2021 is almost here. And we all pray that this New Year would be better than the past one. Also, all of us definitely wish for this pandemic (Covid-19) to just disappear. Well, if not disappear then we all wish for a successful vaccine. We cannot promise you that, but what we can do for you is, provide you with the list of Holidays that you always look for.
So, we thought to list down the date and day of Holidays, Observances, Festivals and etc, on which you get an off. That’s the least we can do for you, we guess. Therefore, mentioned below is the list of Public Holidays 2021.
You can thank us later for listing down all the holidays in 2021, which includes the off(s) according to the states.
Table of Contents
List of Public Holidays 2021
| DATE | DAY | HOLIDAY | STATE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jan | Friday | New Year's Day | Arunachal Pradesh Meghalaya Manipur Mizoram Nagaland Pondicherry Rajasthan Sikkim Telangana Tamil Nadu |
| 02-Jan | Sat | New Year Holiday | Mizoram |
| 11-Jan | Monday | Missionary Day | Mizoram |
| 12-Jan | Tuesday | Swami Vivekananda Jayanti | West Bengal |
| 14-Jan | Thursday | Makara Sankranti | Gujarat Karnataka Sikkim Telangana |
| 14-Jan | Thursday | Pongal | 14 January Thursday Pongal Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Pondicherry Tamil Nadu |
| 15-Jan | Friday | Magh Bihu | Assam |
| 15-Jan | Friday | Kanuma Panduga | Andhra Pradesh |
| 15-Jan | Friday | Uzhavar Thirunal | Pondicherry |
| 16-Jan | Sat | Thiruvalluvar Day | Tamil Nadu |
| 20-Jan | Wednesday | Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti | Chandigarh Haryana |
| 23-Jan | Sat | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti | Odisha Tripura West Bengal |
| 25-Jan | Monday | State Day | Himachal Pradesh |
| 26-Jan | Tuesday | Republic Day | National |
| 31-Jan | Sun | Me-Dum-Me-Phi | Assam |
| 12-Feb | Friday | Sonam Losar | Sikkim |
| 15-Feb | Monday | Lui-Ngai-Ni | Manipur |
| 16-Feb | Tuesday | Vasant Panchami | Haryana Odisha Punjab Tripura West Bengal |
| 19-Feb | Friday | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti | Maharashtra |
| 20-Feb | Sat | State Day | Arunachal Pradesh Mizoram |
| 26-Feb | Friday | Hazrat Ali Jayanti | Uttar Pradesh |
| 27-Feb | Sat | Guru Ravidas Jayanti | Chandigarh Himachal Pradesh Haryana Punjab |
| 05-Mar | Friday | Panchayatiraj Divas | Odisha |
| 11-Mar | 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 West Bengal |
| 13-Mar | Sat | Losar | Sikkim |
| 22-Mar | Monday | Bihar Day | Bihar |
| 23-Mar | Tuesday | S. Bhagat Singh's Martyrdom Day | Haryana |
| 29-Mar | Monday | Holi | National Except Karnataka Kerala Lakshadweep Manipur Pondicherry Tamil Nadu |
| 01-Apr | Thursday | Odisha Day | Odisha |
| 02-Apr | Friday | Good Fridayday | National Except Haryana Jammu & Kashmir |
| 03-Apr | Sat | Easter Saturday | Nagaland |
| 04-Apr | Sun | Easter Sunday | Kerala Nagaland |
| 05-Apr | Monday | Babu Jagjivan Ram Jayanti | Andhra Pradesh Telangana |
| 13-Apr | Tuesday | Ugadi | Andhra Pradesh Goa Gujarat Jammu & Kashmir Karnataka Rajasthan Telangana |
| 13-Apr | Tuesday | Bohag Bihu Holiday | Assam |
| 13-Apr | Tuesday | Gudi Padwa | Maharashtra |
| 13-Apr | Tuesday | Vaisakhi | Haryana Jammu & Kashmir Punjab |
| 14-Apr | 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-Apr | Wednesday | Tamil New Year | Tamil Nadu |
| 14-Apr | Wednesday | Maha Vishuba Sankranti | Odisha |
| 14-Apr | Wednesday | Bohag Bihu | Arunachal Pradesh Assam |
| 14-Apr | Wednesday | Cheiraoba | Manipur |
| 15-Apr | Thursday | Vishu | Kerala |
| 15-Apr | Thursday | Bengali New Year | Tripura West Bengal |
| 15-Apr | Thursday | Himachal Day | Himachal Pradesh |
| 15-Apr | Thursday | Sarhul | Jharkhand |
| 21-Apr | Wednesday | Ram Navami | 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-Apr | Wednesday | Garia Puja | Tripura |
