Shri Krishna Janmashtami School Holiday 2025: Apart from the Krishna Janmashtami holiday, there will be 3 consecutive holidays in August including Independence Day and Sunday. In many states, there will be a holiday on the occasion of Janmashtami or Gokulashtami. In such a situation, students can get a three-day holiday including Independence Day and Sunday.
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Janmashtami ki Chutti Kab Hai 2025: Every year, the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna is celebrated in many parts of India as Janmashtami. Krishna Janmashtami is celebrated in different places across the country including Mathura, Vrindavan. This year, the festival of Shri Krishna Janmashtami or Gokulashtami will be celebrated on 16 August 2025. The importance of Janmashtami festival is all over the country, but whether there will be a holiday in schools, colleges and government offices or not depends on different states.
In many states, Janmashtami is a government holiday, so banks, schools, colleges and government offices remain closed. Independence Day is on 15 August and Sunday is on 17 August, so if there is a holiday on Janmashtami on 16 August, then school and college students can get a chance to have a holiday for 3 consecutive days this year. Let’s take a look at some such states where there is usually a holiday on Janmashtami.
States with Janmashtami holiday:
In the list of states given below, most of the places usually have Janmashtami holiday and schools are also closed here.
- Uttar Pradesh
- Rajasthan
- Gujarat
- Bihar
- Jharkhand
- Odisha
- Tamil Nadu
- Uttarakhand
- Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
- West Bengal
- Chhattisgarh
- Himachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya
States that do not have a holiday on Janmashtami?
In Tripura, Mizoram, Karnataka, Assam, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Nagaland, Goa and many parts of Maharashtra, everything is usually open on Janmashtami and this includes schools as well. Janmashtami is celebrated in many places in these places too but there is no official holiday on this day.
Confirm with schools:
People are often confused about the holiday on Krishna Janmashtami. Because, neither the central government nor many state governments make any rules. For clarity, people should contact their school, college or office in advance and find out whether there is a holiday or not. If it is a long weekend, students can plan to travel or can also plan for their studies.
