Holidays 2020 for Central Government Employees
List of Holidays for Central Government Employees during the year 2020 – DoPT Orders dated 18.6.2019
The Department of Personnel and Training under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has published a new list of holidays for Central Government Employees during the year 2020.
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The office memorandum has to classes of table including list of holidays for the year 2020. One table described the list of 14 Compulsory Holidays and another is 12 Restricted Holidays. The Co-Ordination Committee at the State Capitals may draw up separate list of Restricted Holidays keeping in view the occasions of local importance but the 9 occasions left over, after choosing the 3 variable holidays are to be included in the list of restricted holidays.
| COMPULSORY HOLIDAYS | |
| 1.REPUBLIC DAY | 2.INDEPENDENCE DAY |
| 3.MAHATMA GANDHI’S BIRTHDAY | 4.BUDDHA PURNIMA |
| 5.CHRISTMAS DAY | 6.DUSSEHRA |
| 7.DIWALI | 8.GOOD FRIDAY |
| 9.GURU NANAK’S BIRTHDAY | 10.IDU’L FuR |
| 11.IDU’LZUHA | 12.MAHAVIR JAYANTI |
| 13.MUHARRAM | 14.ID-E-MILAD |
| RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS | |
| 1. AN ADDITIONAL DAY FOR DUSSEHRA | 2. HOLI |
| 3. JANAMASHTAMI (VAISHNAVI) | 4. RAM NAVAMI |
| 5. MAHA SHIVRATRI | 6. GANESH CHATURTHI |
| 7. MAKAR SAKARANTI | 8. RATH YATRA |
| 9. ONAN | 10. PONGAL |
| 11. SRI PANCHAML | 12. VISHU* |
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*VAISAKHI – VAISAKHADI – BHAG BKHU – MASHADI UGADI – CENTRA SUKLADI – CHETI CHAND – GUDL PADAVA 1st NAVRATRA – NAURAJ-CHHATH POOJA-KARVA CHAUTH
List of Restricted Holidays during the year 2020 for Administrative Offices of Central Government Located at Delhi and New Delhi
List of Gazetted Holidays 2020 in Central Government pdf
| No | HOLIDAY | DATE | SAKA | DAY |
| 1941 Saka Era | ||||
| 1 | Republic Day | Jan 26 | Magha 06 | Sun |
| 2 | Holi | Mar 21 | Phalguna 30 | Tue |
| 1942 Saka Era | ||||
| 3 | Ram Navami | Apr 02 | Chaitra 13 | Thu |
| 4 | Mahavir Jayanti | Apr 06 | Chaitra 17 | Mon |
| 5 | Good Friday | Apr 10 | Chaitra 21 | Fri |
| 6 | Buddha Purnima | May 07 | Vaisakha 17 | Thu |
| 7 | Id-Ul-Fitr | May 25 | Jyaishtha 04 | Mon |
| 8 | Id-Uz-Zuha (Bakrid) | Aug 01 | Sravana 10 | Sat |
| 9 | Janmashtami | Aug 12 | Sravana 21 | Wed |
| 10 | Independence Day | Aug 15 | Sravana 24 | Sat |
| 11 | Muharram | Aug 30 | Bhadra 08 | Sun |
| 12 | Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday | Oct 02 | Asvina 10 | Fri |
| 13 | Dussehra | Oct 25 | Kartika 03 | Sun |
| 14 | *Milad-Un-Nabi Or Id (Birthday Of Prophet Mohammad) | Oct 30 | Kartika 08 | Fri |
| 15 | Diwali (Deepavali) | Nov 14 | Kartika 23 | Sat |
| 16 | Guru Nanak’s Birthday | Nov 30 | Agrahayana 09 | Mon |
| 17 | Christmas Day | Dec 25 | Pausha 04 | Fri |
*Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) LIST OF RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR 2020 FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI – NEW DELHI
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List of Restricted Holidays 2020 in Central Government
| No | HOLIDAY | DATE | SAKA | DAY |
| SAKA ERA 1941 | ||||
| 1 | New Year’s Day | 1-Jan | Pausha 11 | Wed |
| 2 | Guru Gobind Singhs Birthday | 2-Jan | Pausha 12 | Thu |
| 3 | Lohri | 13-Jan | Pausha 23 | Mon |
| 4 | Makar Sankranti- Pongal | 15-Jan | Pausha 25 | Wed |
| 5 | Basant Panchami Sri Panchami | 30-Jan | Magha 10 | Thu |
| 6 | Guru Ravidas’s Birthday | 9-Feb | Magha 20 | Sun |
| 7 | Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti | 18-Feb | Magha 29 | Tue |
| 8 | Shivaji Jayanti | 19-Feb | Magha 30 | Wed |
| 9 | Maha Shivaratri | 21-Feb | Phalguna 02 | Fri |
| 10 | Holika Dahan – Dolyatra | 9-Mar | Phalguna 19 | Mon |
| 11 | Hazarat Ali’s Birthday | 9-Mar | Phalguna 19 | Mon |
| SAKA ERA 1942 | ||||
| 12 | *Chaitra Sukladi | 25-Mar | Chaitra 05 | Wed |
| 13 | Easter Sunday | 12-Apr | Chaitra 23 | Sun |
| 14 | Vaiskhi – Vishu | 13-Apr | Chaitra 24 | Mon |
| 15 | Mesadi – Vaisakhadi (Bengal) – Bahag Bihu (Assam) | 14-Apr | Chaitra 25 | Tue |
| 16 | Guru Rabindranath’s Birthday | 8-May | Vaisakha 18 | Fri |
| 17 | Jamat -Ul-Vida | 22-May | Jyaishtha 01 | Fri |
| 18 | Rath Yatra | 23-Jun | Ashadha 02 | Tue |
| 19 | Raksha Bandhan | 3-Aug | Sravana 12 | Mon |
| 20 | Janmashtami (Smarta) | 11-Aug | Sravana 20 | Tue |
| 21 | Parsi New Year’s Day Nauraj | 16-Aug | Sravana 25 | Sun |
| 22 | Vinayaka Chaturthi Ganesh Chaturthi | 22-Aug | Sravana 31 | Sat |
| 23 | Onam Or Thiru Onam Day | 31-Aug | Bhadra 09 | Mon |
| 24 | Dussehra (Maha Saptami) (Additional) | 23-Oct | Kartika 01 | Fri |
| 25 | Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) (Additional) | 24-Oct | Kartika 02 | Sat |
| 26 | Vijay Dashmi (Bengal, Kerala) | 26-Oct | Kartika 04 | Mon |
| 27 | Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday | 31-Oct | Kartika 09 | Sat |
| 28 | Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chouth) | 4-Nov | Kartika 13 | Wed |
| 29 | Naraka Chaturdasi | 14-Nov | Kartika 23 | Sat |
| 30 | Govardhan Puja | 15-Nov | Kartika 24 | Sun |
| 31 | Bhai Duj | 16-Nov | Kartika 25 | Mon |
| 32 | Pratihar Shashthi Or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) | 20-Nov | Kartika 29 | Fri |
| 33 | Guru Tag Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day | 24-Nov | Agrahayana 03 | Tue |
| 34 | Christmas Eve | 24-Dec | Pausha 03 | Thu |
*Chaitra Sukladi-Gudi Padava-Ugadi-Cheti Chand
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