The following public holidays will be compulsory observed by Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), New Delhi, during the calendar year 2025: 

Sr. No.	Date	Day	Holiday
1	January 26	Sunday	Republic Day
2	February 26	Wednesday	Maha Shivaratri
3	March 14	Friday	Holi
4	March 31	Monday	Id-ul-Fitr
5	April 10	Thursday	Mahavir Jayanti
6	April 18	Friday	Good Friday
7	May 12	Monday	Budha Purnima
8	June 07	Saturday	Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)
9	July 06	Sunday	Muharram
10	August 15	Friday	Independence Day
11	August 16	Saturday	Janmashtami
12	September 05	Friday	Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)
13	October 02	Thursday	Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday
14	October 02	Thursday	Dusshera
15	October 20	Monday	Diwali (Deepavali)
16	November 05	Wednesday	Guru Nanak’s Birthday
17	December 25	Friday	Christmas Day

Further, in addition to the above specified compulsory holidays, it has been decided to allow each employee to avail any two holidays to be chosen by him/her out of the list of the Restricted Holidays specified here under:

Sr. No.	Date	Day	Holiday
1	January 01	Wednesday	New Year’s Day
2	January 06	Monday	Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday
3	January 14	Tuesday	Makar Sankranti / Magha Bihu / Pongal / Hazarat Ali’s Birthday
4	February 02	Sunday	Sri Panchami, Basant Panchami
5	February 12	Wednesday	Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday
6	February 19	Wednesday	Shivaji Jayanti
7	February 23	Sunday	Swami Dayanand Saraswati’s Birthday
8	March 13	Thursday	Holika Dahan
9	March 14	Friday	Dolyatra
10	March 28	Friday	Jamat-Ul-Vida
11	March 30	Sunday	Chaitra Sukaldi / Gudipadava / Ugadi / Cheti Chand
12	April 06	Sunday	Ram Navmi
13	April 13	Sunday	Vaisakhi / Vishu
14	April 14	Monday	Meshadi (Tamil New Year’s Day)
15	April 15	Tuesday	Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam)
16	April 20	Sunday	Easter Sunday
17	May 09	Friday	Guru Rabindranath Tagore’s Birthday
18	June 27	Friday	Rath Yatra
19	August 09	Saturday	Raksha Bandhan
20	August 15	Friday	Parsi New Year’s Day / Nauraj
21	August 15	Friday	Janmashtami (Smarta)
22	August 27	Wednesday	Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayak Chaturthi
23	September 05	Friday	Onam or Thiru Onam Day
24	September 29	Monday	Dusshera (Saptami)
25	September 30	Tuesday	Dusshera (Mahashtami)
26	October 01	Wednesday	Dusshera (Mahashtami)
27	October 07	Tuesday	Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday
28	October 10	Friday	Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth)
29	October 20	Monday	Naraka Chaturdasi
30	October 22	Wednesday	Goverdhan Puja
31	October 23	Thursday	Bhai Duj
32	October 28	Tuesday	Pratihar Shashti or Surya Shashti (Chhat Puja)
33	November 24	Monday	Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day
34	December 24	Wednesday	Christmas Eve

 

This issues with the approval of Competent Authority. 

 

To:  

1. All staff members of PFRDA – by email. 
2. Information technology dept. with a request to upload the same on PFRDA’s website. 
3. Rajbhasha dept. with a request to translate this office order in Hindi and circulate. 
4. Guard file.