List of National & Festival Holidays for the year 2025
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** Saturday & Sundays are in Red
## Restricted Holidays
Mandatory Mandatory Holidays
As per the provisions of Section 3 of the Act, five festival / optional holidays are to be chosen out of the list of 52
festivals mentioned in the schedule listed in the act, which is enclosed in the separate annexure.
These Holidays are published by Govt. of Karnataka, and the Companies may go ahead with finalising the
Holiday List for the year 2025. Please ensure that every Company declares Five National Holidays (including
November 1st) [26th Jan; 1st May; 15th Aug & 2nd Oct – which are mandatory] and five Festival Holidays (on the
working days of the Company) for the year 2025.
Also, please note that it is necessary that the NFH must be finalised by a Holiday committee, which consists of
member representatives of the entire company. In other words, the management is not supposed to decide on
the holidays unilaterally but to take the concurrence of all the employees through the Holiday committee
constituted for this purpose. The finalised list may please be signed off by the Holiday committee as well.
In case of any Mandatory holidays falling on a weekly holiday, then for these holidays, no substitute holiday is
required to be given. However, the mandatory holidays falling on the weekly holidays MUST be declared.
Please note that as per Sec 11 of the act, in case if you have been declaring more than 10 NFH in the past as a
practice, you are not supposed to reduce the no. of days. (eg. If you were extending 14 days of NFH, you
cannot make it to 10 unilaterally). It can be done only after a consensus is obtained from all the employees.
List of National & Festival Holidays during the Calendar Year 2025
Sl.No Date Day Holiday Remarks
1 01-Jan-2025 Wednesday New Year ##
2 14-Jan-2025 Tuesday Makara Sankranti
3 26-Jan-2025 Sunday Republic Day Mandatory**
4 06-Feb-2025 Thursday Madhwanawami ##
5 14-Feb-2025 Friday Shab-a-Bharat ##
6 26-Feb-2025 Wednesday Maha Shivratri
7 13-Mar-2025 Thursday Holi Feast ##
8 Jumat-ul-Vida ##
28-Mar-2025 Friday
9 Shab-e-Quader ##
10 30-Mar-2025 Sunday Chandramana Ugadi **
11 31-Mar-2025 Monday Qutub-e-Ramzan
12 02-Apr-2025 Wednesday Devara Dasimayya Jayanthi ##
13 06-Apr-2025 Sunday Chandra Sri Ramanavami ##**
14 10-Apr-2025 Thursday Mahaveer Jayanti
15 Soura Yugadi ##
14-Apr-2025 Monday
16 Dr.Ambedkar Jayanthi
17 18-Apr-2025 Friday Good Friday
18 19-Apr-2025 Saturday Holy Saturday ##**
19 30-Apr-2025 Wednesday Basava Jayanti
Sl.No Date Day Holiday Remarks
20 01-May-2025 Thursday May Day Mandatory
21 Adi Shankaracharya Jayanthi ##
02-May-2025 Friday
22 Sri Ramanujacharya Jayanthi ##
23 12-May-2025 Monday Buddha Poornima ##
24 07-Jun-2025 Saturday Bakrid **
25 06-Jul-2025 Sunday 10th Day of Muharam (Ashura) **
26 08-Aug-2025 Friday Varamahalakshmi Vrata ##
27 Rig Upakarma ##**
09-Aug-2025 Saturday
28 Yajur Upakarma ##**
29 15-Aug-2025 Friday Independence Day Mandatory
30 16-Aug-2025 Saturday Janmashtami ##**
31 26-Aug-2025 Tuesday Swarnagowri Vratam ##
32 27-Aug-2025 Wednesday Ganesh Chaturthi
33 Id-Meelad
05-Sep-2025 Friday
34 Tiru Onam ##
35 06-Sep-2025 Saturday Ananthapadmanabha Vrata ##**
36 07-Sep-2025 Sunday Narayanaguru Jayanti ##**
37 08-Sep-2025 Monday St. Mary’s Feast ##
38 17-Sep-2025 Wednesday Vishwakarma Jayanti ##