| 25-Apr | Sun | Mahavir Jayanti | Chhattisgarh Chandigarh Delhi Dadra & Nagar Haveli Gujarat Haryana Jharkhand Karnataka Lakshadweep Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh Punjab Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh |
| 01-May | Sat | Maharashtra Day | Maharashtra |
| 01-May | Sat | May Day | 1 May Sat May Day Assam Bihar Goa Karnataka Kerala Manipur Pondicherry Telangana Tamil Nadu Tripura West Bengal |
| 07-May | Friday | Jumat-ul-Wida | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 09-May | Sun | 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 | Sun | 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-Jun | Sun | Maharana Pratap Jayanti | Himachal Pradesh Haryana Rajasthan |
| 14-Jun | Monday | Pahili Raja | Odisha |
| 14-Jun | Monday | Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji's Martyrdom Day | Punjab |
| 15-Jun | Tuesday | Raja Sankranti | Odisha |
| 15-Jun | Tuesday | YMA Day | Mizoram |
| 24-Jun | Thursday | Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti | 24 June Thursday Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti Chhattisgarh Himachal Pradesh Haryana Punjab |
| 30-Jun | Wednesday | Remna Ni | Mizoram |
| 02-Jul | Friday | Kharchi Puja | Tripura |
| 05-Jul | Monday | Guru Hargobind Ji's Birthday | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 06-Jul | Tuesday | MHIP Day | Mizoram |
| 12-Jul | Monday | Ratha Yatra | Odisha |
| 13-Jul | Tuesday | Martyrs' Day | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 13-Jul | Tuesday | Bhanu Jayanti | Sikkim |
| 17-Jul | Sat | U Tirot Sing Day | Meghalaya |
| 20-Jul | Tuesday | Bakrid / Eid al Adha | National Except Arunachal Pradesh Daman & Diu Pondicherry Sikkim |
| 21-Jul | Wednesday | Bakrid / Eid al Adha | Pondicherry |
| 21-Jul | Wednesday | Bakrid / Eid al Adha Holiday | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 31-Jul | Sat | Shaheed Udham Singh's Martyrdom Day | Haryana |
| 04-Aug | Wednesday | Bonalu | Telangana |
| 08-Aug | Sun | Tendong Lho Rum Faat | Sikkim |
| 11-Aug | Wednesday | Haryali Teej | Haryana |
| 13-Aug | Friday | Patriots Day | Manipur |
| 15-Aug | Sun | Independence Day | National |
| 16-Aug | Monday | De Jure Transfer Day | Pondicherry |
| 17-Aug | Tuesday | Parsi New Year | Gujarat Maharashtra |
| 19-Aug | Thursday | Muharram | National Except Arunachal Pradesh Assam Chhattisgarh Daman & Diu Goa Kerala Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Pondicherry Punjab Sikkim Uttarakhand West Bengal |
| 20-Aug | Friday | First Onam | Kerala |
| 21-Aug | Sat | Thiruvonam | Kerala |
| 22-Aug | Sun | Raksha Bandhan | 22 August Sun Raksha Bandhan Chhattisgarh Daman & Diu Gujarat Haryana Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh |
| 22-Aug | Sun | Jhulan Purnima | Odisha |
| 22-Aug | Sun | Indra Jatra | Sikkim |
| 30-Aug | Monday | Janmashtami | 30 August Monday Janmashtami National Except Arunachal Pradesh Assam Dadra & Nagar Haveli Goa Karnataka Kerala Lakshadweep Maharashtra Manipur Mizoram Pondicherry West Bengal |
| 08-Sep | Wednesday | Parkash Utsav Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji | Punjab |
| 09-Sep | Thursday | Hartalika Teej | Chhattisgarh Sikkim |
| 10-Sep | Friday | Ganesh Chaturthi | Andhra Pradesh Daman & Diu Dadra & Nagar Haveli Goa Gujarat Karnataka Maharashtra Odisha Pondicherry Telangana Tamil Nadu |
| 11-Sep | Sat | Ganesh Chaturthi Holiday | Goa |
| 11-Sep | Sat | Nuakhai | Odisha |
| 16-Sep | Thursday | Ramdev Jayanti | Rajasthan |
| 16-Sep | Thursday | Teja Dashmi | Rajasthan |
| 21-Sep | Tuesday | Sree Narayana Guru Jayanti | Kerala |
| 21-Sep | Tuesday | Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi | Kerala |
| 23-Sep | Thursday | Heroes' Martyrdom Day | Haryana |
