The new list of holidays with a calendar for the Central and State Government Officers in India
March 2021 Holiday Calendar
| March 2021 Date Calendar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sa | Sun |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 | 31 | ||||
The list of Restricted and National Holidays 2021
- Weekend Holidays: 8 Days
- Gazetted Holidays: 1 Day
- Restricted Holidays: 3 Days
| Weekend Holidays | 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28 |
| Gazetted Holidays | 29 |
| Restricted Holidays | 8, 11, 28 |
Holiday on Holi (Gazetted Holiday)
- Holi: 29 March 2021 (Monday)
Holiday on Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti
- 8 March 2021 (Monday)
Holiday on Mahashivrathri
- 11 March 2021 (Thursday) – Maha Shivaratri
Holiday on Holi (Restricted Holiday)
- Holika Dahan/ Dolyatra: 28 March 2021 (Sunday)
Restricted Holiday List in Tamil Nadu 2021
- 11.03.2021 – Thursday – Maha Shivaratri
- 11.03.2021 – Thursday – Shabe Miraj
- 27.03.2020 – Saturday– Shabe Bharath
As per the DoPT Holiday OM, the Holi festival has been declared in both lists of gazetted and restricted holidays in 2021.
No, as per the TN G.O. the Holi festival is not a public holiday in Tamil Nadu.
Yes, as per the DoPT holiday list, the Holi is a Gazetted Holiday with an optional basis. Holi (29 March 2021 Monday) is declared as a closed holiday for the Central Government Offices located in Delhi/New Delhi.
Independence Day (15th August 2021), Republic Day (26th January 2021), and Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti (2nd October 2021).