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 |
*Chaitra Sukladi-Gudi Padava-Ugadi-Cheti Chand
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