Delhi Government Holiday 2022: The list of holidays can differ from one state to another depending upon the state and which festivals are prominent in the region. Check here the list of public holidays in Delhi for 2022. Both the central and state governments have declared the calendar of holidays for the central and state government employees.

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Delhi, India’s capital territory, is a massive metropolitan area in the country’s north. In Old Delhi, a neighbourhood dating to the 1600s, stands the imposing Mughal-era Red Fort, a symbol of India, and the sprawling Jama Masjid mosque, whose courtyard accommodates 25,000 people. Nearby is Chandni Chowk, a vibrant bazaar filled with food carts, sweets shops and spice stalls.

India celebrates three national holidays every year; in January, we celebrate Republic Day to honour the creation of our constitution. Independence Day is celebrated in August to honour freedom from the United Kingdom. Finally, Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti is celebrated in October.

Delhi Government Holiday List 2022

The State Government of Delhi has released the notification of the following days to be observed as Gazetted and Restricted Holidays for the Government offices in Delhi during the year 2022.

Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2022- reg.

It has been decided that the holidays, as specified in Annexure -I to this O.M., will be observed in all the Administrative Offices of the Central Government located at Delhi/New Delhi during the year 2022. In addition, each employee will also be allowed to avail himself/herself of any two holidays to be chosen by him/her out of the list of Restricted Holidays specified in Annexure-II.

2. Central Government Administrative Offices located outside Delhi / New Delhi shall observe the following holidays compulsorily in addition to three holidays, to be chosen out of the 12 optional holidays indicated below at para 3.1:

1. REPUBLIC DAY
2. INDEPENDENCE DAY
3. MAHATMA GANDHI’S BIRTHDAY
4. BUDDHA PURNIMA
5. CHRISTMAS DAY
6. DUSSEHRA (VIJAY DASHMI)
7. DIWALI (DEEPAVALI)
8. GOOD FRIDAY
9. GURU NANAK’S BIRTHDAY
10. IDU’L FITR
11. IDU’L ZUHA
12. MAHAVIR JAYANTI
13. MUHARRAM
14. PROPHET MOHAMMAD’S BIRTHDAY (ID-E-MILAD)

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:

1. AN ADDITIONAL DAY FOR DUSSEHRA
2. HOLI
3. JANAMASHTAMI (VAISHNAVI)
4. RAM NAVAMI
5. MAHA SHIVRATRI
6. GANESH CHATURTHI / VINAYAK CHATURTHI
7. MAKAR SANKARANTI
8. RATH YATRA
9. ONAM
10. PONGAL
11. SRI PANCHAMI / BASANT PANCHAMI
12. VISHU/ VAISAKHI / VAISAKHADI / BHAG BIHU / MASHADI UGADI / CHAITRA SUKLADI / CHETI CHAND / GUDI PADAVA / 1ST NAVRATRA / NAORAZ/CHHATH POOJA/KARVA CHAUTH.

3.2 No substitute holiday should be allowed if any of the festival holidays, initially declared, subsequently happens to fall on a weekly off or any other non-working day or in the event of more than one festival falling on the same day.

4. The list of Restricted Holidays appended as annexure-II to this O.M. is meant for Central Government Offices located in Delhi / New Delhi. The Coordination Committees at the State Capitals may draw up separate list of Restricted Holidays keeping in view the occasions of local importance. However, the 9 occasions left over, after choosing the 3 variable holidays in para 3.1 above, are also to be included in the list of restricted holidays.

5.1 For offices in Delhi / New Delhi, any change in the date of holidays in respect of Idu’l Fitr, Idu’l Zuha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad, if necessary, depending upon sighting of the Moon, would be declared by the Ministiy of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, after ascertaining the position from the Govt, of NCT of Delhi (DCP, Special Branch, Delhi Police).

5.2 For offices outside Delhi / New Delhi, the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committees at the State Capitals are authorised to change the date of holiday, if necessary, based on the decision of the concerned State Governments / Union Territories, in respect of Idu’lFitr, IdulZuha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad.

5.3 It may happen that the change of date in respect of the above occasions has to be declared at a very short notice. In such a situation, the announcement could be made through P.I.B/T.V./A.I.R./ Newspapers and the Heads of Department / Offices of the Central Government may take action according to such an announcement, without waiting for a formal order, about the change of date.

6. During 2022, Diwali (Deepavali) falls on Monday, October24, 2022 (Kartika2). In certain States, the practice is to celebrate the occasion a day in advance, i.e., on “Naraka Chaturdasi Day”. In view of this, there is no objection if holiday on account of Deepavali is observed on “Naraka Chaturdasi Day (in place of Deepavali Day) in the Central Government Offices in a State if in that State that day alone is declared as a compulsory holiday for Diwali for the offices of the State Government.

7. Central Government Organisations which include industrial, commercial and trading establishments would observe upto 16 holidays in a year including three national holidays viz. Republic Day, Independence Day and Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, as compulsory holidays. The remaining holidays / occasions may be determined by such establishments/organisations themselves for the year 2022, subject to para 3.2 above.

