Hyderabad: The Telangana state government on Tuesday released a list of general and optional holidays for the year 2024.
In the notification issued by the general administration department, it is mentioned that all offices under the state government shall remain closed on all Sundays and second Saturdays in all the months during the year 2024 except the second Saturday in February 2024 which will be a working day in lieu of public holiday declared on January 1, 2024.
Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Adha holidays in Telangana
The holidays for Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Adha, Muharram, and Milad-un-Nabi in Telangana may change as they depend on the sighting of the moon.
As of now, the government has declared April 11 and June 17 as the holidays for Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha respectively.
As per the government notification, the holiday for Milad-un-Nabi is on September 16, 2024.
List of holidays notified by government
In 2024, there will be 27 general holidays and 25 optional holidays for government offices.
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 (AS)
- December 24: Christmas eve
