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Hyderabad: The Telangana state government on Friday, December 27 released a list of general and optional holidays for the year 2025.
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 31 and June 7 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 5, 2025.
In 2025, there will be 27 general holidays and 23 optional holidays for government offices.
List of general holidays
| Occasion | Day, Date |
| New Year Day | Wednesday, January 1 |
| Bhogi | Monday, January 13 |
| Sankranti/ Pongal | Tuesday, January 14 |
| Republic Day | Sunday, January 26 |
| Maha Shivaratri | Wednesday, February 26 |
| Holi | Friday, March 14 |
| Ugadi | Sunday, March 30 |
| Eid-ul-Fitr | Monday, March 31 |
| Following day of Eid-ul-Fitr | Tuesday, April 1 |
| Babu Jagjivan Ram’s birthday | Saturday, April 5 |
| Sri Rama Navami | Sunday, April 6 |
| Dr BR Ambedkar’s birthday | Monday, April 14 |
| Good Friday | Friday, April 18 |
| Eid-ul-Adha (Bakrid) | Saturday, June 7 |
| Shahadat Imam Hussain 10th Muharram (Ashura) | Sunday, July 6 |
| Bonalu | Monday, July 21 |
| Independence Day | Friday, August 15 |
| Sri Krishna Astami | Saturday, August 16 |
| Vinayaka Chavithi | Wednesday, August 27 |
| Milad un Nabi | Friday, September 5 |
| Bathukamma starting day | Sunday, September 21 |
| Vijaya Dasami/Mahatma Gandhi Jayanthi/ | Thursday, October 2 |
| Following day of Vijaya Dasami | Friday, October 3 |
| Deepavali | Monday, October 20 |
| Kartika Purnima/Guru Nanak’s birthday | Wednesday, November 6 |
| Christmas | Thursday, December 25 |
| Boxing day | Friday, December 26 |
List of optional holidays
| Occasion | Day, Date |
| Birthday of Hazrath Ali (AS) | Tuesday, January 14 |
| Kanumu | Wednesday, Januart 15 |
| Shab-e-Meraj | Wednesday, January 15 |
| Sri Panchami | Monday, February 3 |
| Wednesday, January 15 | Friday, February 14 |
| Shahadat Hazrat Ali (AS) | Friday, March 21 |
| Shab-e-Qadar/Jumuatul Wada | Friday, March 28 |
| Mahaveer Jayanthi | Thursday, April 10 |
| Tamil New Year’s Day | Monday, April 14 |
| Basava Jayanthi | Wednesday, April 30 |
| Buddha Purnima | Monday, May 12 |
| Eid-e-Ghadeer | Sunday, June 15 |
| Ratha Yathra | Friday, June 27 |
| 9th Muharram | Saturday, July 5 |
| Varalakshmi Vratham | Friday, August 8 |
| Sravana Purnima/Rakhi Purnima | Saturday, August 9 |
| Parsi New Year’s Day | Friday, August 15 |
| Durgashtami | Tuesday, September 30 |
| Maharnavami | Wednesday, October 1 |
| Yaz Dahum Shareef | Saturday, October 4 |
| Naraka Chaturdhi | Sunday, October 19 |
| Birthday of HZT Syed Mohammed Juvanpuri Mahdi Ma’ud (A.S) | Sunday, November 16 |
| Christmas eve | Wednesday, December 24 |
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