Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has brought out the calendar for the New Year 2025. The new calendar presents the complete list of holidays. Both public and optional holidays have been listed in the state government calendar.
The list of holidays offers a guide for the people to plan their vacation and tour programmes during the year in advance.
Following is the list of public and optional holidays in 2025 as notified by the state government:
Public Holidays In January 2025
January 14: Makar Sankranti
January 23: Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti/ Vir Surendra Sai Jayanti
Optional Holidays In January
January 6: Guru Govind Singh Birthday
Public Holidays In February
February 26: Maha Shivaratri
Public Holidays In March
March 5: Panchayatiraj Dibas
March 14: Dola Purnima
March 15: Holi
March 31: Eid ul-Fitr
Optional Holidays In March
March 28: Shab-e-Qadr
Public Holidays In April
April 1: Utkal Divas
April 14: Mahabisuba Sankranti/ Dr B.R AmbedkarJayanti
April 18: Good Friday
Optional Holidays In April
April 19: Easter Saturday
Public Holidays In May
May 12: Budha Purnima/ Birthday of Pandit Raghunath Murmu
May 27: Sabitri Amabasya
Optional Holidays In May
May 22: Birthday of Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Public Holidays In June
June 6: Id-ul-Zuha
June 27: Rath Yatra
Optional Holidays In July
July 5: Bahuda Yatra
Public Holidays In August
August 15: Independence Day/ Janmasthami
August 27: Ganesh Puja
August 28: Nuakhai
Public Holidays In September
September 5: Birthday of Prophet Mohammad
September 29: Maha Saptami
September 30: Maha Astami
Public Holidays In October
October 1: Maha Navami
October 2: Vijaya Dashmi/ Gandhi Jayanti
October 7: Kumar Purnima
October 21: Diwali
Optional Holidays In October
October 31: Anla Nabami
Public Holidays In November
November 5: Rasa Purnima
Optional Holidays In November
November 12: Prathamasthmi
Public Holidays in December
December 25: Christmas
Optional Holidays in December
December 24: Christmas Eve
