No: RRU/REGI/Holiday/2023/246
Date: 27/12/2023

Ref:
1. Notification F.No. 12/2/2023-JCA dated 03/07/2023, Government of India, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training)
2. Government of Gujarat, Notification No. GS/27/2023/JSR/102023/930/GH, Dtd. 20/11/2023

The University will observe holidays for the below mentioned dates for the Calendar Year 2024.

Sr. No	Holiday	Date	Day
1	Republic Day	January, 26	Friday
2	Maha Shivratri	March, 8	Friday
3	Holi	March, 25	Monday
4	Good Friday	March, 29	Friday
5	Ramjan – Eid (Eid – UL – Fitra)	April 11	Thursday
6	Ram Navmi	April 17	Wednesday
7	Buddha Purnima	May, 23	Thursday
8	Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)	June, 17	Monday
9	Muharram	July 17	Wednesday
10	Independence Day	August, 15	Thursday
11	Raksha Bandhan	August, 19	Monday
12	Janmashtami	August, 26	Monday
13	Milad-in- Nabi (Birthday of Prophet Mohammed)	September, 16	Monday
14	Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday	October, 02	Wednesday
15	Diwali	October, 31	Thursday
16	Guru Nanak’s B’day	November, 15	Friday
17	Christmas Day	December, 25	Wednesday

In addition, as per Rules the University employees are entitled to two Restricted Holidays in the year-2024 out of the following as per their choice:

Sr. No	Holiday	Date	Day
1.	New year’s day	January 01	Monday
2.	Magha Bihu /Pongal	January 15	Monday
3.	Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday	January 17	Wednesday
4.	Hazarat Ali’s Birthday	January 25	Thursday
5.	Sri Panchami, Basant Panchmi	Fabruary 14	Wednesday
6.	Shivaji Jayanti	Fabruary 19	Monday
7.	Birthday Swami Dayanand Saraswati	March 06	Wednesday
8.	Dolyatra	March 25	Monday
9.	Jamat-UI-Vida	April, 05	Friday
10.	Chaitra Sukladi/Gudi Padva/Ugadi/Cheti Chand	April, 09	Tuesday
11.	Chitra Sukladi/ Gudi Padva/ Ugadi/Cheti Chand	April, 09	Tuesday
12.	Birthday of Guru Ravindranath’ Tagore	May, 08	Wednesday
13.	Parsi New Year’s Day/ Nauraj	August, 15	Thursday
14.	Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday	October, 17	Thursday
15.	Naraka Chaturdasi	October, 31	Thursday
16.	Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi	November, 07	Thursday
17.	Christmas Eve	December, 24	Tuesday

Note: The following days have not been notified as General or Optional Holidays as they fall on Saturday and Sunday.

Sr. No	Holiday	Date	Day
1	Lohri	January,13	Saturday
2	Makar Sankranti / Magha Bihu	January,14	Sunday
3	Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday	February, 24	Saturday
4	Holika Dahan	March 24	Sunday
5	Easter Sunday	March, 31	Sunday
6	Vaisakhi/Vishu	April, 13	Saturday
7	Meshadi (Tamil New Year’s Day)/Vaisakhadi (Bengal) Bahag Bihu (Assam)	April, 14	Sunday
8	Rath Yatra	July, 07	Sunday
9	Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayaka Chaturthi	September, 07	Saturday
10	Onam or Thiru Onam Day	September, 15	Sunday
11	Karaka Chaturthi	October, 20	Sunday
12	Govardhan Puja	November, 02	Saturday
13	Bhai Duj	November, 03	Sunday
14	Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day	November, 24	Sunday

(Dr. Shishir Kumar Gupta)

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