Festivals and Holidays of 2021 are the best time of the year. It brings joy, brightness, fun, relaxation and a lot of time to spend with family and friends. We all look forward to this joyful time of the year even before the new year even begins. The best part is, India has a super strong, wide and deep-rooted diversity of culture. India celebrates different festivals along its geographic length & breadth.
Different states in India observe varied festivals and holidays along with a few national holidays. We know, the first thing you do when a New Year begins is to check that holiday calendar and make a rough sketch of your plans in your minds. So, here we are a list of Festivals and Holidays in 2021.
2021 is almost here, just a few days away to ‘Happy New Year’. The countdown has already begun. So, the days that are left of this year 2020 can be used smartly to plan those exciting Festivals and holidays of 2021. And therefore, we have mentioned all the Indian Festivals and Holidays in 2021 along with the states. So, what are you waiting for? Get ready with your planners as we will help you plan it out with this article.
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List of Indian Festivals and Holidays in 2021
| DATE | DAY | HOLIDAY/FESTIVAL | STATE |
| 1 January | Friday | New Year’s Day | National |
| 2 January | Saturday | New Year Holiday | Mizoram |
| 11 January | Monday | Missionary Day | Mizoram |
| 12 January | Tuesday | Swami Vivekananda Jayanti | West Bengal |
| 14 January | Thursday | Makara Sankranti | Gujarat Karnataka Sikkim Telangana |
| 14 January | Thursday | Pongal | Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Pondicherry Tamil Nadu |
| 15 January | Friday | Magh Bihu | Assam |
| 15 January | Friday | Kanuma Panduga | Andhra Pradesh |
| 15 January | Friday | Uzhavar Thirunal | Pondicherry |
| 16 January | Saturday | Thiruvalluvar Day | Tamil Nadu |
| 20 January | Wednesday | Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti | Chandigarh Haryana |
| 23 January | Saturday | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti | Odisha Tripura West Bengal |
| 25 January | Monday | State Day | Himachal Pradesh |
| 26 January | Tuesday | Republic Day | National |
| 31 January | Sunday | Me-Dum-Me-Phi | Assam |
| 12 February | Friday | Sonam Losar | Sikkim |
| 15 February | Monday | Lui-Ngai-Ni | Manipur |
| 16 February | Tuesday | Vasant Panchami | Haryana Odisha Punjab Tripura West Bengal |
| 19 February | Friday | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti | Maharashtra |
| 20 February | Saturday | State Day | Arunachal Pradesh Mizoram |
| 26 February | Friday | Hazrat Ali Jayanti | Uttar Pradesh |
| 27 February | Saturday | Guru Ravidas Jayanti | Chandigarh Himachal Pradesh Haryana Punjab |
| 5 March | Friday | Panchayatiraj Divas | Odisha |
| 11 March | Thursday | Maha Shivratri | National Except Andaman & Nicobar Islands Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Dadra & Nagar Haveli Goa, Lakshadweep Madhya Pradesh Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Pondicherry Sikkim Tamil Nadu |
| 13 March | Saturday | Losar | Sikkim |
| 22 March | Monday | Bihar Day | Bihar |
| 23 March | Tuesday | S. Bhagat Singh’s Martyrdom Day | Haryana |
| 29 March | Monday | Holi | National Except Karnataka Kerala Lakshadweep Manipur Pondicherry Tamil Nadu |
| 1 April | Thursday | Odisha Day | Odisha |
| 2 April | Friday | Good Fridayday | National Except Haryana Jammu & Kashmir |
| 3 April | Saturday | Easter Saturday | Nagaland |
| 4 April | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Kerala Nagaland |
| 5 April | Monday | Babu Jagjivan Ram Jayanti | Andhra Pradesh Telangana |
| 13 April | Tuesday | Ugadi | Andhra Pradesh Goa Gujarat Jammu & Kashmir Karnataka Rajasthan Telangana |
| 13 April | Tuesday | Telugu New Year | Tamil Nadu |
| 13 April | Tuesday | Bohag Bihu Holiday | Assam |
| 13 April | Tuesday | Gudi Padwa | Maharashtra |
| 13 April | Tuesday | Vaisakhi | Haryana Jammu & Kashmir Punjab |
| 14 April | Wednesday | Dr Ambedkar Pradesh Jayanti | National Except Andaman & Nicobar Islands Arunachal Pradesh Assam Chandigarh Dadra & Nagar Haveli Daman & Diu Delhi Lakshadweep Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Tripura |
| 14 April | Wednesday | Tamil New Year | Tamil Nadu |
| 14 April | Wednesday | Maha Vishuba Sankranti | Odisha |
| 14 April | Wednesday | Bohag Bihu | Arunachal Pradesh Assam |
| 14 April | Wednesday | Cheiraoba | Manipur |
| 15 April | Thursday | Vishu | Kerala |
