The list of Indian holidays in 2023 has been released officially. There are two types of holidays – Gazetted holidays (GH) and Restricted holidays (RH). However, some of these holidays differ from one state to another. Also, it depends on the company’s policy.
There is the list of Gazetted holidays in India for the year 2023 –
Name of the holiday |
Date & Year |
Day |
| Makar Sankranti/ Magha Bihu | 14th January 2023 | Saturday |
| Republic day | 26th January 2023 | Thursday |
| Good Friday | 7th April 2023 | Friday |
| Eid-UL-Fitr | 22nd April 2023 | Saturday |
| Labour day | 1st May | Monday |
| Independence day | 15th August 2023 | Tuesday |
| Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday | 2nd October 2023 | Monday |
| Dussehra | 24th October 2023 | Tuesday |
| Diwali (Deepawali) | 12th November 2023 | Sunday |
| Christmas day | 25th December 2023 | Monday |
There are the list of Restricted Holiday(RH) in India for the year of 2023 –
Name of the holiday |
Date & Year |
Day |
| New year’s day | 1st January 2023 | Sunday |
| Makar Sankranti/ Magha Bihu | 14th January 2023 | Saturday |
| Pongal | 15th January 2023 | Sunday |
| Hazarat Ali’s Birthday, Guru Ravidas’s Birthday | 5th February 2023 | Sunday |
| Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti | 15th February 2023 | Wednesday |
| Maha Shivaratri | 18th February 2023 | Saturday |
| Shivaji jayanti | 19th February 2023 | Sunday |
| Holika Dahan, Dolyatra | 7th march 2023 | Tuesday |
| Chaitra Sukladi/ Gudi Padava/ Ugadi/ Cheti Chand | 22nd March 2023 | Wednesday |
| Easter Sunday | 9th April 2023 | Sunday |
| Vaisakhi/Vishu/Meshadi | 14th April 2023 | Friday |
| Vaisakhadi (Bengal)/ Bahag Bihu (Assam) | 15th April 2023 | Saturday |
| Jamat-Ul-Vida | 21th April 2023 | Friday |
| Guru Rabindranath’s Birthday | 9th May 2023 | Tuesday |
| Rath Yatra | 20th June 2023 | Tuesday |
| Parsi New Year’s day/ Nauraj | 16th August 2023 | Wednesday |
| Vinayaka Chaturthi | 20th August 2023 | Sunday |
| Onam or Thiru Onam Day | 29th August 2023 | Tuesday |
| Raksha Bandhan | 30th August 2023 | Wednesday |
| Janmashtami (Smarta) | 6th September 2023 | Wednesday |
| Ganesh Chaturthi | 19th September 2023 | Tuesday |
| Dussehra (Saptami) | 21st October 2023 | Saturday |
| Dussehra (Maha Ashtami | 22nd October 2023 | Sunday |
| Dussehra (Maha Navmi) | 23rd October 2023 | Monday |
| Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday | 28th October 2023 | Saturday |
| Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chauth) | 1st November 2023 | Wednesday |
| Govardhan Puja | 13th November 2023 | Monday |
| Bhai Duj | 15th November 2023 | Wednesday |
| Pratihar Sashthi or Surya Sashthi (Chhat Puja) | 19th November 2023 | Sunday |
| Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day | 24th November 2023 | Friday |
| Christmas Eve | 24th December 2023 | Sunday |
Here, you can get the Calendar of Indian holidays in 2023 – • Gazetted holidays (GH) and •Restricted holidays (RH)
List of holidays in 2023
With that, we have to end of this post on the list of Indian holiday in 2023.