Delhi University is one of the top central universities in India. It has lakhs of students currently pursuing various courses. The academic calendars are different for various courses. However, the holidays remain the same for all courses. It is not rare to see DU students looking for the Delhi University list of holidays 2022 – 23, Delhi university holiday list 2022 PDF, etc. To help such students, we are going to provide the complete list of gazetted and restricted holidays in the Delhi University applicable for the session 2022 – 23.
List of DU holidays 2022
Given below is the list of holidays during the year 2022 for administrative offices of central government located at Delhi/ New Delhi are as follows. Please note that the offices and colleges of Delhi University will remain close on these holidays.
| S. No. | Holidays | Date | Day |
| 1 | Republic Day | 26th January 2022 | Wednesday |
| 2 | Holi | 19th March 2022 | Saturday |
| 3 | Good Friday | 15th April 2022 | Friday |
| 4 | Ram Navami | 10th April 2022 | Sunday |
| 5 | Mahavir Jayanti | 14th April 2022 | Thursday |
| 6 | Id-ul-Fitr | 3rd May 2022 | Tuesday |
| 7 | Budha Purnima | 16th May 2022 | Monday |
| 8 | Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) | 10th July 2022 | Sunday |
| 9 | Independence Day | 15th August 2022 | Monday |
| 10 | Muharram | 9th August 2022 | Tuesday |
| 11 | Janmashtami | 19th August 2022 | Friday |
| 12 | Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday | 2nd October 2022 | Sunday |
| 13 | Dussehra | 5th October 2022 | Wednesday |
| 14 | Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) | 9th October 2022 | Sunday |
| 15 | Diwali (Deepavali) | 25th October 2022 | Tuesday |
| 16 | Guru Nanak’s Birthday | 8th November 2022 | Tuesday |
| 17 | Christmas Day | 25th December 2022 | Sunday |
List of Delhi University Calendar 2022 Restricted Holidays
Students must note that restricted holidays are optional holidays. All the offices and colleges will not remain closed on these days.
| S. No. | Holidays | Date | Day |
| 1 | New Year’s Day | 1st January 2022 | Saturday |
| 2 | Lohri | 13th January 2022 | Thursday |
| 3 | Makar Sankranti/ Magha Bihu/ Pongal | 14th January 2022 | Friday |
| 4 | Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday | 9th January 2022 | Sunday |
| 5 | Basant Panchami/ Sri Panchami | 5th February 2022 | Saturday |
| 6 | Shivaji Jayanti | 19th February 2022 | Saturday |
| 7 | Hazarat Ali’s birthday | 15th February 2022 | Tuesday |
| 8 | Guru Ravi Das’s birthday | 16th February 2022 | Wednesday |
| 9 | Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti | 8th March 2022 | Monday |
| 10 | Maha Shivaratri | 1st March 2022 | Tuesday |
| 11 | Holika Dahan/ Dolyatra | 18th March 2022 | Friday |
| 12 | Easter Sunday | 17th March 2022 | Sunday |
| 13 | Chaitra Sukladi/ Gudi Padava/ Ugadi/ Cheti Chand/ Vaisakhi/ Vishu | 2nd April 2022 | Saturday |
| 14 | Mesadi Tamil New Year’s Day | 14th April 2022 | Thursday |
| 15 | Vaisakhadi (Bengal)/ Bahag Bihu (Assam) | 14th April 2022 | Thursday |
| 16 | Jamat ul Vida | 28th April 2022 | Thursday |
| 17 | Guru Rabindranath’s Birthday | 9th May 2022 | Monday |
| 18 | Rath Yatra | 1st July 2022 | Friday |
| 19 | Parsi New Year’s Day/ Nauraj | 16th August 2022 | Tuesday |
| 20 | Onam or Thiru Onam Day | 7th September 2022 | Wednesday |
| 21 | Raksha Bandhan | 12th August 2022 | Friday |
| 22 | Janmashtami (Smarta) | 19th August 2022 | Friday |
| 23 | Vinayaka Chaturthi/ Ganesh Chaturthi | 31st August 2022 | Wednesday |
| 24 | Dussehra (Saptami) | 2nd October 2022 | Sunday |
| 25 | Dussehra (Mahashtami) | 3rd October 2022 | Monday |
| 26 | Dussehra (Mahanavmi) | 4th October 2022 | Tuesday |
| 27 | Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday | 9th October 2022 | Sunday |
| 28 | Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chouth) | 13th October 2022 | Thursday |
| 29 | Naraka Chaturdashi | 24th October 2022 | Monday |
| 30 | Govardhan Puja | 26th October 2022 | Wednesday |
| 31 | Bhai Duj | 27th October 2022 | Thursday |
| 32 | Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) | 31st October 2022 | Monday |
| 33 | Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day | 28th November 2022 | Monday |
| 34 | Christmas Eve | 24th December 2022 | Saturday |
Please note that all holidays mentioned in this post are as per the last year’s calendar of the Delhi University. It is possible that the University might alter its calendar in the year 2022. To know the exact date, students are advised to wait for the release of the official calendar of the Delhi University. The same will also be updated on this page.
Disclaimer: We have prepared the Delhi University holidays list 2022 based on last year holidays list released by Delhi University. If there are certain changes released by Delhi University in the year 2022, we’ll update the same here.
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