Dopt Corrigendum on Holidays 2020: Deepawali falls on 14.11.2020

Dopt Corrigendum on Holidays 2020: Deepawali falls on 14.11.2020

Dopt Corrigendum on Holidays for Central Govt Offices during 2020: The festival of Diwali (Deepawali) falls on 14.11.2020 (Karthika 23)

F.No.12/1/2019-JCA-2
Department of Personnel and Training
Establishment(JCA) Section

North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 26th June, 2019

CORRIGENDUM

Subject: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2020 – reg.

In the list of holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2020, circulated vide OM of even number dated 18th June, 2019, the para 6 of the OM may be read as;

“During 2020, Diwali (Deepawali) falls on Satruday, November 14, 2020 (Karthika 23).”

Hindi version will follow.

sd/-
(Juglal Singh)
Deputy Secretary to the Govt of India

Holidays for Central Government Employees during 2020

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.

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*

*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

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

No	HOLIDAY	DATE	SAKA	DAY
SAKA ERA 1941
1	New Year’s day	Jan 01	Pausha 11	Wed
2	Guru Gobind Singhs Birthday	Jan 02	Pausha 12	Thu
3	Lohri	Jan 13	Pausha 23	Mon
4	Makar Sankranti- Pongal	Jan 15	Pausha 25	Wed
5	Basant Panchami Sri Panchami	Jan 30	Magha 10	Thu
6	Guru Ravidas’s Birthday	Feb 09	Magha 20	Sun
7	Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti	Feb 18	Magha 29	Tue
8	Shivaji Jayanti	Feb 19	Magha 30	Wed
9	Maha Shivaratri	Feb 21	Phalguna 02	Fri
10	Holika Dahan – Dolyatra	Mar 09	Phalguna 19	Mon
11	Hazarat Ali’s Birthday	Mar 09	Phalguna 19	Mon
SAKA ERA 1942
12	*Chaitra Sukladi	Mar 25	Chaitra 05	Wed
13	Easter Sunday	Apr 12	Chaitra 23	Sun
14	Vaiskhi – Vishu	Apr 13	Chaitra 24	Mon
15	Mesadi – Vaisakhadi (Bengal) – Bahag Bihu (Assam)	Apr 14	Chaitra 25	Tue
16	Guru Rabindranath’s birthday	May 08	Vaisakha 18	Fri
17	Jamat -Ul-Vida	May 22	Jyaishtha 01	Fri
18	Rath Yatra	June 23	Ashadha 02	Tue
19	Raksha Bandhan	Aug 03	Sravana 12	Mon
20	Janmashtami (Smarta)	Aug 11	Sravana 20	Tue
21	Parsi New Year’s day Nauraj	Aug 16	Sravana 25	Sun
22	Vinayaka Chaturthi Ganesh Chaturthi	Aug 22	Sravana 31	Sat
23	Onam or Thiru Onam Day	Aug 31	Bhadra 09	Mon
24	Dussehra (Maha Saptami) (Additional)	Oct 23	Kartika 01	Fri
25	Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) (Additional)	Oct 24	Kartika 02	Sat
26	Vijay Dashmi (Bengal, Kerala)	Oct 26	Kartika 04	Mon
27	Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday	Oct 31	Kartika 09	Sat
28	Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chouth)	Nov 04	Kartika 13	Wed
29	Naraka Chaturdasi	Nov 14	Kartika 23	Sat
30	Govardhan Puja	Nov 15	Kartika 24	Sun
31	Bhai Duj	Nov 16	Kartika 25	Mon
32	Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja)	Nov 20	Kartika 29	Fri
33	Guru Tag Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day	Nov 24	Agrahayana 03	Tue
34	Christmas Eve	Dec 24	Pausha 03	Thu