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Holiday List 2021

List of Institute Closed Holidays During The Year-2021


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Holiday

Date

Day

1.          

Makar Sankranti

January  14  

Thursday

2.          

Republic Day

January  26 

Tuesday

3.          

Holi

March  29

Monday

4.          

Good Friday

April  02       

Friday

5.          

Mahavir Jayanti

April  25        

Sunday

6.          

Idu’l Fitr

May 14       

Friday

7.          

Buddha Purnima

May  26  

Wednesday

8.          

Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)

July  21  

Wednesday

9.          

Independence Day

August  15

Sunday

10.      

Muharram

August  19  

Thursday

11.      

Janamashtami (Vaishnavi)

August  30  

Monday

12.      

Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday

October  02 

Saturday

13.      

Dussehra (Vijay Dashmi)

October  15 

Friday

14.      

Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad

(Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)

October  19 

Tuesday

15.      

Diwali (Deepavali)

November 04

Thursday

16.      

Guru Nanak’s Birthday

November 19

Friday

17.      

Christmas Day

December  25

Saturday

 

List of Institute Restricted Holidays During The Year-2021

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Holiday

Date

Day

1.           

New Year’s Day

January 01    

Friday

2.           

Lohri

January 13   

Wednesday

3.           

Makar Sankrati/ Magha Bihu/ Pongal

January 14    

Thursday

4.           

Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday

January 20   

Wednesday

5.           

Basant Panchami/ Sri Panchami

February 16  

Tuesday

6.           

Shivaji Jayanti

February 19

Friday

7.           

Hazarat Ali’s Birthday

February 26

Friday

8.           

Guru Ravidas’s Birthday

February 27 

Saturday

9.           

Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti

March  08     

Monday

10.        

Maha Shivaratri

March  11     

Thursday

11.        

Holika Dahan/ Dolyatra

March  28     

Sunday

12.        

Easter Sunday

April   04      

Sunday

13.        

Chaitra Sukladi/ Gudi Padava/ Ugadi/ Cheti Chand/ Vaisakhi/ Vishu

April  13      

Tuesday

14.        

Mesadi Tamil New Year’s Day

April  14       

Wednesday

15.        

Vaisakhadi (Bengal)/ Bahag Bihu (Assam)

April 15        

Thursday

16.        

Ram Navami

April  21

Wednesday

17.        

Jamat-Ul-Vida

May 07         

Friday

18.        

Guru Rabindranath’s Birthday

May 09         

Sunday

19.        

Rath Yatra

July  12        

Monday

20.        

Parsi New Year’s day/ Nauraj

August  16  

Monday

21.        

Onam or Thiru Onam Day

August  21 

Saturday

22.        

Raksha Bandhan

August  22    

Sunday

23.        

Janmashtami (Smarta)

August  30    

Monday

24.        

Vinayaka Chaturthi/ Ganesh Chaturthi

September 10

Friday

25.        

Dussehra (Saptami)

October  12  

Tuesday

26.        

Dussehra (Maha Ashtami)

October  13  

Wednesday

27.        

Dussehra (Maha Navmi)

October  14  

Thursday

28.        

Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday

October  20  

Wednesday

29.        

Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth)

October  24  

Sunday

30.        

Naraka Chaturdasi

November  04

Thursday

31.        

Govardhan Puja

November  05

Friday

32.        

Bhai Duj

November  06

Saturday

33.        

Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja)

November  10

Wednesday

34.        

Guru Tegh Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day

November  24

Wednesday

35.        

Christmas Eve

December  24

Friday