The Odisha G a z e t t e
EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 2124 CUTTACK, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2024/KARTIKA 21, 1946
REVENUE & DISASTER MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT
NOTIFICATION
The 12th November 2024
No. 39077—RDM-Reg.-MISC-0013/2024-R&DM.—The Government of Odisha have been pleased to declare that the State Government Offices as well as the Revenue and Magisterial Courts (Executive) will remain closed on the festive/ commemorative occasion, listed in Annexure-I during the Calendar year 2025, Saka Era1946 and 1947.
In addition to the holidays as listed in Annexure-I, the State Government Employees will be allowed to avail one holiday at their option on any one of the festive occasions/ commemorative days listed in Annexure-II irrespective of their religious affiliation/ denomination with written permission of the authority, competent to sanction casual leave.
Since the festive/ commemorative days as listed in Annexure-III fall on Sundays /2nd Saturday and 4th Saturday those days have not been specifically declared as holidays.
By order of the Governor
DIGANTA ROUTROY
Additional Secretary to Government2 ANNEXURE-I
LIST OF HOLIDAYS FOR THE STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICES FOR THE
CALENDAR
YEAR 2025, SAKA ERA 1946-1947
Sl. Name of the Festival Date Date as per Day of the No. of
No. Saka Era week days
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1 Makar Sankranti 14-01-2025 Pausa-24 Tuesday 1
2 Netaji Subash Chandra Bose 23-01-2025 Magha-03 Thursday 1
Jayanti/Veer Surendra Sai
Jayanti.
3 Maha Shivaratri 26-02-2025 Falguna-07 Wednesday 1
4 Panchayati Raj Divas 05-03-2025 Falguna-14 Wednesday 1
5 Dola Purnima 14-03-2025 Falguna-23 Friday 1
6 Holi 15-03-2025 Falguna-24 Saturday 1
7 Id-Ul-Fitre 31-03-2025 Chaitra-10 Monday 1
8 Utkal Divas 01-04-2025 Chaitra-11 Tuesday 1
9 Maha Visuba Sankranti/ 14-04-2025 Chaitra-24 Monday 1
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Jayanti.
10 Good Friday 18-04-2025 Chaitra-28 Friday 1
11 Buddha Purnima/Birthday of 12-05-2025 Baisakha-22 Monday 1
Pandit Raghunath Murmu.
12 Sabitri Amabasya 27-05-2025 Jaistha-06 Tuesday 1
13 Id-Uz-Zuha 07-06-2025 Jaistha-17 Saturday 1
14 Ratha Yatra 27-06-2025 Asadha-06 Friday 1
15 Independence Day/ 15-08-2025 Sravana-24 Friday 1
Janmastami.
16 Ganesh Puja 27-08-2025 Bhadra-05 Wednesday 1
17 Nuakhai 28-08-2025 Bhadra-06 Thursday 1
3
(1) (2)
(3) (4) (5) (6)
18 Birthday of Prophet 05-09-2025 Bhadra-14 Friday 1
Mohammed.
19 Maha Saptami 29-09-2025 Aswina-07 Monday 1
20 Maha Astami 30-09-2025 Aswina-08 Tuesday 1
21 Maha Navami 01-10-2025 Aswina-09 Wednesday 1
22 Vijaya Dashami/ Gandhi 02-10-2025 Aswina-10 Thursday 1
Jayanti.
23 Kumar Purnima 07-10-2025 Aswina-15 Tuesday 1
24 Diwali/ Kali Puja 21-10-2025 Aswina-29 Tuesday 1
25 Rasa Purnima 05-11-2025 Kartika-14 Wednesday 1
26 Xmas Day 25-12-2025 Pausa-04 Thursday 1
Total . . 26
4 ANNEXURE-IILIST OF OPTIONAL HOLIDAYS FOR THE STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2025, SAKA ERA 1946-1947
Sl. Name of the Festival Date Date as per Day No. of Saka Era of the week days No.
(1) (2)
(3) (4) (5) (6)
1 Guru Govind Singh 06-01-2025 Pausa-16 Monday 1 Birthday.
2 Shabe-E-Quadar 28-03-2025 Chaitra-07 Friday 1 3 Easter Saturday 19-04-2025 Chaitra-29 3rd Saturday 1 4 Birthday of 22-05-2025 Jaistha-01 Thursday 1 Raja Rammohan Ray
5 Bahuda Yatra 05-07-2025 Asadha-14 1st Saturday 1 6 Anla Navami 31-10-2025 Kartika-09 Friday 1 7 Prathamastami 12-11-2025 Kartika-21 Wednesday 1 8 Christmas Eve 24-12-2025 Pausa-03 Wednesday 1
Total . . 08
The State Government employees may avail one optional holiday on any one of the festive occasion/ commemorative days as listed above.
5 ANNEXURE-IIIBELOW ARE THE LIST OF FESTIVALS/ COMMEMORATIVE DAYS, WHICH ARE
GENERALLY CONSIDERED AS HOLIDAYS FOR THE STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND
THESE DAYS ARE COINCIDING ON 2ND SATURDAYS, AND SUNDAYS DURING THE
CALENDAR YEAR 2025.
Sl. No. Name of the Festival Date Date as per Day of the
Saka Era week (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 1 Republic Day 26-01-2025 Magha-06 Sunday 2 Basanta Panchami 02-02-2025 Magha-13 Sunday 3 Shreeram Navami 06-04-2025 Chaitra-16 Sunday 4 Pahili Raja 14-06-2025 Jaistha-24 2nd Saturday 5 Raja Sankranti 15-06-2025 Jaistha-25 Sunday 6 Moharrum 06-07-2025 Asadha-15 Sunday 7 Jhulana Purnima 09-08-2025 Sravana-18 2nd Saturday 8 Mahalaya 21-09-2025 Bhadra-30 Sunday THE FOLLOWING FESTIVALS WHICH ARE GENERALLY DECLARED AS OPTIONAL HOLIDAY FALL ON 4TH SATURDAY DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 2025 SAKA ERA 1946-1947.
Sl. No. Name of the Festival Date Date as per Day of the No. of Saka Era week days 1 Foundation Day of 25-01-2025 Magha-05 4th Saturday 01 Brahma Samaj.
Total . . 01
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