Overview

• Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced the annual observance while attending Valmiki Jayanti events across the capital.
• Delhi will host programmes, processions and tribute meetings, with most government schools, municipal offices and liquor shops shut for the day.
• Essential services including hospitals, police and public transport remain operational; banks and most private offices are expected to function.
• Uttar Pradesh has notified a public holiday for October 7, with uninterrupted Ramayana recitations planned in temples statewide.
• The 2025 observance falls on Ashwin Purnima, with the Purnima tithi from 12:23 pm Oct 6 to 9:16 am Oct 7; separate school closures in J&K are weather-related.