| 15 April | Thursday | Bengali New Year | Tripura West Bengal |
| 15 April | Thursday | Himachal Day | Himachal Pradesh |
| 15 April | Thursday | Sarhul | Jharkhand |
| 21 April | Wednesday | Ram Navami | Andaman & Nicobar Islands Andhra Pradesh Bihar Chhattisgarh Daman & Diu Gujarat Himachal Pradesh Haryana Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh Odisha Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Telangana Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh |
| 21 April | Wednesday | Garia Puja | Tripura |
| 25 April | Sunday | Mahavir Jayanti | Chhattisgarh Chandigarh Delhi Dadra & Nagar Haveli Gujarat Haryana Jharkhand Karnataka Lakshadweep Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh Punjab Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh |
| 1 May | Saturday | Maharashtra Day | Maharashtra |
| 1 May | Saturday | May Day | Assam Bihar Goa Karnataka Kerala Manipur Pondicherry Telangana Tamil Nadu Tripura West Bengal |
| 7 May | Friday | Jumat-ul-Wida | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 9 May | Sunday | Guru Rabindranath Jayanti | Tripura West Bengal |
| 10 May | Monday | Shab-i-Qadr | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 13 May | Thursday | Idul Fitr | National Except Pondicherry |
| 14 May | Friday | Idul Fitr | Pondicherry |
| 14 May | Friday | Maharshi Parasuram Jayanti | Gujarat Himachal Pradesh Haryana Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan |
| 14 May | Friday | Basava Jayanti | Karnataka |
| 14 May | Friday | Idul Fitr Holiday | Telangana |
| 16 May | Sunday | State Day | Sikkim |
| 25 May | Tuesday | Kazi Nazrul Islam Jayanti | Tripura |
| 26 May | Wednesday | Buddha Purnima | Andaman & Nicobar Islands Arunachal Pradesh Chhattisgarh Delhi Himachal Pradesh Haryana Jharkhand Jammu & Kashmir Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh Mizoram Tripura Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh West Bengal |
| 13 June | Sunday | Maharana Pratap Jayanti | Himachal Pradesh Haryana Rajasthan |
| 14 June | Monday | Pahili Raja | Odisha |
| 14 June | Monday | Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji’s Martyrdom Day | Punjab |
| 15 June | Tuesday | Raja Sankranti | Odisha |
| 15 June | Tuesday | YMA Day | Mizoram |
| 24 June | Thursday | Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti | Chhattisgarh Himachal Pradesh Haryana Punjab |
| 30 June | Wednesday | Remna Ni | Mizoram |
| 2 July | Friday | Kharchi Puja | Tripura |
| 5 July | Monday | Guru Hargobind Ji’s Birthday | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 6 July | Tuesday | MHIP Day | Mizoram |
| 12 July | Monday | Ratha Yatra | Odisha |
| 13 July | Tuesday | Martyrs’ Day | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 13 July | Tuesday | Bhanu Jayanti | Sikkim |
| 17 July | Saturday | U Tirot Sing Day | Meghalaya |
| 20 July | Tuesday | Bakrid / Eid al Adha | National Except Arunachal Pradesh Daman & Diu Pondicherry Sikkim |
| 21 July | Wednesday | Bakrid / Eid al Adha | Pondicherry |
| 21 July | Wednesday | Bakrid / Eid al Adha Holiday | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 31 July | Saturday | Shaheed Udham Singh’s Martyrdom Day | Haryana |
| 4 August | Wednesday | Bonalu | Telangana |
| 8 August | Sunday | Tendong Lho Rum Faat | Sikkim |
| 11 August | Wednesday | Haryali Teej | Haryana |
| 13 August | Friday | Patriots Day | Manipur |
| 15 August | Sunday | Independence Day | National |
| 16 August | Monday | De Jure Transfer Day | Pondicherry |
| 17 August | Tuesday | Parsi New Year | Gujarat Maharashtra |
| 19 August | Thursday | Muharram | National Except Arunachal Pradesh Assam Chhattisgarh Daman & Diu Goa Kerala Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Pondicherry Punjab Sikkim Uttarakhand West Bengal |
| 20 August | Friday | First Onam | Kerala |
| 21 August | Saturday | Thiruvonam | Kerala |
| 22 August | Sunday | Raksha Bandhan | Chhattisgarh Daman & Diu Gujarat Haryana Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh |
| 22 August | Sunday | Jhulan Purnima | Odisha |
| 22 August | Sunday | Indra Jatra | Sikkim |
| 30 August | Monday | Janmashtami | National Except Arunachal Pradesh Assam Dadra & Nagar Haveli Goa Karnataka Kerala Lakshadweep Maharashtra Manipur Mizoram Pondicherry West Bengal |
| 8 September | Wednesday | Parkash Utsav Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji | Punjab |
| 9 September | Thursday | Hartalika Teej | Chhattisgarh Sikkim |
| 10 September | Friday | Ganesh Chaturthi | Andhra Pradesh Daman & Diu Dadra & Nagar Haveli Goa Gujarat Karnataka Maharashtra Odisha Pondicherry Telangana Tamil Nadu |
