Optional Holidays
List of Optional Holidays in all the Government offices under the Government of Gujarat during the year 2016.
An employee is entitled to avail himself/herself of any of the two holidays out of the below mentioned optional holidays during the year 2016.
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| Date |
Week Day |
Holiday |
| January - 1 | Friday | Christian New Year Day |
| January - 5 | Tuesday | Guru Govindsingh's Birthday |
| January - 15 | Friday | Vassi Uttarayan (Next Day to Makar Sankranti) |
| February - 20 | Saturday | Vishvakarma Jayanti (Maha Sud-13) |
| March - 21 | Monday | Jamshedi Navroz (Parsi Shahenshahi & Parsi Kadmi) |
| March - 23 | Wednesday | Holi |
| April - 8 | Friday | Gudi Padvo (Chaitra Sud-1) |
| April - 20 | Wednesday | Hatkeshvar Jayanti |
| April - 22 | Friday | Hanuman Jayanti (Chaitra Sud-15) |
| April - 23 | Saturday | Pesah ((1st Day) (Yahudi)) |
| April - 24 | Sunday | Zarthost-no-Disho (Parsi Kadami) |
| May - 3 | Tuesday | Maha Prabhuji's Praktyotsava (Vallabhacharya Jayanti) |
| May - 11 | Wednesday | Shree Adhya Jagadguru Shankaracharya Jayanti (Vaishakh Sud-5) |
| May - 21 | Saturday | Budhha Purnima (Vaishakh Sud-15) |
| May - 23 | Monday | Shab-e-Barat (Muslim Shiya & Sunni) |
| May - 24 | Tuesday | Zarthost-no-Disho (Parsi Shahenshahi) |
| June - 8 | Wednesday | Guru Arjundev's Martyrdom Day |
| June - 12 | Sunday | Shavuoth (Yahudi) |
| June - 27 | Monday | Shahadat-e-Hazarat Ali (Muslim Shiya) |
| July - 6 | Wednesday | Rathayatra ((Ashadhi bij) (Ashadh Sud-2)) |
| July - 7 | Thursday | Ramjan-Id ((Id-Ul-Fitra) (2 nd Shawaal- Muslim Shiya & Sunni)) |
| July - 15 | Friday | Gatha Gahamber ((Gatha-III) (Parsi Kadmi)) |
| July - 17 | Sunday | Parsi New Year Day Eve ((Gatha-V) (Parsi kadmi)) |
| July - 18 | Monday | Parsi New Year Day (Parsi Kadmi) |
| July - 23 | Saturday | Khordad Sal (Parsi Kadmi) |
| August - 14 | Sunday | Gatha Gahamber ((Gatha-III) (Parsi Shahenshahi)) |
| August - 14 | Sunday | Tisha-be-aav (Yahudi) |
| August - 16 | Tuesday | Parsi New Year Day Eve ((Gatha-V) (Parsi Shahenshahi)) |
| August - 22 | Monday | Khordad Sal (Parsi Shahenshahi) |
| August - 26 | Friday | Nand Utsav (Shravan Vad-9) |
| August - 29 | Monday | Shravan Vad-12 ((Paryusan 1 st Day) (Chaturthi Paksha)) |
| August - 30 | Tuesday | Shravan Vad-13 ((Paryusan 1 st Day) (Panchami Paksha)) |
| September - 2 | Friday | Mahavir Swami JanmaVachan (Chaturthi Paksha) |
| September - 5 | Monday | Ganesh Chaturthi (Bhadarva Sud-4) |
| September - 6 | Tuesday | Samvatsari (Panchami Paksha) |
| September - 14 | Wednesday | Onam |
| October - 3 | Monday | Rosh Hashanah ((1 st Day) (New Year) (Yahudi)) |
| October - 11 | Tuesday | 9 th Muharram (Muslim Shiya & Sunni) |
| October - 11 | Tuesday | Eve of Kippur (Yahudi) |
| October - 12 | Wednesday | Yom Kippur (Yahudi) |
| October - 17 | Monday | Succoth (Yahudi) |
| October - 28 | Friday | Dhan Terash (AsoVad- 13) |
| October - 29 | Saturday | Kali Chaudash (Aso Vad-14) |
| November - 14 | Monday | Kartak Sud-15 (Dev-Diwali) |
| November - 29 | Tuesday | Shahadat-e- Imam Hasan (Muslim Shiya) |
| December - 10 | Saturday | Shrimad Bhagwad Gita Jayanti |
| December - 18 | Sunday | Id-e-Maulud (Muslim Shiya) |
| December - 26 | Monday | Boxing Day (Next Day to Christmas) |
