Telangana Official Holidays 2016

Check the 2016 Public, Office and Restricted holidays declared by Government of Telangana.

Public Holidays

List of General Holidays under Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 for the year 2016 in the Telangana State during the year 2016
Date Week Day Holiday
January - 15 Friday Pongal
January - 26 Tuesday Republic Day
March - 7 Monday Maha Shivratri
March - 23 Wednesday Holi
April - 1 Friday Annual Closing of Bank Account
April - 5 Tuesday Babu Jagjivan Ram's Birthday
April - 8 Friday Ugadi
April - 14 Thursday Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti
April - 15 Friday Ram Navmi
May - 1 Sunday May Day
July - 6 Wednesday Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramzan Id)
August - 15 Monday Independence Day
August - 25 Thursday Krishna Jayanthi
September - 5 Monday Ganesh Chaturthi
October - 2 Sunday Gandhi Jayanthi
October - 9 Sunday Durgastami
October - 11 Tuesday Vijaya Dashmi (Dussehra)
October - 12 Wednesday Muharram
October - 30 Sunday Deepavali
November - 14 Monday Guru Nanak's Jayanti / Kartik Pooja
December - 12 Monday Id Milad
December - 25 Sunday Christmas

General Holidays

List of General Holidays in all the Government offices under the Government of Telangana during the year 2016.
Date Week Day Holiday
January - 14 Thursday Bhogi
January - 15 Friday Pongal
January - 26 Tuesday Republic Day
March - 7 Monday Maha Shivratri
March - 23 Wednesday Holi
March - 25 Friday Good Friday
April - 5 Tuesday Babu Jagjivan Ram's Birthday
April - 8 Friday Ugadi
April - 14 Thursday Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti
April - 15 Friday Ram Navmi
July - 6 Wednesday Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramzan)
July - 7 Thursday Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramzan- Second Day)
August - 1 Monday Bonalu
August - 15 Monday Independence Day
August - 25 Thursday Krishna Jayanthi
September - 5 Monday Ganesh Chaturthi
September - 12 Monday Id-ul-Adha (Bakrid)
September - 30 Friday Bathukamma Starting Day
October - 2 Sunday Gandhi Jayanthi
October - 9 Sunday Durgastami
October - 11 Tuesday Vijaya Dashmi (Dussehra)
October - 12 Wednesday Muharram
October - 30 Sunday Deepavali
November - 14 Monday Guru Nanak's Jayanti / Kartik Pooja
December - 12 Monday Id Milad
December - 25 Sunday Christmas
December - 26 Monday Boxing Day
All offices under State Government shall remain closed on all Sundays and Second Saturdays in all the months during the year 2016.

Optional Holidays

List of Optional Holidays in all the Government offices under the Government of Telangana during the year 2016. The State Government employees may avail themselves of Optional Holidays not exceeding FIVE during the year 2016 .
Date Week Day Holiday
January - 1 Friday New Year's Day
January - 16 Saturday Kanumu
January - 22 Friday Yaz Dahum Shareef
February - 13 Saturday Vasant Panchami
February - 23 Tuesday Birthday of Hazrath Syed Mohd. Juvanpuri Mehdi Ma'ud
April - 19 Tuesday Mahavir Jayanti
April - 21 Thursday Birthday of Hazrath Ali
May - 5 Thursday Shab-E-Meraj
May - 9 Monday Basava Jayanti
May - 21 Saturday Buddha Pournima
May - 23 Monday Shab-E-Barat
June - 26 Sunday Shahadat Hzt Ali
July - 1 Friday Juma-Atul-Wada
July - 3 Sunday Shab-E-Qadar
July - 6 Wednesday Ratha Yatra
August - 12 Friday Varalakshmi Vratham
August - 17 Wednesday Parsi New Year
August - 18 Thursday Raksha Bandhan / Sravana Purnima
September - 20 Tuesday Eid-E-Gadeer
October - 10 Monday Maharnavami
October - 29 Saturday Naraka Chathurthi
November - 21 Monday Arbayeen
December - 24 Saturday Christmas Eve
Tamil New Year's Day on 15.01.2016 and 9th Moharram 1438 Hijri on 11.10.2016, (which would have been Optional Holidays) are declared as General Holidays in view of Sankranti/Pongal and Vijaya Dasami, respectively.