Chhath Puja 2025: Will schools and colleges remain closed during Chhath Puja? Know updates on official holidays

Chhath Puja 2025: Chhath Puja, the grand four-day festival of Surya Puja, is celebrated with great devotion and fanfare not only in Bihar but also in eastern Uttar Pradesh. Like every year, this year too there is uncertainty as to whether schools, banks and government offices will be closed before the festival begins. Chhath festival involves fasting for 36 hours without water and praying to the rising and setting sun. Hence, it is an important festival for millions of people.

The list of public holidays for the year 2025 released by the Uttar Pradesh government has separate categories of public holidays and restricted holidays. In Bihar, a mandatory holiday is given for Chhath Puja. Meanwhile, in Delhi, the Rekha Gupta government has announced a one-and-a-half-day holiday for the Chhath Puja festival this year. In such a situation, it is important to know whether there will be an official holiday for Chhath Puja in Uttar Pradesh schools, colleges and banks etc.

**Chhath Puja 2025 Holiday: Chhath Mahaparva will start from October 25
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In the year 2025, the grand festival of Chhath Puja will run from October 25 to October 28. Sandhya Arghya (to the setting sun) will be offered on 27th October and Usha Arghya (to the rising sun) will be offered on 28th October. A large number of people belonging to eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar live in big cities like Lucknow, Noida, Ghaziabad, Kanpur. Given the faith of these people, every year there is pressure on the state government to declare a public holiday for Chhath Puja. Checking the official list can clear up the holiday confusion.

Chhath Puja 2025: Holiday status in Uttar Pradesh

Based on the list of holidays released by Uttar Pradesh government for the year 2025, you can check the holiday status of Chhath Puja here:

1. Holiday in government office and bank
Not Public Holiday: Chhath Puja is not declared as a public holiday in the Uttar Pradesh government’s list of official public holidays. This means that government offices and banks will not be officially closed.

Restricted Holiday: The main day of Chhath Puja, Tuesday, October 28, 2025, is designated as a limited holiday/optional holiday. This means government employees can take annual limited leave on this day.

2. The possibility of holidays in schools
Administration Decision: Even if there are no public holidays in the official list, schools are likely to declare a holiday. In view of major festivals like Diwali and Chhath, the local administration or school management may declare a holiday for the Chhath festival.

Schools are likely to remain closed in the districts of Uttar Pradesh where Chhath Puja is celebrated.