Holiday List 2021 and Working Hours for Central Government Employees
Here a detailed report on working hours of Central Government employees with a list of holidays during the year 2021.
Working Hours for Employees
- Monday to Friday from 9.00 AM to 5.30 PM with half an hour lunch break from 01.00 PM to 01.30 PM. Every Saturday and Sunday is a weekly holiday.
Public Dealing Hours
- The forenoon of every Wednesday of the week has been earmarked for receiving and hearing of grievance by the Director/Deputy Secretary of Public Grievances Division in person.
Dopt Holiday List Jan 2021
- 26 January 2021 – Republic Day (Tuesday)
Dopt Holiday List Feb 2021
- No holidays
Dopt Holiday List Mar 2021
- 29 March 2021- Holi (Monday)
Dopt Holiday List Apr 2021
- 2 April 2021- Good Friday (Friday)
- 21 April 2021- Ram Navami (Wednesday)
- 25 April 2021- Mahavir Jayanti (Sunday)
Dopt Holiday List May 2021
- 14 May 2021- Id-ul-Fitr (Friday)
- 26 May 2021- Budha Purnima- Wednesday)
Dopt Holiday List Jul 2021
- 21 July 2021- Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) (Wednesday)
Dopt Holiday List Aug 2021
- 15 August 2021- Independence Day (Sunday)
- 19 August 2021- Muharram (Thursday)
- 30 August 2021- Janmashtami (Monday)
Dopt Holiday List Oct 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)
Dopt Holiday List Nov 2021
- 04 November 2021- Diwali (Deepavali) (Thursday)
- 19 November 2021- Guru Nanak’s Birthday (Friday)
Dopt Holiday List Dec 2021
- 25 December 2021- Christmas Day (Saturday)
Restricted Holidays in 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
- 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
- 8 March 2021 (Monday) – Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti
- 11 March 2021 (Thursday) – Maha Shivaratri
- 28 March 2021 (Sunday) – Holika Dahan/ Dolyatra
- 4 April 2021 (Sunday) – Easter Sunday
- 13 April 2021 (Tuesday) – Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padova/ Ugadi / Cheti Chand / Vaishaki / Vishu
- 14 April 2021 (Wednesday) – Mesadi / Tamil New Year’s Day
- April 2021 (Thursday) – Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam)
- 7 May 2021 (Friday) – Jamat Ul-Vida
- 9 May 2021 (Sunday) – Guru Rabindranath’s Birthday
- 12 July 2021 (Monday) – Rath Yatra
- 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)
- 10 September 2021 (Friday) – Vinayaka Chaturthi, Ganesh Chaturthi
- 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)
- 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
- 24 December 2021 (Friday) – Christmas Eve