Holidays to be observed in Railways during the year 2023 – Railway Board order dated 20.06.2022

Railway Holiday List 2023

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)

No.2020/E(LR)III/LR/HL 1/1

Rail Bhawan, New Delhi – 110 001
Dated : 20.06.2022

The General Managers,
All Indian Railways.
(As per standard list)

Sub: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2023.

A copy of Department of Personnel and Training’s O.M. No.12/5/2022-JCA dated 16.06.2022, with a list of holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2023, is enclosed for information and necessary action.

D.A.: As above

(R.K. Sinha)
Director, Estt (IR)
Railway Board

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List of Central Govt Holidays to be observed in Indian Railways during the year 2023

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Indian Railway Gazetted Holiday List 2023

• Republic Day – 26.1.2023 – Thursday
• Holi – 8.3.2023 – Wednesday
• Ram Navami – 30.3.2023 – Thursday
• Mahavir Jayanti – 4.4.2023 – Tuesday
• Good Friday – 7.4.2023 – Friday
• Id-ul-Fitr – 22.4.2023 – Saturday
• Buddha Purnima – 5.5.2023 – Friday
• Bakrid / Id-ul-Zuha – 29.6.2023 – Thursday
• Muharram – 29.7.2023 – Saturday
• Independence Day – 15.8.2023 – Tuesday
• Janmashtami (Vaishnva) – 7.9.2023 – Thursday
• Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) – 28.9.2023 – Thursday
• Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday – 2.10.2023 – Monday
• Dussehra – 24.10.2023 – Tuesday
• Diwali – 12.11.2023 – Sunday
• Guru Nanak’s Birthday – 27.11.2023 – Monday
• Christmas Day – 25.12.2023 – Monday

Indian Railway Restricted Holiday List 2023

1. New Year’s Day – 1.1.2023 – Sunday
2. Makar Sankranti / Magha Bihu – 14.1.2023 – Saturday
3. Pongal – 15.1.2023 – Sunday
4. Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami – 26.1.2023 – Saturday
5. Hazarat Ali’s Birthday, Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday – 5.2.2023 – Sunday
6. Birthday of Swami Dayananda Saraswati – 15.2.2023 – Wednesday
7. Maha Shivratri – 18.2.2023 – Saturday
8. Shiva ji Jayanti – 19.2.2023 – Sunday
9. Holika dahan, dolyatra – 7.3.2023 – Tuesday
10. Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava / Ugadi / Cheti Chand – 22.3.2023 – Wednesday
11. Easter Sunday – 9.4.2023 – Sunday
12. Vaisakhi / Vishu / Meshadi – 14.4.2023 – Friday
13. Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam) – 15.4.2023 – Saturday
14. Jamat-Ul-Vida – 21.4.2023 – Friday
15. Birthday of Guru Rabindranath Tagore – 9.5.2023 – Tuesday
16. Rath Yatra – 20.6.2023 – Tuesday
17. Parsi New Year’s day / Nauraj – 16.8.2023 – Wednesday
18. Vinayaka Chaturthi – 20.8.2023 – Sunday
19. Onam or Thiru Onam Day – 29.8.2023 – Tuesday
20. Raksha Bandhan – 30.8.2023 – Wednesday
21. Janmashtami (Smarta) – 6.9.2023 – Wednesday
22. Ganesh Chaturthi – 19.9.2023 – Tuesday
23. Dussehra (Saptami) – 21.10.2023 – Saturday
24. Dussehra (Mahashtami) – 22.10.2023 – Sunday
25. Dussehra (Mahanavmi) – 23.10.2023 – Monday
26. Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday – 28.10.2023 – Saturday
27. Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth) – 1.11.2023 – Wednesday
28. Naraka Chaturdasi – 12.11.2023 – Sunday
29. Govardhan Puja – 13.11.2023 – Monday
30. Bhai Duj – 15.11.2023 – Wednesday
31. Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) – 19.11.2023 – Sunday
32. Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day – 24.11.2023 – Friday
33. Christmas Eve – 24.12.2023 – Sunday