Central Government Holidays 2021 PDF Download
List of Holidays for Central Government Employees during the year 2021 – DoPT Orders dated 10.6.2020
Change of Muharram Holiday on 20-08-2021 – DoPT Orders 2021
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 2021.
The office memorandum has to classes of table including list of holidays for the year 2021. One table described the list of 14 Compulsory Holidays and another is 12 Restricted Holidays.
The Coordination Committees at the State Capitals may draw up separate list of Restricted Holidays keeping in view the occasions of local importance. However, the 9 occasions left over, after choosing the 3 variable holidays are to be included in the list of restricted holidays.
Compulsory Holiday List 2021
1. REPUBLIC DAY
2. INDEPENDENCE DAY
3. MAHATMA GANDHI’S BIRTHDAY
4. BUDDHA PURNIMA
5. CHRISTMAS DAY
6. DUSSEHRA (VIJAY DASHMI)
7. DIWALI (DEEPAVALI)
8. GOOD FRIDAY
9. GURU NANAK’S BIRTHDAY
10. IDU’L FITR
11. IDU’L ZUHA
12. MAHAVIR JAYANTI
13. MUHARRAM
14. PROPHET MOHAMMAD’S BIRTHDAY (ID-E-MILAD)
Restricted Holiday List 2021
1. AN ADDITIONAL DAY FOR DUSSEHRA
2. HOLI
3. JANAMASHTAMI (VAISHNAVI)
4. RAM NAVAMI
5. MAHA SHIVRATRI
6. GANESH CHATURTHI / VINAYAK CHATURTHI
7. MAKAR SANKARANTI
8. RATH YATRA
9. ONAM
10. PONGAL
11. SRI PANCHAMI / BASANT PANCHAMI
12. VISHU/ VAISAKHI / VAISAKHADI / BHAG BIHU / MASHADI UGADI / CHAITRA SUKLADI / CHETI CHAND / GUDI PADAVA /1ST NAVRATRA / NAORAZ/CHHATH POOJA/KARVA CHAUTH.
List of Central Govt Holidays 2021 Month wise
Central Govt Holidays in January 2021
- New Year’s Day – 1 January 2021 – Friday
- Lohri – 13 January 2021 – Wednesday
- Makar Sankranti / Magha Bihu / Pongal – 14 January 2021 – Thursday
- Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday – 20 January 2021 – Wednesday
Central Govt Holidays in February 2021
- Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami – 16 February 2021 – Tuesday
- Shivaji Jayanti – 19 February 2021 – Friday
- Hazarat Ali’s Birthday – 26 February 2021 – Friday
- Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday – 27 February 2021 – Saturday
Central Govt Holidays in March 2021
- Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti – 8 March 2021 – Monday
- Maha Shivaratri – 11 March 2021 – Thursday
- Holika Dahan/ Dolyatra – 28 March 2021 – Sunday
Central Govt Holidays in April 2021
- Easter Sunday – 4 April 2021 – Sunday
- Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava/ Ugadi / Cheti Chand / Vaishaki / Vishu – 13 April 2021 – Tuesday
- Mesadi / Tamil New Year’s Day – 14 April 2021 – Wednesday
- Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam) – April 2021 – Thursday
Central Govt Holidays in May 2021
- Jamat Ul-Vida – 7 May 2021 – Friday
- Guru Rabindranath’s Birthday – 9 May 2021 – Sunday
Central Govt Holidays in June 2021
- No Holiday in the month of June
Central Govt Holidays in July 2021
- Rath Yatra – 12 July 2021 – Monday
Central Govt Holidays in August 2021
- Parsi New Year’s Day/ Nauraj – 16 August 2021 – Monday
- Onam or Thiru Onam Day – 21 August 2021 – Saturday
- Raksha Bandhan – 22 August 2021 – Sunday
- Janmashtami – 30 August 2021 – Monday
Central Govt Holidays in September 2021
- Vinayaka Chaturthi / Ganesh Chaturthi – 10 September 2021 – Friday
Central Govt Holidays in October 2021
- Dussehra (Saptami) – 12 October 2021 – Tuesday
- Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) – 13 October 2021 – Wednesday
- Dussehra (Maha Navami) – 14 October 2021 – Thursday
- Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday – 20 October 2021 – Wednesday
- Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth) – 24 October 2021 – Sunday
Central Govt Holidays in November 2021
- Naraka Chaturdasi – 3 November 2021 – Wednesday
- Govardhan Puja – 5 November 2021 – Friday
- Bhai Duj – 6 November 2021 – Saturday
- Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhath Puja) – 10 November 2021 – Wednesday
- Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day – 24 November 2021 – Wednesday
Central Govt Holidays in December 2021
- Christmas Eve – 24 December 2021 – Friday
Central Government Gazetted Holidays 2021
List of Gazetted Holidays 2021 in Central Government pdf | Central Government Gazetted Holiday List 2021 PDF Download
List of 17 Holidays for Central Govt Administrative Offices located in Delhi / New Delhi during the year 2021
- Republic Day – 26 January 2021 – Tuesday
- Holi – 29 March 2021 – Monday
- Good Friday – 2 April 2021 – Friday
- Ram Navami – 21 April 2021 – Wednesday
- Mahavir Jayanti – 25 April 2021 – Sunday
- Id-ul-Fitr – 14 May 2021 – Friday
- Budha Purnima – 26 May 2021 – Wednesday
- Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) – 21 July 2021 – Wednesday
- Independence Day – 15 August 2021 – Sunday
- Muharram 19 August 2021 – Thursday
- Janmashtami – 30 August 2021 – Monday
- Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday – 02 October 2021 – Saturday
- Dussehra – 15 October 2021 – Friday
- Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad [Birthday of Prophet Mohammad] – 19 October 2021 – Tuesday
- Diwali (Deepavali) – 04 November 2021 – Thursday
- Guru Nanak’s Birthday – 19 November 2021 – Friday
- Christmas Day – 25 December 2021 – Saturday
List of Restricted Holidays 2021 in Central Government pdf
List of 34 Restricted Holidays for Central Govt Administrative Offices located in Delhi / New Delhi during the year 2021
- New Year’s Day – 01 January 2021 – Friday
- Lohri – 13 January 2021 – Wednesday
- Makar Sankranti/Magha Bihu/ Pongal – 14 January 2021 – Thursday
- Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday – 20 January 2021 – Wednesday
- Basant Panchami /Sri Panchami – 16 February 2021 – Tuesday
- Shivaji Jayanti – 19 February 2021 – Friday
- Hazarat Ali’s Birthday – 26 February 2021 – Friday
- Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday – 27 February 2021 – Saturday
- Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti – 08 March 2021 – Monday
- Maha Shivaratri – 11 March 2021 – Thursday
- Holika Dahan/Dolyatra – 28 March 2021 – Sunday
- Easter Sunday – 04 April 2021 – Sunday
- (Jhaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava / Ugadi / Cheti Chand / Vaisakhi /Vishu – 13 April 2021 – Tuesday
- Mesadi Tamil New Year’s Day – 14 April 2021 – Wednesday
- Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam) – 15 April 2021 – Thursday
- Jamat-Ul-Vida – 07 May 2021 – Friday
- Guru Rabindranath’s birthday – 09 May 2021 – Sunday
- Rath Yatra – 12 July 2021 – Monday
- Parsi New Year’s day/Nauraj – 16 August 2021 – Monday
- Onam or Thiru Onam Day – 21 August 2021 – Saturday
- Raksha Bandhan – 22 August 2021 – Sunday
- Janmashtami (Smarta) – 30 August 2021 – Monday
- Vinayaka Chaturthi/ Gancsh Chaturthi – 10 September 2021 – Friday
- Dussehra (Saptami) – 12 October 2021 – Tuesday
- Dussehra (Mahashtami) – 13 October 2021 – Wednesday
- Dussehra (Mahanavmi) – 14 October 2021 – Thursday
- Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday – 20 October 2021 – Wednesday
- Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth) – 24 October 2021 – Sunday
- Naraka Chaturdasi – 03 November 2021 – Wednesday
- Govardhan Puja – 05 November 2021 – Friday
- Bhai Duj – 06 November 2021 – Saturday
- Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) – 10 November 2021 – Wednesday
- Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day – 24 November 2021 – Wednesday
- Christmas Eve – 24 December 2021 – Friday
Restricted Holidays for Central Government Employees for the Year 2021
Restricted Holidays January 2021
- 1 January 2021 – Friday – New Year’s Day
- 13 January 2021 – Wednesday – Lohri
- 14 January 2021 – Thursday – Makar Sankranti / Magha Bihu / Pongal
- 20 January 2021 – Wednesday – Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday
Restricted Holidays February 2021
- 16 February 2021 – Tuesday – Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami
- 19 February 2021 – Friday – Shivaji Jayanti
- 26 February 2021 – Friday – Hazarat Ali’s Birthday
- 27 February 2021 – Saturday – Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday
Restricted Holidays March 2021
- 8 March 2021 – Monday – Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti
- 11 March 2021 – Thursday – Maha Shivaratri
- 28 March 2021 – Sunday – Holika Dahan/ Dolyatra
Restricted Holidays April 2021
- 4 April 2021 – Sunday – Easter Sunday
- 13 April 2021 – Tuesday – Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava/ Ugadi / Cheti Chand / Vaishaki / Vishu
- 14 April 2021 – Wednesday – Mesadi / Tamil New Year’s Day
- 15 April 2021 – Thursday – Vaisakhadi (Bengal / Bahag Bihu (Assam)
Restricted Holidays May 2021
- 7 May 2021 – Friday – Jamat Ul-Vida
- 9 May 2021 – Sunday – Guru Rabindranath’s Birthday
Restricted Holidays July 2021
- 12 July 2021 – Monday – Rath Yatra
Restricted Holidays August 2021
- 16 August 2021 – Monday – Parsi New Year’s Day/ Nauraj
- 21 August 2021 – Saturday – Onam or Thiru Onam Day
- 22 August 2021 – Sunday – Raksha Bandhan
- 30 August 2021 – Monday – Janmashtami (Smarta)
Restricted Holidays September 2021
- 10 September 2021 – Friday – Vinayaka Chaturthi/ Ganesh Chaturthi
Restricted Holidays October 2021
- 12 October 2021 – Tuesday – Dussehra (Saptami)
- 13 October 2021 – Wednesday – Dussehra (Maha Ashtami)
- 14 October 2021 – Thursday – Dussehra (Maha Navami)
- 20 October 2021 – Wednesday – Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday
- 24 October 2021 – Sunday – Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth)
Restricted Holidays November 2021
- 3 November 2021 – Wednesday – Naraka Chaturdasi
- 5 November 2021 – Friday – Govardhan Puja
- 6 November 2021 – Saturday – Bhai Duj
- 10 November 2021 – Wednesday – Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhath Puja)
- 24 November 2021 – Wednesday – Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day
Restricted Holidays December 2021
- 24 December 2021 – Friday – Christmas Eve
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