Chandigarh administration vide notification No.6/1/1-IH(I)-2022/1992 dated 16.12.22 declared the following days as public holidays for the year 2023 in the Union territory of Chandigarh.
Sr.No | Date | Day | Occasion/Festival Date |
1 | 26.01.2023 | Thursday | REPUBLIC DAY |
2 | 08.03.2023 | Wednesday | HOLI |
3 | 30.03.2023 | Thursday | RAM NAVAMI |
* | 01.04.2023* | Saturday | BANK’S ANNUAL CLOSING OF ACCOUNTS (*Applicable only for banks) |
4 | 04.04.20232 | Tuesday | MAHAVIR JAYANTI |
5 | 07.04.2023 | Friday | GOOD FRIDAY |
6 | 14.04.2023 | Friday | VAISAKHI/ DR.B.R.AMBEDKAR JAYANTI |
7 | 05.05.2023 | Friday | BUDDHA PURNIMA |
8 | 29.06.2023 | Thursday | ID-UL-ZUHA |
9 | 15.08.2023 | Tuesday | INDEPENDENCE DAY |
10 | 07.09.2023 | Thursday | JANAMASHTAMI |
11 | 28.09.2023 | Thursday | MILAD-UN-NABI |
12 | 02.10.2023 | Monday | MAHATMA GANDHI JAYANTHI |
13 | 24.10.2023 | Tuesday | DUSSEHRA |
14 | 12.11.2023 | Sunday | DIWALI |
15 | 13.11.2023 | Monday | GOVARDHAN PUJA |
16 | 27.11.2023 | Monday | GURUNANAK JI JAYANTI(Parkash gurpurab) |
17 | 25.12.2023 | Monday | CHRISTMAS |
All Sundays and 2nd & 4th Saturdays are Bank Holidays under the explanation to section 25 of the Negotiable Instrument Act 1881. (This holiday rule is applicable to all commercial and cooperative banks operating in the entire India).
If any of the holidays for the festivals of the Muslim fraternity notified above does not fall on the date notified, the holiday date may be altered by the concerned government or the community fraternity in government service may be granted special holidays on the date observable.
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