Kerala state government public and restricted holidays 2024

The Kerala government has announced that the days listed below will be recognised as public holidays for the Government of Kerala's public offices for the calendar year 2024.
Public and restricted holidays differ depending on the state. So every year, state government releases public and restricted holidays for their respective state.

Central government holiday list 2024


Note that all Sundays are a holidays also second Saturdays of each English month is closed holiday.

Kerala public holiday list 2024

Name of Holidays		Day of the	Year
		Week	Christian
			Era
Sl.	-1	-2	-3
No.
1	Mannam Jayanthi	Tuesday	2/1/2024
2	Republic Day	Friday	26-1-2024
3	Sivarathri	Friday	8/3/2024
4	Maundy Thursday	Thursday	28-3-2024
5	Good Friday	Friday	29-3-2024
6	Id-ul-Fitr (Ramzan)*	Wednesday	10/4/2024
7	May Day	Wednesday	1/5/2024
8	Id-ul Ad’ha (Bakrid)*	Monday	17-6-2024
9	Muharram*	Tuesday	16-7-2024
10	Karkkadaka Vaavu	Saturday	3/8/2024
11	Independence Day	Thursday	15-8-2024
12	Sree Narayana Guru Jayanthi	Tuesday	20-8-2024
13	Sreekrishna Jayanthi	Monday	26-8-2024
14	Ayyankali Jayanthi	Wednesday	28-8-2024
15	Third Onam/ Milad-i-Sherif *(Birthday of Prophet Muhammed)	Monday	16-9-2024
16	Fourth Onam	Tuesday	17-9-2024
17	Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi Day	Saturday	21-9-2024
18	Gandhi Jayanthi	Wednesday	2/10/2024
19	Deepavali	Thursday	31-10-2024
20	Christmas	Wednesday	25-12-2024

*Subject to change depending on the appearance of the moon.

The following festivals/occasions which falls on Public Holidays (Second Saturday/ Sunday) may be avoided from the above list:

Sl.	Name of Holidays	Day of the	2024
No.		Week	Christian Era
1	Easter	Sunday	31-3-2024
2	Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Jayanthi/Vishu	Sunday	14-4-2024
3	First Onam	Second	14-9-2024
		Saturday
4	Thiruvonam	Sunday	15-9-2024
5	Mahanavami	Second	12/10/2024
		Saturday
6	Vijayadasami	Sunday	13-10-2024

Restricted holidays

Ayya Vaikunda Swami Jayanthi	12/3/2024	Tuesday	Government–Quasi Government and Public Sector Undertaking Employees and Teachers belonging to Nadar Community are permitted to avail Restricted Holiday.
Avani Avittom	19-8-2024	Monday	Government Employees belonging to
			Brahmin Community are permitted to avail Restricted Holiday.
Vishwakarma Day	17-9-2024	Tuesday	Government–Quasi Government and Public Sector Undertaking Employees and Teachers belonging to Vishwakarma Community are permitted to avail Restricted Holiday.