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List of Public Holidays 2021 in India

Public Holidays 2021 in India shed light on the existing multicultural society and reveal the number of holidays observed countrywide by people of different religions, sects and origins. From Government Holidays in 2021, Hindu Holidays 2021 to Islamic Holidays 2021, Christian Holidays 2021 and Parsi Holidays 2021, India is a multi-coloured hub equipped with diverse beliefs and communities. Let us take a look at the list of Public Holidays in 2021.

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PUBLIC HOLIDAYS 2021: PUBLIC HOLIDAYS 2021 CALENDAR Public Holidays 2021 for January

Date	Day	Holiday	Observance
01 January	Friday	New Years Day	All states and territories
02 January	Saturday	New Year Holiday	Mizoram
11 January	Monday	Missionary Day	Mizoram
12 January	Tuesday	Swami Vivekananda Jayanti	West Bengal
13 January	Wednesday	Lohri/Bhogi	Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra (Bhogi), Punjab (Lohri)
14 January	Thursday	Makar Sankranti	Andaman & Nicobar, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal (Makar Sankranti), Punjab, Haryana, Assam (Magh Bihu), Gujarat (Uttarayan), Karnataka, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh (Sangrand), Rajasthan (Makar Sankranti), Pongal / Tamilar Thirunaal (Tamil Nadu)
14 January	Thursday	Pongal	Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Puducherry & Tamil Nadu
15 January	Friday	Magh Bihu	Assam
15 January	Friday	Thiruvalluvar Day	Tamil Nadu
15 January	Friday	Kanuma Panduga	Andhra Pradesh
16 January	Saturday	Uzhavar Thirunal	Puducherry
20 January	Wednesday	Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti	Bihar, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, 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

Public Holidays 2021 for February

Date	Day	Holiday	Observance
12 February	Friday	Sonam Losar	Sikkim, Ladakh
15 February	Monday	Lui-Ngai-Ni	Manipur
16 February	Tuesday	Basant Panchmi	Haryana, Punjab, Telangana, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tripura
16 February	Tuesday	Nag Panchami	All states and territories except Goa
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, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Delhi, Rajasthan

Public Holidays 2021 for March

Date	Day	Holiday	Observance
5 March	Friday	Panchayatiraj Divas	Odisha
11 March	Thursday	Mahashivratri	Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chandigarh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
13 March	Saturday	Losar	Sikkim, Ladakh
21 March	Sunday	Nowruz	Gujarat, Maharashtra, Pondicherry, Punjab
22 March	Monday	Bihar Day	Bihar
23 March	Tuesday	S. Bhagat Singh's Martyrdom Day	Haryana
28 March	Sunday	Shab-e-Barat	Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan
29 March	Monday	Holi	All states and territories except Kerala, Nagaland, Mizoram, Goa, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

Public Holidays 2021 for April

Date	Day	Holiday	Observance
1 April	Thursday	Odisha Day	Odisha
2 April	Friday	Good Friday	All states and territories
3 April	Saturday	Easter Saturday	Nagaland
4 April	Sunday	Easter Sunday	All states and territories
5 April	Monday	Babu Jagjivan Ram Jayanti	Andhra Pradesh & Telangana
13 April	Tuesday	Gudi Padwa/Ugadi/Puthandu	Maharashtra, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu
13 April	Tuesday	Telugu New Year	Tamil Nadu
13 April	Tuesday	Bohag Bihu Holiday	Assam
13 April	Tuesday	Baisakhi	Andaman & Nicobar, Assam, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra
14 April	Wednesday	Dr Ambedkar Jayanti	National except in specific states and union territories
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, Tamil Nadu
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	Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh
21 April	Wednesday	Garia Puja	Tripura
25 April	Sunday	Mahavir Jayanti	Andaman & Nicobar, Bihar, Chandigarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh,
27 April	Tuesday	Hanuman Jayanti	Maharashtra, Odisha, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh (as Bada Mangal), Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Public Holidays 2021 for May