8. Union Territory Administrations shall decide the list of holidays in terms of Instructions issued in this regard by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

9. In respect of Indian Missions abroad, the number of holidays may be notified in accordance with the instructions contained in this Department’s O.M. No.12/5/2002-JCA dated 17th December, 2002. In other words, they will have the option to select 13 (Thirteen) holidays of their own only after including in the list, three National Holidays and Id-ul-Zuha, Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, Milad -un- Nabi or Id-e-Milad and Christmas Day included in the list of compulsory holidays and falling on days of weekly off.

10. In respect of Banks, the holidays shall be regulated in terms of the extant instructions issued by the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance.

List of 17 Gazetted Holidays for Central Government Employees During the Year 2022

Central Govt Holidays in January 2022

  • Republic Day – 26 January 2022 – Wednesday

Central Govt Holidays in February 2022

  • No Central Govt Holidays in February 2022

Central Govt Holidays in March 2022

  • Maha Shivratri – 01 March 2022 – Tuesday
  • Holi – 18 March 2022 – Friday

Central Govt Holidays in April 2022

  • Mahavir Jayanti – 14 April 2022 – Thursday
  • Good Friday – 15 April 2022 – Friday

Central Govt Holidays in May 2022

  • Id-ul-Fitr – 03 May 2022 – Tuesday
  • Budha Purnima – 16 May 2022 – Monday

Central Govt Holidays in June 2022

  • No Central Govt Holidays in June 2022

Central Govt Holidays in July 2022

  • Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) – 10 July 2022 – Sunday

Central Govt Holidays in August 2022

  • Muharram – 09 August 2022 – Tuesday
  • Independence Day – 15 August 2022 – Monday
  • Janmashtami – 19 August 2022 – Friday

Central Govt Holidays in September 2022

  • No Central Govt Holidays in September 2022

Central Govt Holidays in October 2022

  • Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday – 02 October 2022 – Sunday
  • Dussehra – 05 October 2022 – Wednesday
  • Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad – 09 October 2022 – Sunday
  • Diwali (Deepavali) – 24 October 2022 – Monday

Central Govt Holidays in November 2022

  • Guru Nanak’s Birthday – 08 November 2022 – Tuesday

Central Govt Holidays in December 2022

  • Christmas Day – 25 December 2022 – Sunday

List of 36 Restricted Holidays for Central Government Employees During the Year 2022

Central Govt Restricted Holidays in January 2022

  • New Year’s Day – January 01, 2022 – Saturday
  • Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday – January 09, 2022 – Sunday
  • Lohri – January 13, 2022 – Thursday
  • Makar Sankranti/Magha Bihu/ Pongal – January 14, 2022 – Friday

Central Govt Restricted Holidays in February 2022

  • Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami – February 05, 2022 – Saturday
  • Hazarat Ali’s Birthday – February 15, 2022 – Tuesday
  • Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday – February 16, 2022 – Wednesday
  • Shiva ji Jay anti – February 19, 2022 – Saturday
  • Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti – February 26, 2022 – Saturday

Central Govt Restricted Holidays in March 2022

  • Holika Dahan – March 17, 2022 – Thursday
  • Dolyatra – March 18, 2022 – Friday

Central Govt Restricted Holidays in April 2022

  • Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava / Ugadi / Cheti Chand – April 02, 2022 – Saturday
  • Ram Navami – April 10, 2022 – Sunday
  • Vaisakhi / Vishu/ Meshadi – April 14, 2022 – Thursday
  • Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam) – April 15, 2022 – Friday
  • Easter Sunday – April 17, 2022 – Sunday
  • Jamat-Ul-Vida – April 29, 2022 – Friday

Central Govt Restricted Holidays in May 2022

  • Guru Rabindranath’s birthday – May 09, 2022 – Monday

Central Govt Restricted Holidays in June 2022

  • No Central Govt Restricted Holidays in June 2022

Central Govt Restricted Holidays in July 2022

  • Rath Yatra – July 01, 2022 – Friday

Central Govt Restricted Holidays in August 2022

  • Raksha Bandhan – August 11, 2022 – Thursday
  • Parsi New Year’s day/Nauraj – August 16, 2022 – Tuesday
  • Janmashtami (Smarta) – August 18, 2022 – Thursday
  • Vinayaka Chaturthi / Ganesh Chaturthi – August 31, 2022 – Wednesday

Central Govt Restricted Holidays in September 2022

  • Onam or Thiru Onam Day – September 08, 2022 – Thursday

Central Govt Restricted Holidays in October 2022

  • Dussehra (Saptami) – October 02, 2022 – Sunday
  • Dussehra (Mahashtami) – October 03, 2022 – Monday
  • Dussehra (Mahanavmi) – October 04, 2022 – Tuesday
  • Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday – October 09, 2022 – Sunday
  • Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth) – October 13, 2022 – Thursday
  • Naraka Chaturdasi – October 24, 2022 – Monday
  • Govardhan Puja – October 25, 2022 – Tuesday
  • Bhai Duj – October 26, 2022 – Wednesday
  • PratiharShashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) – October 30, 2022 – Sunday

