Hyderabad: The Telangana state government on Wednesday released a list of general and optional holidays for the year 2023.
In the notification issued by the chief secretary Somesh Kumar, 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 2023.
State government employees can avail a maximum of five holidays among the list of optional holidays.
Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha holidays
The holidays for Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Adha, Muharram, and Milad-un-Nabi may change as they depend on the sighting of the moon.
As of now, the government has declared April 22 and June 29 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 28, 2023.
List of holidays notified by Telangana govt.
In 2023, there will be 28 general holidays and 24 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
- February 18: Maha Shivaratri
- March 7: Holi
- March 22: Ugadi
- March 30: Sri Rama Navami
- April 5: Babu Jagjivan Ram’s birthday
- April 7: Good Friday
- April 14: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s birthday
- April 22: Eid-ul-Fitr
- April 23: Following day of Ramzan
- June 29: Eid-ul-Azha
- July 17: Bonalu
- July 29: Shahadat Imam Hussain (RA) 10th Moharam
- August 15: Independence Day
- September 7: Sri Krishna Astami
- September 18: Vinayaka Chavithi
- September 28: Milad un Nabi
- October 2: Mahatma Gandhi Jayanthi
- October 14: Bathukamma starting day
- October 24: Vijaya Dasami
- October 25: Following day of Vijaya Dasami
- November 12: Deepavali
- November 27: Kartika Purnima/Guru Nanak’s birthday
- December 25: Christmas
- December 26: Boxing day
List of optional holidays
- January 16: Kanumu
- January 26: Sri Panchami
- February 5: Birthday of Hazrath Ali (RA)
- February 19: Shab-e-Meraj
- March 8: Shab-e-Barat
- April 4: Mahaveer Jayanthi
- April 11: Shahadat Hazrath Ali (RA)
- April 14: Tamil New Year’s Day/Jumuatul Wada
- April 18: Shab-e-Qadar
- April 23: Basava Jayanthi
- May 5: Buddha Purnima
- June 20: Ratha Yathra
- July 7: Eid-e-Ghadeer
- July 28: 9th Moharram
- August 16: Parsi New Year’s Day
- August 25: Varalakshmi Vratham
- August 31: Sravana Purnima/Rakhi Purnima
- September 6: Arbayeen
- October 22: Durgashtami
- October 23: Maharnavami
- October 27: Yaz Dahum Shareef
- November 11: Naraka Chaturdhi
- November 29: Birthday of Hazrat Syed Mohammed Juvanpuri Mahdi Ma’ud (AS)
- December 24: Christmas eve