Date	Day	Holiday	Observance
1 May	Saturday	Maharashtra Day	Maharashtra
1 May	Saturday	May Day	Assam, Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Puducherry, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Tripura & West Bengal
7 May	Friday	Jumat-ul-Wida	Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh
9 May	Sunday	Guru Rabindranath Jayanti	Tripura & West Bengal
10 May	Monday	Shab-e-Qadr	Jammu and Kashmir
13 May	Thursday	Eid Ul Fitr	National
14 May	Friday	Maharshi Parasuram Jayanti	Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh & Rajasthan
14 May	Friday	Basava Jayanti	Karnataka
14 May	Friday	Eid Ul Fitr Holiday	Telangana
16 May	Sunday	State Day	Sikkim
23 May	Sunday	Feast of Pentecost	All states and territories
25 May	Tuesday	Kazi Nazrul Islam Jayanti	Tripura
26 May	Wednesday	Buddha Purnima	Andaman & Nicobar, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Punjab

Public Holidays 2021 for June

Date	Day	Holiday	Observance
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 or Raja Parba	Odisha
15 June	Tuesday	YMA Day	Mizoram
24 June	Thursday	Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti	Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana & Punjab
30 June	Wednesday	Remna Ni	Mizoram

Public Holidays 2021 for July

Date	Day	Holiday	Observance
2 July	Friday	Kharchi Puja	Tripura
5 July	Monday	Guru Hargobind Ji's Birthday	Jammu and Kashmir
6 July	Tuesday	MHIP Day	Mizoram
12 July	Monday	Jagannath Rath Yatra	Odisha, Gujarat
13 July	Tuesday	Martyrs' Day	Jammu and 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 and Diu & Sikkim
21 July	Wednesday	Bakrid / Eid al Adha Holiday	Jammu and Kashmir
31 July	Saturday	Shaheed Udham Singh's Martyrdom Day	Haryana

Public Holidays 2021 for August

Date	Day	Holiday	Observance
4 August	Wednesday	Bonalu	Telangana
8 August	Sunday	Tendong Lho Rum Faat	Sikkim
11 August	Wednesday	Hariyali Teej	Haryana
13 August	Friday	Patriots Day	Manipur
15 August	Sunday	Independence Day	National
16 August	Monday	De Jure Transfer Day	Puducherry
17 August	Tuesday	Parsi New Year	Gujarat & Maharashtra
18 August	Wednesday	Day of Ashura	All states and territories
19 August	Thursday	Muharram	National except Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chandigarh, Daman and Diu, Kerala, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Punjab, Sikkim, Uttrakhand & West Bengal
20 August	Friday	First Onam/Thiruvonam	Kerala
21 August	Saturday	Thiruvonam	Kerala
22 August	Sunday	Raksha Bandhan	Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Haryana, Odisha, Punjab, Maharashtra, Telangana, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
22 August	Sunday	Jhulan Purnima	Odisha
22 August	Sunday	Indra Jatra	Sikkim
30 August	Monday	Janmashtami	Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Telangana, West Bengal, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir

Public Holidays 2021 for September

Date	Day	Holiday	Observance
4 September	Saturday	Paryushan	Andaman & Nicobar, Bihar, Chandigarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh,
8 September	Wednesday	Parkash Utsav Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji	Punjab
9 September	Thursday	Hartalika Teej	Maharashtra, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
10 September	Friday	Ganesh Chaturthi	Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Odisha, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab
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

Public Holidays 2021 for October

Date	Day	Holiday	Observance
2 October	Saturday	Gandhi Jayanti	National
6 October	Wednesday	Mahalaya Amavasye or Pitru Paksha	Karnataka, West Bengal, Assam, Odisha
6 October	Wednesday	First Day of Bathukamma	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, Puducherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh & West Bengal
15 October	Friday	Vijaya Dashami/Dussehra /Durga Puja	All states and territories
18 October	Monday	Mawlid	All states and territories
19 October	Tuesday	Eid e Milad	All states and territories (optional in few)
20 October	Wednesday	Lakshmi Puja	Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, West Bengal and Tripura, Telangana
20 October	Wednesday	Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti	Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh & Punjab
22 October	Friday	Friday Following Eid e Milad	Jammu and Kashmir
27 October	Wednesday	Lhabab Duchen	Sikkim
31 October	Sunday	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Jayanti	Gujarat