Central Govt Restricted Holidays in November 2022

  • Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day – November 24, 2022 – Thursday

Central Govt Restricted Holidays in December 2022

  • Christmas Eve – December 24, 2022 – Saturday
  • Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday – December 29, 2022 – Thursday

Central Government Offices Holidays 2022 in Delhi

List of Holidays 2022 for Central Government Offices Located in Delhi

17 Days of Central Government Gazetted Holiday List during the year 2022

  1. Republic Day – 26 January 2022 – Wednesday
  2. Maha Shivratri – 01 March 2022 – Tuesday
  3. Holi – 18 March 2022 – Friday
  4. Mahavir Jayanti – 14 April 2022 – Thursday
  5. Good Friday – 15 April 2022 – Friday
  6. Id-ul-Fitr – 03 May 2022 – Tuesday
  7. Budha Purnima – 16 May 2022 – Monday
  8. Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) – 10 July 2022 – Sunday
  9. Muharram – 09 August 2022 – Tuesday
  10. Independence Day – 15 August 2022 – Monday
  11. Janmashtami – 19 August 2022 – Friday
  12. Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday – 02 October 2022 – Sunday
  13. Dussehra – 05 October 2022 – Wednesday
  14. Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad – 09 October 2022 – Sunday
  15. Diwali (Deepavali) – 24 October 2022 – Monday
  16. Guru Nanak’s Birthday – 08 November 2022 – Tuesday
  17. Christmas Day – 25 December 2022 – Sunday

36 Days of Central Government Restricted Holiday List during the year 2022

  1. New Year’s Day – January 01, 2022 – Saturday
  2. Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday – January 09, 2022 – Sunday
  3. Lohri – January 13, 2022 – Thursday
  4. Makar Sankranti/Magha Bihu/ Pongal – January 14, 2022 – Friday
  5. Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami – February 05, 2022 – Saturday
  6. Hazarat Ali’s Birthday – February 15, 2022 – Tuesday
  7. Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday – February 16, 2022 – Wednesday
  8. Shiva ji Jay anti – February 19, 2022 – Saturday
  9. Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti – February 26, 2022 – Saturday
  10. Holika Dahan – March 17, 2022 – Thursday
  11. Dolyatra – March 18, 2022 – Friday
  12. Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava / Ugadi / Cheti Chand – April 02, 2022 – Saturday
  13. Ram Navami – April 10, 2022 – Sunday
  14. Vaisakhi / Vishu/ Meshadi – April 14, 2022 – Thursday
  15. Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam) – April 15, 2022 – Friday
  16. Easter Sunday – April 17, 2022 – Sunday
  17. Jamat-Ul-Vida – April 29, 2022 – Friday
  18. Guru Rabindranath’s birthday – May 09, 2022 – Monday
  19. Rath Yatra – July 01, 2022 – Friday
  20. Raksha Bandhan – August 11, 2022 – Thursday
  21. Parsi New Year’s day/Nauraj – August 16, 2022 – Tuesday
  22. Janmashtami (Smarta) – August 18, 2022 – Thursday
  23. Vinayaka Chaturthi / Ganesh Chaturthi – August 31, 2022 – Wednesday
  24. Onam or Thiru Onam Day – September 08, 2022 – Thursday
  25. Dussehra (Saptami) – October 02, 2022 – Sunday
  26. Dussehra (Mahashtami) – October 03, 2022 – Monday
  27. Dussehra (Mahanavmi) – October 04, 2022 – Tuesday
  28. Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday – October 09, 2022 – Sunday
  29. Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth) – October 13, 2022 – Thursday
  30. Naraka Chaturdasi – October 24, 2022 – Monday
  31. Govardhan Puja – October 25, 2022 – Tuesday
  32. Bhai Duj – October 26, 2022 – Wednesday
  33. PratiharShashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) – October 30, 2022 – Sunday
  34. Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day – November 24, 2022 – Thursday
  35. Christmas Eve – December 24, 2022 – Saturday
  36. Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday – December 29, 2022 – Thursday

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List of Bank Holidays in Delhi 2022

All the above-mentioned public holidays will be observed by the banks in Delhi state. Other than this, the banks in Delhi also mark all Sundays and second and fourth Saturdays as holidays. However, it should be noted that services like ATM, IMPS, NEFT, etc remain active on the bank holidays.

School Holidays in Delhi 2022

Almost every Government holiday mentioned above are observed by the schools of Delhi state. Other than this, Sundays are marked as holidays too. However, Saturdays are not observed as holidays by all the schools and every school has its own policy regarding this. One can find the details about the School Holidays in Delhi 2022 from the school’s annual holiday calendar. The same can be found in the school prospectus or its official website.