| 11 September | Saturday | Ganesh Chaturthi Holiday | Goa |
| 11 September | Saturday | Nuakhai | Odisha |
| 16 September | Thursday | Ramdev Jayanti | Rajasthan |
| 16 September | Thursday | Teja Dashmi | Rajasthan |
| 21 September | Tuesday | Sree Narayana Guru Jayanti | Kerala |
| 21 September | Tuesday | Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi | Kerala |
| 23 September | Thursday | Heroes’ Martyrdom Day | Haryana |
| 28 September | Tuesday | S. Bhagat Singh Ji Jayanti | Punjab |
| 2 October | Saturday | Gandhi Jayanti | National |
| 6 October | Wednesday | Mahalaya Amavasye | Karnataka Odisha Tripura West Bengal |
| 6 October | Wednesday | First Day of BaThursdaykamma | Telangana |
| 7 October | Thursday | Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti | Haryana |
| 7 October | Thursday | Ghatasthapana | Rajasthan |
| 12 October | Tuesday | Maha Saptami | Odisha Sikkim Tripura West Bengal |
| 13 October | Wednesday | Maha Ashtami | Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Jharkhand Manipur Odisha Rajasthan Sikkim Telangana Tripura West Bengal |
| 14 October | Thursday | Maha Navami | Assam Bihar Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Meghalaya Nagaland Odisha Pondicherry Sikkim Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh West Bengal |
| 15 October | Friday | Vijaya Dashami | National Except Manipur Pondicherry |
| 19 October | Tuesday | Eid e Milad | National Except Andhra Pradesh Bihar Daman & Diu Goa Karnataka Kerala Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Odisha Pondicherry Sikkim Tamil Nadu Tripura |
| 20 October | Wednesday | Lakshmi Puja | Odisha Tripura West Bengal |
| 20 October | Wednesday | Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti | Chandigarh Himachal Pradesh Haryana Karnataka Madhya Pradesh Punjab |
| 22 October | Friday | Fridayday Following Eid e Milad | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 27 October | Wednesday | Lhabab Duchen | Sikkim |
| 31 October | Sunday | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Jayanti | Gujarat |
| 1 November | Monday | Kut | Manipur |
| 1 November | Monday | Puducherry Liberation Day | Pondicherry |
| 1 November | Monday | Haryana Day | Haryana |
| 1 November | Monday | Kannada Rajyothsava | Karnataka |
| 4 November | Thursday | Diwali | National |
| 5 November | Friday | Deepavali Holiday | Daman & Diu Haryana Karnataka Maharashtra Rajasthan Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh |
| 5 November | Friday | Vikram Samvat New Year | Gujarat |
| 6 November | Saturday | Bhai Dooj | Gujarat Rajasthan Sikkim Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh |
| 10 November | Wednesday | Chhath Puja | Bihar Chhattisgarh Jharkhand |
| 11 November | Thursday | Chhath Puja Holiday | Bihar |
| 19 November | Friday | Karthika Purnima | Odisha Telangana |
| 19 November | Friday | Guru Nanak Jayanti | National Except Andhra Pradesh Bihar Daman & Diu Goa Karnataka Kerala Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Odisha Pondicherry Sikkim Tamil Nadu Tripura |
| 23 November | Tuesday | Seng Kut Snem | Meghalaya |
| 1 December | Wednesday | Indigenous Faith Day | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 3 December | Friday | Feast of St Francis Xavier | Goa |
| 5 December | Sunday | Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah Jayanti | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 8 December | Wednesday | Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji’s Martyrdom Day | Punjab |
| 12 December | Sunday | Pa Togan Nengminza Sangma | Meghalaya |
| 18 December | Saturday | Death Anniversary of U SoSo Tham | Meghalaya |
| 18 December | Saturday | Guru Ghasidas Jayanti | Chhattisgarh |
| 19 December | Sunday | Liberation Day | Daman & Diu Goa |
| 24 December | Friday | Christmas Holiday | Meghalaya Mizoram |
| 25 December | Saturday | Christmas Day | National |
| 26 December | Sunday | Shaheed Udham Singh Jayanti | Haryana |
| 26 December | Sunday | Christmas Holiday | Meghalaya Mizoram Telangana |
| 30 December | Thursday | U Kiang Nangbah | Meghalaya |
| 30 December | Thursday | Tamu Losar | Sikkim |
| 31 December | Friday | New Year’s Eve | Manipur |
Please Note: Following calendar has been prepared after thorough research but some of the festivals & holidays are subject to vary depending on the positioning of the moon and the decision of the Government or respective organisations.
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