Public Holidays 2021 for November

Date	Day	Holiday	Observance
1 November	Monday	Kut	Manipur
1 November	Monday	Puducherry Liberation Day	Puducherry
1 November	Monday	Haryana Day	Haryana
1 November	Monday	Kannada Rajyotsava	Karnataka
2 November	Tuesday	Dhanteras	Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar
4 November	Thursday	Narak Chaturdashi	all states except Tamil Nadu
4 November	Thursday	Diwali	All states and territories
5 November	Friday	Govardhan Puja	all states except Tamil Nadu
5 November	Friday	Vikram Samvat New Year	Gujarat
6 November	Saturday	Bhai Dooj	Maharashtra, Goa, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, .
10 November	Wednesday	Chhath Puja	Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh
11 November	Thursday	Chhath Puja Holiday	Bihar
19 November	Friday	Karthika Purnima	Odisha & Telangana
19 November	Friday	Guru Nanak Jayanti	Andaman & Nicobar, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Odisha, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu
23 November	Tuesday	Seng Kut Snem	Meghalaya

Public Holidays 2021 for December

Date	Day	Holiday	Observance
1 December	Wednesday	Indigenous Faith Day	Arunachal Pradeesh
3 December	Friday	Feast of St Francis Xavier	Goa
5 December	Sunday	Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah Jayanti	Jammu and 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	Chattisgarh
19 December	Sunday	Liberation Day	Daman and Diu & Goa
24 December	Friday	Christmas Eve 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, Ladakh
31 December	Friday	New Year's Eve	Manipur

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2021 PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN INDIA: INDIAN HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES IN 2021

There are different types of holidays in 2021 and observances followed in India, our of which some of the are mentioned below:

National Holidays 2021

National holidays in India 2021 are observed country-wide and hold high political significance in all states and union territories. There are three main national holidays observed in India annually:

Republic Day, 26 January
Independence Day, 15 August
Gandhi Jayanti, 02 October

Religious Holidays in 2021

Hindu Holidays 2021: A lot of Hindu festivals in 2021 are prevalent in India and celebrated throughout the year. Some of the prominent Hindu holidays in 2021 are Diwali, Hanuman Jayanti, Rath Yatra, Shivaratri, Janmashtami, Ganesh Chaturthi and much more.
Islamic Holidays 2021: Islamic holidays in India are based on the Hijri Calendar followed by Muslims all around the world. Some of the popular Islamic Holidays 2021 in India are Eid, Shab-e-Barat, Mawlid etc.
Sikh Holidays 2021: Sikh Holidays in India are observed widely by followers of Sikhism and are mostly based on the birth anniversaries of a Guru’s death or birth. Some of the popular Sikh Holidays 2021 in India are Vaisakhi, Guru Nanak Gurpurab, Guru Gobind Singh Ji Gurpurab etc.
Christian Holidays 2021: Christian Holidays in India are based on the beliefs of Christiany and celebrated with great enthusiasm among Christians. Christian Holidays in 2021 consist of Christmas, Easter, All Souls Day etc.
Buddhist Holidays 2021: Followers of Buddhism celebrate holidays as per traditional beliefs and rituals. Buddha Purnima is one of the most popular Buddhist Holidays 2021 in India and worldwide.
Jain Holidays 2021: Jain followers celebrate popular holidays such as Mahavir Jayanti with great devotion and venerate Lord Mahavira and look up to his ideologies with great passion.
Parsi (Zoroastrian) Holidays 2021: Parsis living in India follow a Shahenshahi Calendar and celebrate various popular Parsi holidays in 2021 such as Nowruz or Parsi New Year etc.

Traditional Holidays 2021

Apart from national and official holidays, several traditional holidays in India are rarely observed as a day-off by the Central Government as well as businesses. Some of the traditional Indian holidays in 2021 are Bihu, B. R. Ambedkar Jayanti, Onam, Uttarayan and much more.

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Bank Holidays 2021

Several bank holidays in 2021 signify a day-off for bank employees. These holidays are approved by the Central or State Government or even Union Territories and issued by the Department of Economic Affairs (Banking Division).

We hope that the information regarding Public Holidays 2021 will help you plan your schedule. AstroSage wishes you all the best for 2021!