Telangana Employees Holiday Calender 2024: There is good news for the government employees of Telangana. The state government has published the list of general and optional holidays for the year 2024. Under this, in the year 2024, employees will get the benefit of 27 general and 25 optional holidays. Holidays of Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Zuha, Muharram and Eid-e-Milad will be declared according to the sighting of the moon.
Offices will remain closed on Saturday-Sunday except 10th February
According to the notification of the General Administration Department, all state government offices will remain closed on Sundays and second Saturdays throughout 2024, except the second Saturday (February 10), 2024.
Second Saturday instead of the public holiday declared on January 1. Separate orders will be issued for general holiday for industrial establishments and public undertakings. Public Works Department and Educational Institutions. The order reads that in addition to normal holidays, government employees can avail maximum number of optional holidays. For this, prior permission will have to be taken.
General holidays
- January 1: New Year’s Day
- 14 January: Bhogi
- 15 January: Sankranti/Pongal
- 26 January: Republic Day
- March 8: Maha Shivratri
- 25 March: Holi
- March 29: Good Friday
- 5 April: Birthday of Babu Jagjivan Ram
- 9 April: Ugadi
- 11 April: Eid-ul-Fitr
- 12 April: Next day of Eid-ul-Fitr
- April 14: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s birthday
- 17 April: Shri Ram Navami
- June 17: Eid-ul-Azha
- 17 July: Martyrdom of Imam Hussain 10th Moharram
- 29 July: Bonalu
- 15 August: Independence Day
- 26 August: Shri Krishna Ashtami
- 7 September: Vinayaka Chavithi
- 16 September: Milad un Nabi
- 2 October: Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti/Bathukamma Commencement Day
- 12 October: Vijayadashami
- 13 October: Next day of Vijayadashami
- 31 October: Diwali
- 11 November: Kartik Purnima/Guru Nanak’s Birthday
- December 25: Christmas
- 26 December: Boxing Day
List of optional holidays
- 16 January: Kanuma
- 25 January: Hazrat Ali’s birthday
- 8 February: Shab-e-Meraj
- 14 February: Shri Panchami
- 26 February: Shab-e-Barat
- 31 March: Martyrdom of Hazrat Ali (RA)
- 5 April: Jumu’ahtul Wada
- 7 April: Shab-e-Qadr
- 14 April: Tamil New Year Day/Jumuaatul Vada
- 21 April: Mahavir Jayanti
- 10 May: Basava Jayanti
- May 23: Buddha Purnima
- 25 June: Eid-e-Ghadir
- 7th July: Rath Yatra
- 16th July: 9th Moharram
- August 15: Parsi New Year’s Day
- 16th August: Varalakshmi Vratam
- 19 August: Shravan Purnima/Rakhi Purnima
- 26 August: Arbaeen
- 10 October: Durgashtami
- 11 October: Mahanavami
- 15 October: Yaz Dahum Sharif
- 30 October: Narak Chaturthi
- 16 November: Birthday of Hazrat Syed Mohammad Juwanpuri Mahdi Maud (AS)
- December 24: Christmas Eve
