Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Anil Baijal on Tuesday has released the list of holidays for the national capital Delhi which be implemented for the year 2021. According to reports, Delhi Govt. offices will be closed for 33 days in the year 2021.
"The days specified in the following schedule are observed as holidays in all Government offices under Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi during the year 2021," the official release read.
Delhi Govt. List of holidays in 2021:
1 New Year’s Day- January 01, Pausha 11 (Friday)
2 Lohri- January 13, Pausha 23 (Wednesday)
3 Makar Sankranti/Magha/ Bihu/ Pongal- January 14, Pausha 24 (Thursday)
4 Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday -January 20, Pausha 30 (Wednesday)
5 Basant Panchami/ Sri Panchami- February 16, Magha 27 (Tuesday)
6 Shivaji Jayanti- February 19, Magha 30 (Friday)
7 Hazarat Ali’s Birthday- February 26, Phalguna 07 (Friday)
8 Guru Ravidas’s Birthday- February 27, Phalguna 08 (Saturday)
9 Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti-March 08, Phalguna 17 (Monday)
10 Maha Shivratri-March 11, Phalguna 20 (Thursday)
11 Holika Dahan/ Dolyatra-March 28, Chaitra 07 (Sunday)
12 Easter Sunday- April 04, Chaitra 14 (Sunday)
13 Chaitra Sukladi/ Gudi Padova / Ugadi/ Cheti Chand/Vaishakhi/Vishu- April 13, Chaitra 23 (Tuesday)
14 Mesadi Tamil New Year’s Day-April 14, Chaitra 24 (Wednesday)
15 Vaisakhadi (Bengal)/Bahag Bihu (Assam)-April 15, Chaitra 25 (Thursday)
16 Jamat-Ul-Vida- May 07, Vaisakha 17 (Friday)
17 Guru Rabindranath’s Birthday-May 09, Vaisakha 19 (Sunday)
18 Rath Yatra-July 12, Ashadha 21 (Monday)
19. Parsi New Year’s day/ Nauraj-August 16, Sravana 25 (Monday)
20. Onam or Thiru Onam Day-August 21, Sravana 30 (Saturday)
21. Raksha Bandhan- August 22, Sravana 31 (Sunday)
22. Janmashtami(Smarta)- August 30, Bhadra 08 (Monday)
23. Vinayaka Chaturthi / Ganesh Chaturthi- September 10, Bhadra 19 (Friday)
24 Dussehra (Saptami) - October 12, Asvina 20 (Tuesday)
25 Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) - October 13, Asvina 21 (Wednesday)
26 Dussehra (Mahanavmi) - October 14, Asvina 22 (Thursday)
27 Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chauth) - October 24, Kartika 02 (Sunday)
28 Naraka Chaturdasi- November 04, Kartika 13 (Thursday)
29 Govardhan Puja- November 05, Kartika 14) (Friday)
30 Bhai Duj- November 06, Kartika 15 (Saturday)
31 Pratihar Sashthi or Surya Sashthi (Chhat Puja)-November 10, Kartika 19 (Wednesday)
32 Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day- November 24, Agrahayana 03 (Wednesday)
33 Christmas Eve- December 24, Pausha 03 (Friday)
Source: PTI
