Winter vacations will begin in December 2025. These holidays will apply to all private and government schools. Students will also benefit from several other holidays in December.
School Holidays 2025: Good news for school students. Due to increasing cold and a cold wave, school timings have been changed in Bilaspur and Kabirdham districts of Chhattisgarh. This order will remain in effect until January 2026. Additionally, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir have announced winter holidays. Other states, including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh, are also likely to announce winter holidays soon.
Timings have been changed in two districts of Chhattisgarh.
The timings of all government, non-government, aided, CBSE and all other curriculum running schools of Bilaspur district have been changed. The first shift of schools running in two shifts will run from 8:00 am to 11:45 am from Monday to Friday. The first shift on Saturday will be from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. The second shift classes will run from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm from Monday to Friday and the second shift on Saturday will be from 8:00 am to 11:45 am. The timings of single shift schools have been changed from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm from Monday to Friday and from 8:00 am to 11:45 am on Saturday.
In Kabirdham district, in schools running in two shifts, the timing of junior schools will be from 8:30 am to 12 noon and the timing of senior schools will be from 12:15 pm to 4:30 pm. The timing of schools running in one shift will be from 10 am to 4 pm from Monday to Friday and from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm on Saturday. The order will be applicable to all government, non-government, aided and madrasa schools. The change in operating timings has been made till 31st January.
Winter vacation begins in Jammu and Kashmir, in Rajasthan from December 25
The Jammu and Kashmir administration has announced winter vacations for schools in the Kashmir Valley and the winter zone of the Jammu region. Pre-primary students will begin their vacations on November 26th. Students in classes 1 to 8 will begin their vacations on December 1st. Academic activities for senior classes will end on December 11th. Schools will reopen between February 22nd and March 1st next year. Winter vacations in Delhi will run from January 1st to January 15th, 2026.
In Rajasthan, winter vacations will run from December 25th, 2025, to January 5th, 2026. These holidays will apply to all government and private schools. The holiday dates are based on the Shivira Panchang 2025-26. Winter vacations are also expected to be announced soon in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh. School holidays in these states typically begin in the last week of December or early January.
When will schools be closed in December?
December 7 – Sunday
December 14 – Sunday
December 19 – Goa Liberation Day, Goa and Daman and Diu
December 21 – Sunday
December 24 – Christmas Eve, Meghalaya, Mizoram
December 25 – Christmas
December 26 – Boxing Day, Mizoram, Telangana
December 27 – Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh
December 28 – Sunday
