A detailed list of gazetted holidays with date, day and occasion for the year 2021 for Central Government offices. The gazetted holiday is an National Holiday (also called Compulsory Holiday) for the staff working in Central Government administrative offices in India.
Check also: Restricted Holiday List for Central Govt Offices 2021
DoPT Holiday List 2021 PDF Download
Delhi Govt Office Holiday List 2021: The list of 17 closed holidays during the year 2021 for Central Government administrative offices located in Delhi/New Delhi only.
Upcoming Holidays for Central Govt Employees 2021:
Central Govt Holidays in October 2021
- 02 October 2021- Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday (Saturday)
- 15 October 2021- Dussehra (Friday)
- 19 October 2021 Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad [Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) (Tuesday)
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Central Govt Holidays in November 2021
- 04 November 2021- Diwali (Deepavali) (Thursday)
- 19 November 2021- Guru Nanak’s Birthday (Friday)
Central Govt Holidays in December 2021
- 25 December 2021- Christmas Day (Saturday)
Central Govt Holidays in January 2021
- 26 January 2021 – Republic Day (Tuesday)
Central Govt Holidays in March 2021
- 29 March 2021- Holi (Monday)
Central Govt Holidays in April 2021
- 2 April 2021- Good Friday (Friday)
- 21 April 2021- Ram Navami (Wednesday)
- 25 April 2021- Mahavir Jayanti (Sunday)
Central Govt Holidays in May 2021
- 14 May 2021- Id-ul-Fitr (Friday)
- 26 May 2021- Budha Purnima- Wednesday)
Central Govt Holidays in July 2021
- 21 July 2021- Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) (Wednesday)
Central Govt Holidays in August 2021
- 15 August 2021- Independence Day (Sunday)
- 19 August 2021- Muharram (Thursday)
- 30 August 2021- Janmashtami (Monday)
Restricted Holidays for CG employees: The list of 34 optional holidays during the year 2021 for Central Government administrative offices located in Delhi/New Delhi only.
Central Govt Restricted Holidays in 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
Central Govt Restricted Holidays in 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
Central Govt Restricted Holidays in March 2021
- 8 March 2021 (Monday) – Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti
- 11 March 2021 (Thursday) – Maha Shivaratri
- 28 March 2021 (Sunday) – Holika Dahan/ Dolyatra
Delhi Central
- 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
- April 2021 (Thursday) – Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam)
Central Govt Restricted Holidays in May 2021
- 7 May 2021 (Friday) – Jamat Ul-Vida
- 9 May 2021 (Sunday) – Guru Rabindranath’s Birthday
Central Govt Restricted Holidays in July 2021
- 12 July 2021 (Monday) – Rath Yatra
Central Govt Restricted Holidays in 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)
Central Govt Restricted Holidays in September 2021
- 10 September 2021 (Friday) – Vinayaka Chaturthi/ Ganesh Chaturthi
Central Govt Restricted Holidays in 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)
Central Govt Restricted Holidays in 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
Central Govt Restricted Holidays in December 2021
- 24 December 2021 (Friday) – Christmas Eve
List of Holidays during the year 2020 for Central Government Offices in India
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FAQ on Govt Holidays 2021
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The nodal department of Central Government, Department of Personnel and Training is declaring the holiday list for Central Government offices located across India.
It is a compulsory holiday declared by the Government to its offices and employees. Every year 17 days are declared as Gazetted Holidays.
This is an optional holiday for Government employees. They can choose any three holidays every year from the declared list of Restricted Holidays.
Watch the Dopt Holiday calendar for finding the next holiday falls on which day and date.
The DoPT Holiday order listed 17 Gazetted holidays and 34 Restricted holidays during the year 2021. All Government employees are enjoying 17 days every year as 14 compulsory holidays plus three optional holidays. And all Government offices are closed on all Saturdays and Sundays.
As per the DoPT order issued on 10 June 2020, tomorrow 2nd April 2021 (Friday) will be a public holiday for Central Government offices.
Yes, as per the recent order published by the Government of India, on account of Muharram will be observed on Friday, the 20th August 2021.