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