Telangana govt issues list of general, optional holidays for 2024

HYDERABAD: Telangana State government announced a list of general and optional holidays for the year 2024 on Tuesday.

According to the notification, all State government offices will be closed on Sundays and second Saturdays in 2024, except February 2024, which will be a working day in lieu of the January 1 public holiday.

According to the list of holidays issued by the Telangana Government, there will be 27 public holidays and 25 optional holidays for government employees in 2024.

General holidays include New Year, Sankranti festival, Republic day, Maha Shivaratri, Holi, Good Friday, Ugadi, Eid-ul-Fitr, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's birthday, Sri Rama Navami, Independence day, Vinayaka Chavithi, Mahatma Gandhi Jayanthi, Vijaya Dasami, Deepavali, and Christmas.

Optional holidays include Kanumu, Sri Panchami, Shab-e-Barat, Hazrath Ali's birthday, Mahaveer Jyanthi, Varalakshmi Vratham, Shab-e-Meraj, Tamil New Year's Day, Durgashtami, Moharram, Buddha Purnima, Parsi New Year's Day, and others.

List of general holidays

January 1: New Year Day

January 14: Bhogi

January 15: Sankranti/ Pongal

January 26: Republic Day

March 8: Maha Shivaratri

March 25: Holi

March 29: Good Friday

April 5: Babu Jagjivan Ram’s birthday

April 9: Ugadi

April 11: Eid-ul-Fitr

April 12: Following day of Eid-ul-Fitr

April 14: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s birthday

April 17: Sri Rama Navami

June 17: Eid-ul-Adha

July 17: Shahadat Imam Hussain 10th Moharam

July 29: Bonalu

August 15: Independence Day

August 26: Sri Krishna Astami

September 7: Vinayaka Chavithi

September 16: Milad un Nabi

October 2: Mahatma Gandhi Jayanthi/Bathukamma starting day

October 12: Vijaya Dasami

October 13: Following day of Vijaya Dasami

October 31: Deepavali

November 11: Kartika Purnima/Guru Nanak’s birthday

December 25: Christmas

December 26: Boxing day

List of optional holidays

January 16: Kanumu

January 25: Birthday of Hazrath Ali

February 8: Shab-e-Meraj

February 14: Sri Panchami

February 26: Shab-e-Barat

March 31: Shahadat Hazrath Ali (RA)

April 5: Jumuatul Wada

April 7: Shab-e-Qadar

April 14: Tamil New Year’s Day/Jumuatul Wada

April 21: Mahaveer Jyanthi

May 10: Basava Jayanthi

May 23: Buddha Purnima

June 25: Eid-e-Ghadeer

July 7: Ratha Yathra

July 16: 9th Moharram

August 15: Parsi New Year’s Day

August 16: Varalakshmi Vratham

August 19: Sravana Purnima/Rakhi Purnima

August 26: Arbayeen

October 10: Durgashtami

October 11: Maharnavami

October 15: Yaz Dahum Shareef

October 30: Naraka Chaturdhi

November 16: Birthday of Hazrat Syed Mohammed Juvanpuri Mahdi Ma’ud

December 24: Christmas eve