List of Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices in Karnataka during the year 2024

S1.No. Holiday Date Day
1 Republic  Day 26-01-2024 Friday
2 Good Friday 29/03/2024 Friday
3 Chaitra  Sukladi /Gudi  Padava  / Ugadi
Cheti Chand
09-04-2024 Tuesday
4 Id-ul-Fitr 11/04/2024 Thursday
5 Mahavir  Jayanthi 21/04/2024 Sunday
6 Buddha  Purnima 23/05/2024 Thursday
7 Id-ul-Zuha  (Bakrid) 17/06/2024 Monday
8 Muharram 17/07/2024 Wednesday
9 Independence    Day 15/08/2024 Thursday
10 Ganesh Chaturthi 07/09/2024 Saturday
11 Milad Un Nabi or ID-E-Milad
(Birthday  of Prophet  Mohammad)
16/09/2024 Monday
12 Mahatma  Gandhi's  Birthday 02/10/2024 Wednesday
13 Dussehra  [Mahanavarni] 11/10/2024 Friday
14 Dussehra  (Vijay Dashmi) 12/10/2024 Saturday
15 Diwali (Deepavali) 31/10/2024 Thursday
16 Guru Nanak's  Birthday 15/11/2024 Friday
17 Christmas  Day 25/12/2024 Wednesday

 

List of Restricted Holidays for the calendar year 2024 for Central Government Offices in Karnataka.

SL. NO. HOLIDAY DATE DAY
1 New Year's  Day 01-01-2024 Monday
2 Lohri 13/01/2024 Saturday
3 Makar Sankranti  / Magha Bihu 14/01/2024 Sunday
4 Magha Bihu/Pongal 15/01/2024 Monday
5 Guru Govind Singh's  Birthday 17/01/2024 Wednesday
6 Hazrat Ali's Birthday 25/01/2024 Thursday
7 Basant  Panchami  / Sri Panchami 14/02/2024 Wednesday
8 Shivaji [ayanti 19/02/2024 Monday
9 Guru Ravidas's  Birthday 24/02/2024 Saturday
10 Birthday  of Swami Dayananda  Saraswati 06/03/2024 Wednesday
11 Maha Shivaratri 08/03/2024 Friday
12 Holika Dahan 24/03/2024 Sunday
13 Dolyatra  / Holi 25/03/2024 Monday
14 Easter  Sunday 31/03/2024 Sunday
15 Jamat-Ul-Vida 05/04/2024 Friday
16 Vaisakhi  / Vishu 13/04/2024 Saturday
17 Meshadi  (Tamil New Year's Day)/Vaisakhadi
[Bengal)  / Bahag Bihu (Asssam)
14/04/2024 Sunday
18 Ram Navami 17/04/2024 Wednesday
19 Birthday  of Guru Rabindranath   Tagore 08/05/2024 Wednesday
20 Rath Yatra 07/07/2024 Sunday
21 Parsi  New Year's day / Nauraj 15/08/2024 Thursday
22 Varamahalakshmi    Vrata 16/08/2023 Friday
23 Raksha  Bandhan 19/08/2024 Monday
24 Janamashtami   (Vaishnavi) 26/08/2024 Monday
25 Onam / Thiru  Onam Day 15/09/2024 Sunday
26 Dussehra  (Saptami) 10/10/2024 Thursday
27 Dussehra  (Mahashtami) 11/10/2024 Friday
28 Maharishi  Valmiki's  Birthday 17/10/2024 Thursday
29 Karaka  Chaturthi  (Karwa  Chouth) 20/10/2024 Sunday
30 Naraka  Chaturdasi 31/10/2024 Thursday
31 Karnataka   Rajyotsava 01/11/2024 Friday
32 Govardhan  Puja 02/11/2024 Saturday
33 Bhai Duj 03/11/2024 Sunday
34 Pratihar   Shashthi  or Surya Shashthi  (Chhat 07/11/2024 Thursday
35 Guru Teg Bahadur's   Martyrdom   Day 24/11/2024 Sunday
36 Christmas  Eve 24/12/2024 Tuesday


The following list of the General Holiday sanctioned by the Karnataka Government for the year 2024. 

(All Second Saturdays, Fourth Saturdays, Sundays and the following days)

As notified vide No.DPAR 16 HHL 2023 dated:28.11.2023 by Karnataka Government Secretariat, Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru.

SL. NO. PUBLIC  HOLIDAYS DATE DAYS
1 Uttarayana Punyakala, Makara Sankranti
Festival
15.01.2024 Monday
2 Republic Day 26.01.2024 Friday
3 Maha Shivaratri 08.03.2024 Friday
4 Good Friday 29.03.2024 Friday
5 Ugadi Festival 09.04.2024 Tuesday
6 Khutub-E-Ramzan 11.04.2024 Thursday
7 May Day 01.05.2024 Wednesday
8 Basava Jayanthi/Akshaya Tritiya 10.05.2024 Friday
9 Bakrid 17.06.2024 Monday
10 Last Day of Moharam 17.07.2024 Wednesday
11 Independence Day 15.08.2024 Thursday
12 Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata 07.09.2024 Saturday
13 Eid-Milad 16.09.2024 Monday
14 Gandhi Jayanthi / Mahalaya Amavasye 02.10.2024 Wednesday
15 Mahanavami, Ayudhapooja 11.10.2024 Friday
16 Maharshi Valmiki Jayanthi 17.10.2024 Thursday
17 Naraka Chaturdashi 31.10.2024 Thursday
18 Kannada Rajyothsava 01.11.2024 Friday
19 Balipadyami, Deepavali 02.11.2024 Saturday
20 Kanakadasa Jayanthi 18.11.2024 Monday
21 Christmas 25.12.2024 Wednesday

Note:-The holiday list mentioned above is tantative in nature and does not represent actual. The list can be amended any time by the govenrment of india.

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