The Government of Odisha (earlier known as Orissa) in its circular No. RDM-Reg-MISC-0013-2024-39068 dated 12.11.2024, declared 20 holidays for the year 2025 under the explanation of section 25 of Negotiable Act 1881.
List of Public Holidays in Odisha (Orissa) State under sec 25 of NI Acts
| Sr.No | Date | Day | Occasion/Festival Date |
| 1 | 14.01.2025 | Tuesday | MAKARA SANKRANTI |
| 2 | 23.01.2025 | Thursday | SUBASHCHANDRA BOSE AND VIR SURENDRASAI BIRTHDAY |
| 3 | 26.02.2025 | Wednesday | MAHA SHIVARATRI |
| 4 | 15.03.2025 | Saturday | HOLI |
| 5 | 31.03.2025 | Monday | EID UL FITR/RAMZAN |
| 6 | 01.04.2025 | Tuesday | Annual closing of Bank accounts (Applicable to banks only) |
| 7 | 14.04.2025 | Monday | MAHA VISHUVA SANKRATI/B.R.AMBEDKAR JAYANTI |
| 8 | 18.04.2025 | Friday | GOOD FRIDAY |
| 10 | 07.06.2025 | Saturday | ID-UL-ZUHA /BAKRID |
| 11 | 27.06.2025 | Friday | RATA YATHRA |
| 12 | 15.08.2025 | Friday | INDEPENDENCE DAY/ JANMASHTAMI |
| 13 | 27.08.2025 | Wednesday | GANESH PUJA |
| 14 | 28.08.2025 | Thursday | NAUKHAI |
| 15 | 30.09.2025 | Tuesday | MAHA ASHTAMI |
| 16 | 01.10.2025 | Wednesday | MAHA NAVAMI |
| 17 | 02.10.2025 | Thursday | MAHATMA GANDHI BIRTHDAY |
| 18 | 07.10.2025 | Tuesday | KUMARA PURNIMA |
| 19 | 21.10.2025 | Tuesday | DIWALI |
| 19 | 05.11.2025 | Wednesday | RAHAS PURNIMA |
| 20 | 25.12.2025 | Thursday | CHRISTMAS |
The following festivals falling on Sundays/2nd Saturdays may be observed as holidays by the branches of banks for whom Sundays are normally working days
26.01.2025 Republic Day –Sunday
02.02.2025 Basanta Panchami –Sunday
06.04.2025 Shree Ram Navami –Sunday
15.06.2025 Raja Sankranti –Sunday
09.08.2025 Jhulana Purnima -2nd Saturday
*All Sundays and 2nd & 4th Saturdays are Bank Holidays under the explanation to section 25 of the Negotiable Instrument Act 1881. (This holiday rule applies 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 do not fall on the date notified, the concerned government may alter the holiday date or the community fraternity in government service may be granted special holidays on the date observable.
Disclaimer: Every effort has been taken to avoid errors or omissions in the list of holidays published above. Despite this, any changes in holiday dates, mistakes, errors, ambiguity, inconsistency, discrepancy or doubts may inadvertently creep up. The readers are therefore requested to be guided by the holiday list announced by the banks of respective states/UT or by the IBA for correct and authentic information. The author or anyone connected directly or indirectly to this website accepts no responsibility whatsoever and will not be liable for any losses, claims or damages which may arise because of the contents of this write-up.
