Bhubaneswar: The Revenue and Disaster Management Department of Odisha government today released the list of holidays for the calendar year 2025. It also has released the list of optional holidays of next year.
As per the Odisha holiday list 2025, the state government employees will get a total of 26 holidays and 8 optional holidays next year.
The list of Holidays begins with the Makar Sankranti on January 14 and ends with Christmas/ X-Mas Day on December 25.
LIST OF HOLIDAYS FOR THE STATE GOVT. OFFICES FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2025, SAKA ERA 1946-1947:
| SI. NO. | NAME OF THE FESTIVALS | DATE | Date as per Saka Era. | DAY of the week | No. of days |
| I
| II | III | IV | V | VI |
| 1. | Makar Sankranti | 14.01.2025 | Pausa-24 | Tuesday | 1 |
| 2. | Subash Chandra Bose Jayanti/ Vir Surendrasai Jayanti | 23.01.2025 | Magha-03 | Thursday | 1 |
| 3. | Maha Shivaratri | 26.02.2025 | PhaIguna-07 | Wednesday | 1 |
| 4. | Panchayati Raj Divas | 05.03.2025 | Phalguna-14 | Wednesday | 1 |
| 5. | Dola Purnima | 14.03.2025 | PhaIguna-23 | Friday | 1 |
| 6. | Holi | 15.03.2025 | PhaIguna-24 | Saturday | 1 |
| 7. | Id-uI-Fitre | 31.03.2025 | Chaitra-10 | Monday | 1 |
| 8. | Utkal Divas | 01.04.2025 | Chaitra-11 | Tuesday | 1 |
| 9. | Maha Vishuva Sankranti/ Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Jayanti | 14.04.2025 | Chaitra-24 | Monday | 1 |
| 10. | Good Friday | 18.04.2025 | Chaitra-28 | Friday | 1 |
| 11. | Buddha Purnima/ Birthday of Pt.Raghunath Murmu | 12.05.2025 | Baisakha-22 | Monday | 1 |
| 12. | Sabitri Amabasya | 27.05.2025 | Jyestha-06 | Tuesday | 1 |
| 13. | ld-uI-Zuha | 07.06.2025 | Jyestha-17 | Saturday | 1 |
| 14. | Ratha Yatra | 27.06.2025 | Ashadha-06 | Friday | 1 |
| 15. | Independence Day/ Janmastami | 15.08.2025 | Shrabana-24 | Friday | 1 |
| 16. | Ganesh Puja | 27.08.2025 | Bhadrab-05 | Wednesday | 1 |
| 17. | Nuakhai | 28.08.2025 | Bhadrab-06 | Thursday | 1 |
| 18. | Birthday of Prophet Muhammad | 05.09.2025 | Bhadrab-14 | Friday | 1 |
| 19. | Mahasaptami | 29.09.2025 | Ashwina-07 | Monday | 1 |
| 20. | Mahastami | 30.09.2025 | Ashwina-08 | Tuesday | 1 |
| 21. | Mahanavami | 01.10.2025 | Ashwina-09 | Wednesday | 1 |
| 22. | Vijaya Dasami/ Gandhi Jayanti | 02.10.2025 | Ashwina-10 | Thursday | 1 |
| 23. | Kumar Purnima | 07.10.2025 | Ashwina-15 | Tuesday | 1 |
| 24. | Diwali | 21.10.2025 | Ashwina-29 | Tuesday | 1 |
| 25. | Rahas Purnima | 05.11.2025 | Kartika-14 | Wednesday | 1 |
| 26. | X-Mas Day | 25.12.2025 | Pausa-04 | Thursday | 1 |
| Total | 26 | ||||
LIST OF OPTIONAL HOLIDAYS FOR THE STATE GOVT. EMPLOYEES FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2025, SAKA ERA – 1946-1947:
| SI. No. | Name of the festivals | Date | Date as per Saka Era | Day of the week | No. of days |
| 1. | Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday | 06.01.2025 | Pausa-16 | Monday | 1 |
| 2. | Sab-e-Quadar | 28.03.2025 | Chaitra-07 | Friday | 1 |
| 3. | Easter Saturday | 19.04.2025 | Chaitra-29 | 3^ Saturday | 1 |
| 4. | Birthday of Raja Ram Mohan Roy | 22.05.2025 | Jyestha-01 | Thursday | 1 |
| 5. | Bahuda Yatra | 05.07.2025 | Ashadha-14 | 3rd Saturday | 1 |
| 6. | Anla Navami | 31.10.2025 | Kartika-09 | Friday | 1 |
| 7. | Prathamastami | 12.11.2025 | Kartika-21 | Wednesday | 1 |
| 8. | Christmas Eve | 24.12.2025 | Pausa-03 | Wednesday | 1 |
| Total | 08 | ||||
The Stale Government employees may avail one optional holiday on any other festive occasion/ commemorative days as listed above.
