HP Government - Holidays
| Holiday's List of 2026 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gazetted Holidays | Restricted Holidays | ||
| January | January | ||
| 25th January | Statehood Day | 1st January | New Year's Day |
| 26th January | Republic Day | 14th January | Makar Sankranti |
| - | - | 23rd January | Basant Panchami |
| February | February | ||
| 1st February | Guru Ravidas's Birthday | 12th February | Swami Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti |
| 15th February | Maha Shivratri | - | - |
| March | March | ||
| 04th March | Holi | 31st March | Mahavir Jayanti |
| 21st March | Id-ul-Fitr | - | - |
| 26th March | Ram Navami | - | - |
| April | April | ||
| 03rd April | Good Friday | 05th April | Easter Sunday |
| 14th April | Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's Birthday | - | - |
| 15th April | Himachal Day | - | - |
| 19th April | Parshu Ram Jayanti | - | - |
| May | May | ||
| 01st May | Budha Purnima | 09th May | Guru Rabindranath's Birthday |
| 28th May | Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) | - | - |
| June | June | ||
| 17th June | Maharana Pratap Jayanti | - | - |
| 26th June | Muharram | - | - |
| 29th June | Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti (Prakat Diwas) | - | - |
| July | July | ||
| - | - | - | - |
| August | August | ||
| 15th August | Independence Day | 28th August * | Raksha Bandhan |
| September | September | ||
| 04th September | Januarymashtami | 14th September | Ganesh Chaturthi |
| October | October | ||
| 02nd October | Mahatma Gandhi Birthday | 19th October# | Maha Ashtami |
| 20th October | Dussehra | 29th October * | Karva Chauth |
| 26th October | Maharishi Valmiki's Birthday | - | - |
| November | November | ||
| 08th November | Diwali | 09th November# | Goverdhan Puja |
| 24th November | Guru Nanak's Birthday | 11th November * | Bhai Duj |
| - | - | 24th November | Guru Teg Bahadur Marchtyrdom Day |
| December | December | ||
| 25th December | Christmas Day | 24th December | Christmas Eve |
| * Raksha Bandhan, Bhai Duj and Karwa Chauth Decemberlared as Gazetted Holidays for women employees of State Government. # Gazetted Holidays within Municipal Limits. | |||
| Holiday's List of 2025 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gazetted Holidays | Restricted Holidays | ||
| January | January | ||
| 25th January | Statehood Day | 1st January | New Year's Day |
| 26th January | Republic Day | 14th January | Makar Sankranti |
| February | February | ||
| 12th February | Guru Ravidas's Birthday | 02nd February | Basant Panchami |
| 26th February | Maha Shivratri | 23rd February | Swami Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti |
| March | March | ||
| 14th March | Holi | - | - |
| 31st March | Id-ul-Fitr | - | - |
| April | April | ||
| 06th April | Ram Navami | 13th April | Vaisakhi/Vishu |
| 14th April | Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's Birthday | 20th April | Easter Sunday |
| 15th April | Himachal Day | - | - |
| 18th April | Good Friday | - | - |
| 29th April | Parshu Ram Jayanti | - | - |
| May | May | ||
| 12th May | Budha Purnima | 09th May | Guru Rabindranath's Birthday |
| 29th May | Maharana Pratap Jayanti | - | - |
| June | June | ||
| 07th June | Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) | 05th June# | Shimla Summer Festival |
| 11th June | Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti (Prakat Diwas) | - | - |
| July | July | ||
| 06th Jul | Muharram | - | - |
| August | August | ||
| 15th August | Independence Day | 09th August * | Raksha Bandhan |
| 16th August | Januarymashtami | 27th August | Ganesh Chaturthi |
| September | September | ||
| - | - | 30th September | Maha Ashtami |
| October | October | ||
| 02nd October | Mahatma Gandhi Birthday/ Dussehra | 10th October * | Karva Chauth |
| 07th October | Maharishi Valmiki's Birthday | 22nd October# | Goverdhan Puja |
| 20th October | Diwali | 23rd October * | Bhai Duj |
| November | November | ||
| 05th November | Guru Nanak's Birthday | 24th November | Guru Teg Bahadur Marchtyrdom Day |
| December | December | ||
| 25th December | Christmas Day | 24th December | Christmas Eve |
| * Raksha Bandhan, Bhai Duj and Karwa Chauth Decemberlared as Gazetted Holidays for women employees of State Government. # Gazetted Holidays within Municipal Limits. | |||
| Holiday's List of 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gazetted Holidays | Restricted Holidays | ||
| January | January | ||
| 25th January | Statehood Day | 1st January | New Year's Day |
| 26th January | Republic Day | 13th January | Lohri |
| - | - | 14th January | Makar Sankranti |
| February | February | ||
| 24th February | Guru Ravidas's Birthday | 14th February | Basant Panchami |
| March | March | ||
| 08th March | Maha Shivratri | 06th March | Swami Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti |
| 25th March | Holi | 31st March | Easter Sunday |
| 29th March | Good Friday | - | - |
| April | April | ||
| 11th April | Id-ul-Fitr | - | - |
| 14th April | Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's Birthday | - | - |
| 15th April | Himachal Day | - | - |
| 17th April | Ram Navami | - | - |
| May | May | ||
| 10th May | Parshu Ram Jayanti | 08th May | Guru Rabindranath's Birthday |
| 23rd May | Budha Purnima | - | - |
| June | June | ||
| 09th June | Maharana Pratap Jayanti | - | - |
| 17thJune | Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) | - | - |
| 22nd June | Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti (Prakat Diwas) | - | - |
| July | July | ||
| 17thJul | Muharram | - | - |
| August | August | ||
| 15th August | Independence Day | 19th August * | Raksha Bandhan |
| 26th August | Januarymashtami | - | - |
| September | September | ||
| - | - | 07th September | Ganesh Chaturthi |
| October | October | ||
| 02nd October | Mahatma Gandhi Birthday | 11th October # | Maha Ashtami |
| 12th October | Dussehra | 20th October * | Karva Chauth |
| 17th October | Maharishi Valmiki's Birthday | - | - |
| 31st October | Diwali | - | - |
| November | November | ||
| 15th November | Guru Nanak's Birthday | 02nd November# | Goverdhan Puja |
| - | - | 03rd November * | Bhai Duj |
| - | - | 24th November | Guru Teg Bahadur Marchtyrdom Day |
| December | December | ||
| 25th December | Christmas Day | 24th December | Christmas Eve |
| * Raksha Bandhan, Bhai Duj and Karwa Chauth Decemberlared as Gazetted Holidays for women employees of State Government. # Gazetted Holidays within Municipal Limits. | |||