Odisha Government holiday list 2027, has been announced for government employees for the coming year. A total of 29 holidays will be available next year. Six holidays have not been announced as they fall on the second and fourth Saturdays or Sundays.
After this, a list of four optional holidays has been issued. This notification has been issued by the Revenue Department. There will be two holidays in January that is Makar Sankranti on 14th and Republic Day on 26th. There is a Basant Panchami holiday Or Saraswati on February 11th.
There are five holidays in March. Maha Shivaratri on March 6th, Eid-ul-Fitr on 10th, Dola Purnima on 22nd, Holi on 23rd and Good Friday on 26th. Three holidays in April are Utkal Divas on 1st, Ambedkar Jayanti/ Mahabishuba Sankranti on 14th and Sri Ram Navami on 15th. Eid-ul-Zuha on May 17 and Buddha Jayanti/Baisakh Purnima/Pandit Raghunath Murmu Jayanti in May 20.
There will be 4 holidays in June – Savitri Amavasya on June 4, Pahali Raja on June 14, Raja Sankranti on June 15 and Muharram on May 16. Rath Yatra holiday on July 5. Purnima on August 17 and Janmashtami holiday on August 24.
There are three holidays in September – Ganesh Puja on 4th, Nuakhai (the day after) on 6th and Mahalaya on 30th.
There will be a maximum of six holidays in October in the Odisha Government holiday list 2027 that is Gandhi Jayanti on October 2, Maha Saptami on 6th, Maha Ashtami on 7th, Mahabami on 8th, Kumar Purnima on 15th and Diwali on 29th.
There will be no holidays at all in November and December. Subhas Bose/Veer Surendra Sai Jayanti on January 23rd is the fourth Saturday, Independence Day on August 15th is the Sunday, Nuakhai on September 9th is the Sunday, Vijaya Dashami on October 10th is the Sunday, Rasa Purnima on November 14th is the Sunday and the fourth Saturday of Eid on December 25th is the fourth Saturday.
The four optional holidays are Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti on January 15th, Bahuda Yatra on July 13th, Brahmo Samaj Foundation Day on August 20th and the day before Eid on December 24th.
Any one of these holidays can be taken by the employees. The other five celebrations are declared as optional holidays and are not listed as they fall on the fourth Saturday and Sunday.