39 21-Sep-2025 Sunday Mahalaya Amavasya **
40 01-Oct-2025 Wednesday Ayudha Puja / Mahanavami
41 Gandhi Jayanthi Mandatory
02-Oct-2025 Thursday
42 Vijayadashami
43 07-Oct-2025 Tuesday Maharshi Valmiki Jayanti
44 17-Oct-2025 Friday Tula Sankramana ##
45 20-Oct-2025 Monday Naraka Chaturdashi
46 22-Oct-2025 Wednesday Balipadyami
47 01-Nov-2025 Saturday Rajyotsava Day Mandatory**
48 05-Nov-2025 Wednesday Birthday of Gurunanak ##
49 08-Nov-2025 Saturday Kanakadasa Jayanti **
50 05-Dec-2025 Friday Huthari ##
51 24-Dec-2025 Wednesday Christmas Eve ##
52 25-Dec-2025 Thursday Christmas
THE KARNATAKA INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS (NATIONAL AND FESTIVAL HOLIDAYS) ACT, 1963
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[SCHEDULE
[See Section 3]
LIST OF FESTIVALS
Sr. No List of Festivals Sr. No List of Festivals
1 New Year’s Day 27 Shankara Jayanthi
2 Bhogi Festival 28 Buddha Poornima
3 Uttarayana Punyakala (Sankranthi) 29 Bakrid
4 Kanu Festival 30 Varamahalakshmi Vratha
5 Tyagaraja Aradhana 31 Last Day Of Mohram
6 Purandara Dasara Punyadina 32 Upakarma
7 Garuda Jayanthi 33 Sri Krishna Jayanthi
8 Ratha Sapthami 34 Swarna Gowri Vratha
9 Vyasa Poornima 35 Ganesha Vratha
10 Mahashivarathri 36 Thiru Onam
11 Holi Festival 37 Ananthapadmanabha Vratha
12 Holi Saturday 38 Mahalaya Amavasye
13 Good Friday 39 Mahanavamai
14 Shabh Barath 40 Vijaya Dashami
15 Chandramana Ugadi 41 Id-Milad
16 Souramana Ugadi 42 Thula Sankramana
17 Sriramanavami 43 Naraka Chathurdashi
18 Dr. Ambedkar Jayanthi 44 Bali Padyami
19 Mahaveera Jayanthi 45 Kannada Rajyotsava
20 May Day Celebration 46 Uttana Dwadasi
21 Chitra Poornima 47 Gurunanak Jayanthi
22 Shebe-E-Quader 48 Geetha Jayanthi
23 Jumat-Ul-Vida 49 Shiva Deepa
24 Sri Ramanujacharya Tiru Nakshatra 50 Christmas Eve
25 Basava Jayanthi 51 Christmas
26 Ramzan 52 Madhva Navami.
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Schedule inserted by Act 28 of 1997, w.e.f. 29-9-1997.
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HOLIDAYS FOR THE YEAR 2025
General Holidays Restricted Holidays
Jan. 14 Tue Makara Sankranti Jan. 1 Wed New Year
26 Sun Republic Day Feb. 6 Thu Madhwanavami
Feb. 26 Wed Maha Shivaratri 14 Fri Shab-a-bharat
Mar. 30 Sun Chandramana Ugadi Mar. 13 Thu Holi Feast
31 Mon Qutub-e-Ramzan 28 Fri Jumat-ul-Vida
Apr. 10 Thu Mahaveer Jayanti 28 Fri Shab-e-quadar
14 Mon Dr. Ambedkar Jayanthi Apr. 2 Wed Devara Dasimayya Jayanthi
18 Fri Good Friday 6 Sun Chandra Sri Ramanavami
30 Wed Basava Jayanti 14 Mon Soura Yugadi
May 1 Thu May Day 19 Sat Holy Saturday
Jun. 7 Sat Bakrid May 2 Fri Adi Shankaracharya Jayanti
Jul. 6 Sun 10th Day of Muharram (Ashura) 2 Fri Sri Ramanujacharya Jayanti
Aug. 15 Fri Independence Day 12 Mon Buddha Poornima
27 Wed Ganesh Chaturthi Aug. 8 Fri Varamahalakshmi Vrata
Sep 5 Fri Id-Meelad 9 Sat Rig Upakarma
21 Sun Mahalaya Amavasya 9 Sat Yajur Upakarma
Oct. 1 Wed Ayudha Puja/ Mahanavami 16 Sat Janmashtami
2 Thu Gandhi Jayanthi 26 Tue Swarnagowri Vratam
2 Thu Vijayadashami Sep. 05 Fri Tiru Onam
7 Tue Maharshi Valmiki Jayanti 06 Sat Ananthapadmanabha Vrata
20 Mon Naraka Chaturdashi 7 Sun Narayanaguru Jayanti
22 Wed Balipadyami 8 Mon St. Mary’s Feast
Nov. 1 Sat Rajyotsava Day 17 Wed Vishwakarma Jayanti
8 Sat Kanakadasa Jayanti Oct. 17 Fri Tula Sankramana
Dec. 25 Thu Christmas Nov. 05 Wed Birthday of Gurunanak
Dec. 5 Fri Huthari
24 Wed Christmas Eve
