Hyderabad: The government of Telangana State has announced holidays for government employees during the year 2018.
New Year Day has been declared as a general holiday canceling the holiday on 2nd Saturday in February 2018.
In all, there will be 28 general holidays and 22 optional holidays for government employees in the year 2018.
Here is the list of holidays.
General Holidays:
| OCCASION/FESTIVAL | DATE |
| NEW YEAR DAY | 01-01-2018 |
| SANKRANTI/PONGAL | 15-01-2018 |
| REPUBLIC DAY | 26-01-2018 |
| MAHA SHIVARATRI | 13-02-2018 |
| HOLI | 01-03-2018 |
| SRI RAMA NAVAMI | 26-03-2018 |
| GOOD FRIDAY | 30-03-2018 |
| BABU JAGJIVAN RAM’S BIRTHDAY |
05-04-2018 |
| EIDUL FITAR (RAMZAN) | 16-06-2018 |
| BONALU | 06-08-2018 |
| INDEPENDENCE DAY | 15-08-2018 |
| EIDUL AZHA (BAKRID) | 22-08-2018 |
| SRI KRISHNA ASTAMI | 03-09-2018 |
| VINAYAKA CHAVITHI | 13-09-2018 |
| SHAHADAT IMAM HUSSAIN (R.A.) 10 th MOHARAM |
21-09-2018 |
| MAHATMA GANDHI JAYANTHI |
02-10-2018 |
| BATHUKAMMA STARTING
DAY |
09-10-2018 |
| DURGASTAMI / MAHARNAVAMI |
17-10-2018 |
| VIJAYA DASAMI | 18-10-2018 |
| DEEPAVALI | 07-11-2018 |
| EID MILADUN NABI | 21-11-2018 |
| KARTIKA PURNIMA / GURU NANAK’S BIRTHDAY |
23-11-2018 |
| CHRISTMAS | 25-12-2018 |
| BOXING DAY | 26-12-2018 |
General holidays on Sunday and 2nd Saturday:
| OCCASION/FESTIVAL | DATE |
| BHOGI | 14-01-2018 |
| UGADI | 18-03-2018 |
| DR.B.R. AMBEDKAR’S BIRTHDAY |
14-04-2018 |
| FOLLOWING DAY OF RAMZAN |
17-06-2018 |
List of optional holidays.
| OCCASION/FESTIVAL | DATE |
| KANUMU | 16-01-2018 |
| SRI PANCHAMI | 22-01-2018 |
| BIRTHDAY OF HZT. SYED MOHAMMED JUVANPURI MAHDI MA’UD (A.S.) |
01-02-2018 |
| MAHAVEER JAYANTHI | 29-03-2018 |
| BASAVA JAYANTHI | 18-04-2018 |
| SHAB-E-BARAT | 02-05-2018 |
| SHAHADAT HZT ALI (A.S.) | 05-06-2018 |
| SHAB-E-QADER | 12-06-2018 |
| JUMA-ATUL-WADA | 15-06-2018 |
| PARSI NEW YEAR’S DAY | 17-08-2018 |
| VARALAKSHMI VRATHAM | 24-08-2018 |
| EID-E-GHADEER | 30-08-2018 |
| 9th MOHARRAM (1440H) | 20-09-2018 |
| ARBAYEEN | 30-10-2018 |
| NARAKA CHATURDHI | 06-11-2018 |
| YAZ DAHUM SHAREEF | 19-12-2018 |
| CHRISTMAS EVE | 24-12-2018 |
Optional holidays on Sunday and 2nd Saturday
| OCCASION/FESTIVAL | DATE |
| BIRTHDAY OF HAZRATH ALI (A.S.) |
01-04-2018 |
| SHAB-E-MERAJ | 15-04-2018 |
| BUDDHA PURNIMA | 29-04-2018 |
| RATHA YATHRA | 14-07-2018 |
| SRAVANA PURNIMA / RAKHI PURNIMA |
26-08-2018 |