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Schedule-II · Official — Haryana Govt notification
Haryana Restricted Holidays 2025
Haryana government employees — including outsourced staff — may take any three of these 12 restricted holidays in 2025, after informing their office in advance.
- 23FebSun
Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti महर्षि दयानंद सरस्वती जयंती
Restricted holiday with a state celebration. The Arya Samaj shaped modern Haryana — gurukuls at Jhajjar and Kurukshetra, and the reform movements of the Rohtak region.
Restricted holiday - 18AprFri
Good Friday गुड फ्राइडे
Restricted holiday in Haryana; services at churches in Ambala Cantt, Gurugram and Faridabad.
Restricted holiday - 12MayMon
Buddha Purnima बुद्ध पूर्णिमा
Restricted holiday. Ashokan-era stupas have been found at Chaneti (Yamunanagar) and Topra, where Ashoka's pillar once stood.
Restricted holiday - 30MayFri
Guru Arjan Dev Martyrdom Day गुरु अर्जन देव शहीदी दिवस
Restricted holiday. Chhabeel stalls hand out sweet chilled milk-water on highways across north Haryana.
Restricted holiday - 6JulSun
Muharram मुहर्रम
Restricted holiday. Date depends on moon sighting.
Restricted holiday - 27JulSun
Hariyali Teej हरियाली तीज
Haryana's own festival of the monsoon. Swings (peeng) go up on neem and peepal trees, girls sing Teej songs, and married daughters receive the sindhara — ghewar, suhali, clothes and bangles — from their parents.
Restricted holiday - 5SepFri
Milad-un-Nabi मिलाद-उन-नबी
Restricted holiday. Date depends on moon sighting.
Restricted holiday - 9OctThu
Karva Chauth करवा चौथ
Restricted holiday. Married women fast from sargi before dawn until moonrise; the karva of water is exchanged and the moon seen through a sieve.
Restricted holiday - 22OctWed
Govardhan Puja गोवर्धन पूजा
Restricted holiday. A Govardhan of cow dung is made in the courtyard and cattle are worshipped; Haryana's Murrah buffaloes get a share.
Restricted holiday - 27OctMon
Chhath Puja छठ पूजा
Restricted holiday. Purvanchali families in Gurugram, Faridabad, Panipat and Sonipat offer arghya at artificial ghats and canals.
Restricted holiday - 25NovTue
Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom Day गुरु तेग बहादुर शहीदी दिवस
Restricted holiday. Guru Tegh Bahadur's head was carried to Anandpur via Haryana; Gurdwara Sis Ganj at Badkhalsa (Sonipat) marks where Bhai Kushal Singh Dahiya gave his own life.
Restricted holiday - 26DecFri
Shaheed Udham Singh Jayanti शहीद उधम सिंह जयंती
Restricted holiday.
Restricted holiday
Choosing your three
- Restricted holidays on a Saturday or Sunday are wasted — check the day first.
- Popular picks in Haryana are Hariyali Teej, Karva Chauth and Govardhan Puja; Purvanchali families usually keep one for Chhath.
- Schools and boards often issue their own instructions for restricted holidays.