NCBS HOLIDAY LIST 2025

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Holiday

Month & Date

Days of the Week

1

Makara Sankranthi/ मकर संक्रांति

January 14

Tuesday

2

Republic Day/ गणतंत्र दिवस

January 26

Sunday

3

Eid-ul-Fitr/ईद-उल-फितर*

March 31

Monday

4

Mahavir Jayanthi/ महावीर जयंती

April 10

 Thursday

5

Good Friday/ शुभ शुक्रवार

April 18

Friday

6

Buddha Purnima/ बुद्ध पूर्णिमा

May 12

Monday

7

Eid-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)/ ईद-उल-जुहा (बकरीद)

June 7

Saturday

8

Muharram/ मुहर्रम

July 6

Sunday

9

Independence Day/ स्वतंत्रता दिवस

August 15

Friday

10

Ganesh Chaturthi / गणेश चतुर्थी

August 27

Wednesday

11

Milad Un Nabi or Eid-e-Milad/ मिलाद-उन-नबी / ईद-ए-मिलाद

September 5

Friday

12

Dussehra (Mahanavami) / दशहरा (महानवमी)

October 1

Wednesday

13

Mahatma Gandhi 's Birthday/ महात्मा गांधी का जन्मदिन

October 2

Thursday

14

Dussehra (Vijayadashami) / दशहरा (विजया दशमी)

 October 2

Thursday

15

Diwali (Deepavali) / दीपावली

October 20

Monday

16

Guru Nanak's Birthday/ गुरु नानक का जन्मदिन

November 5

Wednesday

17

Christmas Day/ क्रिसमस दिवस

December 25

 Thursday

 

If the festival for which the holiday is declared does not fall on the day indicated, members of the staff who are desirous of celebrating the festive occasion may apply for Casual Leave/Special Casual Leave for which they are eligible.
In addition to the above, with prior sanction from the Competent Authority, 2(two) days of Special Casual Leave can be availed of on any occasion and can be prefixed or suffixed to a Casual leave or any other type of leave with pay but not with both Casual Leave and regular leave.
* If the dates of any of these festivals are changed by the Karnataka Government, it will be deemed to be holiday for the Centre.

G. Ravi Shankar
Head, Administration & Finance