| 28-Sep | Tuesday | S. Bhagat Singh Ji Jayanti | Punjab |
| 02-Oct | Sat | Gandhi Jayanti | National |
| 06-Oct | Wednesday | Mahalaya Amavasye | Karnataka Odisha Tripura West Bengal |
| 06-Oct | Wednesday | First Day of BaThursdaykamma | Telangana |
| 07-Oct | Thursday | Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti | Haryana |
| 07-Oct | Thursday | Ghatasthapana | Rajasthan |
| 12-Oct | Tuesday | Maha Saptami | Odisha Sikkim Tripura West Bengal |
| 13-Oct | Wednesday | Maha Ashtami | Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Jharkhand Manipur Odisha Rajasthan Sikkim Telangana Tripura West Bengal |
| 14-Oct | Thursday | Maha Navami | 14 October Thursday Maha Navami Assam Bihar Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Meghalaya Nagaland Odisha Pondicherry Sikkim Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh West Bengal |
| 15-Oct | Friday | Vijaya Dashami | National Except Manipur Pondicherry |
| 19-Oct | Tuesday | Eid e Milad | National Except Andaman & Nicobar Islands Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chandigarh Goa Himachal Pradesh Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Punjab Sikkim West Bengal |
| 20-Oct | Wednesday | Lakshmi Puja | Odisha Tripura West Bengal |
| 20-Oct | Wednesday | Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti | 20 October Wednesday Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti Chandigarh Himachal Pradesh Haryana Karnataka Madhya Pradesh Punjab |
| 22-Oct | Friday | Fridayday Following Eid e Milad | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 27-Oct | Wednesday | Lhabab Duchen | Sikkim |
| 31-Oct | Sun | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Jayanti | Gujarat |
| 01-Nov | Monday | Kut | Manipur |
| 01-Nov | Monday | Puducherry Liberation Day | Pondicherry |
| 01-Nov | Monday | Haryana Day | Haryana |
| 01-Nov | Monday | Kannada Rajyothsava | Karnataka |
| 04-Nov | Thursday | Diwali | National |
| 05-Nov | Friday | Deepavali Holiday | Daman & Diu Haryana Karnataka Maharashtra Rajasthan Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh |
| 05-Nov | Friday | Vikram Samvat New Year | Gujarat |
| 06-Nov | Sat | Bhai Dooj | 6 November Sat Bhai Dooj Gujarat Rajasthan Sikkim Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh |
| 10-Nov | Wednesday | Chhath Puja | Bihar Chhattisgarh Jharkhand |
| 11-Nov | Thursday | Chhath Puja Holiday | Bihar |
| 19-Nov | Friday | Karthika Purnima | Odisha Telangana |
| 19-Nov | Friday | Guru Nanak Jayanti | National Except Andhra Pradesh Bihar Daman & Diu Goa Karnataka Kerala Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Odisha Pondicherry Sikkim Tamil Nadu Tripura |
| 23-Nov | Tuesday | Seng Kut Snem | Meghalaya |
| 01-Dec | Wednesday | Indigenous Faith Day | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 03-Dec | Friday | Feast of St Francis Xavier | Goa |
| 05-Dec | Sun | Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah Jayanti | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 08-Dec | Wednesday | Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji's Martyrdom Day | Punjab |
| 12-Dec | Sun | Pa Togan Nengminza Sangma | Meghalaya |
| 18-Dec | Sat | Death Anniversary of U SoSo Tham | Meghalaya |
| 18-Dec | Sat | Guru Ghasidas Jayanti | Chhattisgarh |
| 19-Dec | Sun | Liberation Day | Daman & Diu Goa |
| 24-Dec | Friday | Christmas Holiday | Meghalaya Mizoram |
| 25-Dec | Sat | Christmas Day | National |
| 26-Dec | Sun | Shaheed Udham Singh Jayanti | Haryana |
| 26-Dec | Sun | Christmas Holiday | Meghalaya Mizoram Telangana |
| 30-Dec | Thursday | U Kiang Nangbah | Meghalaya |
| 30-Dec | Thursday | Tamu Losar | Sikkim |
| 31-Dec | Friday | New Year’s Eve | Manipur |
[Government Holidays 2021]
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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