applicable uniformly to all Central Government offices within the concerned State, shall be notified accordingly and no change can be carried out thereafter. It is also clarified that no change is permissible in the festivals and dates, as indicated at Annexure -I and Annexure-II baring a few exceptions indicated at para 5.1 and 5.2 hereinafter. The 12 optional holidays are as follows:
Central Government Compulsory Holiday list 2023
| S.No | Holiday | Date | Saka Date | Day | |
| 1. | Republic Day | January 26, 2023 | Magha | 06 | Thursday |
| 2. | Holi | March 08, 2023 | Phalguna | 17 | Wednesday |
| 3. | Ram Navami | March 30, 2023 | Chaitra | 09 | Thursday |
| 4. | Mahavir Jayanti | April 04, 2023 | Chaitra | 14 | Tuesday |
| 5. | Good Friday | April 07, 2023 | Chaitra | 17 | Friday |
| 6. | Id-ul-Fitr | April 22, 2023 | Vaisakha | 02 | Saturday |
| 7. | Budha Purnima | May 05, 2023 | Vaisakha | 15 | Friday |
| 8. | Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) | June 29, 2023 | Ashadha | 08 | Thursday |
| 9. | Muharram | July 29, 2023 | Sarvana | 07 | Saturday |
| 10. | Independence Day | August 15, 2023 | Sarvana | 24 | Tuesday |
| 11. | Janmashtami (Vaishnva) | September 07, 2023 | Bhadra | 16 | Thursday |
| 12. | Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) | September 28, 2023 | Asvina | 06 | Thursday |
| 13. | Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday | October 02, 2023 | Asvina | 10 | Monday |
| 14. | Dussehra | October 24, 2023 | Kartika | 02 | Tuesday |
| 15. | Diwali (Deepavali) | November 12, 2023 | Kartika | 21 | Sunday |
| 16. | Guru Nanak’s Birthday | November 27, 2023 | Agarhayana | 06 | Monday |
| 17. | Christmas Day | December 25, 2023 | Pausha | 04 | Monday |
Central Govt Restricted Holiday List 2023 | Central Govt Optional Holiday List 2023
| Holiday | Date | Day |
| New Year’s Day | 1 January 2023 | Sunday |
| Makar Sankranti / Magha Bihu | 14 January 2023 | Saturday |
| Pongal | 15 January 2023 | Sunday |
| Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami | 26 January 2023 | Saturday |
| Hazarat Ali’s Birthday, Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday | 5 February 2023 | Sunday |
| Birthday of Swami Dayananda Saraswati | 15 February 2023 | Wednesday |
| Maha Shivratri | 18 February 2023 | Saturday |
| Shiva ji Jayanti | 19 February 2023 | Sunday |
| Holika dahan, dolyatra | 7 March 2023 | Tuesday |
| Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava / Ugadi / Cheti Chand | 22 March 2023 | Wednesday |
| Easter Sunday | 9 April 2023 | Sunday |
| Vaisakhi / Vishu / Meshadi | 14 April 2023 | Friday |
| Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam) | 15 April 2023 | Saturday |
| Jamat-Ul-Vida | 21 April 2023 | Friday |
| Birthday of Guru Rabindranath Tagore | 9 May 2023 | Tuesday |
| Rath Yatra | 20 June 2023 | Tuesday |
| Parsi New Year’s day / Nauraj | 16 August 2023 | Wednesday |
| Vinayaka Chaturthi | 20 August 2023 | Sunday |
| Onam or Thiru Onam Day | 29 August 2023 | Tuesday |
| Raksha Bandhan | 30 August 2023 | Wednesday |
| Janmashtami (Smarta) | 6 September 2023 | Wednesday |
| Ganesh Chaturthi | 19 September 2023 | Tuesday |
| Dussehra (Saptami) | 21 October 2023 | Saturday |
| Dussehra (Mahashtami) | 22 October 2023 | Sunday |
| Dussehra (Mahanavmi) | 23 October 2023 | Monday |
| Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday | 28 October 2023 | Saturday |
| Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth) | 1 November 2023 | Wednesday |
| Naraka Chaturdasi | 12 November 2023 | Sunday |
| Govardhan Puja | 13 November 2023 | Monday |
| Bhai Duj | 15 November 2023 | Wednesday |
| Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) | 19 November 2023 | Sunday |
| Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day | 24 November 2023 | Friday |
| Christmas Eve | 24 December 2023 | Sunday |
| Author | DOPT |
| Language | English |
| No. of Pages | 7 |
| PDF Size | 1 MB |
| Category | Goverment |
| Source/Credits | cisf.gov.in |
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