Holiday Calendar 2021

All our offices will be observing 10 holidays during the year 2021. Out of these 10 holidays, 8 will be
common for all the offices across India as shown below:

Common Holidays 2021

No Holiday Date Day
1 New Year Day 01-Jan-21 Friday
2 Republic Day 26-Jan-21 Tuesday
3 Holi 29-Mar-21 Monday
4 Good Friday 02-Apr-21 Friday
5 Idul Fitr/ Ramzan 14-May-21 Friday
6 Vijayadashami 15-Oct-21 Friday
7 Deepavali 04-Nov-21 Thursday
8 Govardhan Puja 05-Nov-21 Friday

Our Offices will also remain closed on Independence Day (15-Aug-21 – Sunday & Mahatma Gandhi
Jayanti – 02-Oct-21 - Saturday)

The remaining two holidays will vary across regions/locations according to the local importance /
festivals and are given below.

In addition to the above, every employee will be permitted to avail any two optional holidays from the
list of holidays which is given in Annexure ‘A’.

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 Regional Holidays 2021

North
Delhi, Rajasthan, Punjab, HP, Haryana, UP, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar & Jharkhand
No Holiday Date Day
1 Maha Navami * 14-Oct-21 Thursday
2 Kartik Purnima/Guru Nanak Jayanti 19-Nov-21 Friday

* For employees in UP & Uttarakhand, Dr. Ambedkar Jayanti on 14-Apr-21, Wednesday will be a
Regional Holiday instead of Maha Navami declared for North Region.

Our Offices will also remain closed on

# May Day (01-May-21 – Saturday) in West Bengal and Odisha
# Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Birthday (23-Jan-21 – Saturday) in West Bengal

Mumbai
No Holiday Date Day
1 Gudi Padwa/ Ugadi 13-Apr-21 Tuesday
2 Ganesh Chaturthi 10-Sep-21 Friday

Our Offices will also remain closed on May Day (01-May-21 – Saturday) in Mumbai

West
Rest of Maharashtra, Goa, MPCG and Gujarat
No Holiday Date Day
1 Gudi Padwa/ Ugadi * 13-Apr-21 Tuesday
2 Ganesh Chaturthi 10-Sep-21 Friday

* For employees in MPCG and Gujarat, Makar Sankranthi on 14-Jan-21, Thursday will be a Regional
Holiday instead of Gudi Padwa / Ugadi declared for West Region.

Our Offices will also remain closed on

# May Day (01-May-21 – Saturday) in Maharashtra & Goa
# Goa Liberation Day (19-Dec-21 – Sunday) in Goa

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 South
AP & Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
No Holiday Date Day
1 Makar Sankranthi * 14-Jan-21 Thursday
2 Gudi Padwa/ Ugadi 13-Apr-21 Tuesday

* For employees in
^ Tamil Nadu Vishu / Tamil New on 14-Apr-21, Wednesday will be a Regional Holiday instead of
Makar Sankranthi declared for South Region
^ Karnataka Kannada Rajyotsava on 01-Nov-21, Monday will be a Regional Holiday instead of Makar
Sankranthi declared for South Region

Our Offices will also remain closed on May Day (01-May-21 – Saturday) in AP, Telangana, TN and
Karnataka

Kerala
No Holiday Date Day
1 Vishu 14-Apr-21 Wednesday
2 Onam 20-Aug-21 Friday
Our Offices will also remain closed on May Day (01-May-21 – Saturday), Thiruvonam (21-Aug-21 -
Saturday), Christmas (25-Dec-21, Saturday) in Kerala

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 Annexure ‘A’

Optional Holiday List - 2021

No. Holiday Date Day
1 Lohri 13-Jan-21 Wednesday
2 Makar Sankranti / Magha Bihu / Pongal 14-Jan-21 Thursday
3 Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday 20-Jan-21 Wednesday
4 Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami 16-Feb-21 Tuesday
5 Shivaji Jayanti 19-Feb-21 Friday
6 Hazrat Ali’s Birthday 26-Feb-21 Friday
7 Maha Shivaratri 11-Mar-21 Thursday
8 Holika Dahan/ Dolyatra 28-Mar-21 Sunday
9 Easter Sunday 04-Apr-21 Sunday
10 Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padwa / Ugadi / Cheti Chand / Vaisakhi /Vishu 13-Apr-21 Tuesday
11 Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti / Mesadi / Tamil New Year’s Day / Vishu 14-Apr-21 Wednesday
12 Vaisakhadi (Bengali)/Bahag Bihu (Assam) New Year 15-Apr-21 Thursday
13 Ram Navami 21-Apr-21 Wednesday
14 Mahavir Jayanthi 25-Apr-21 Sunday
15 May Day 01-May-21 Saturday
16 Guru Rabindranath’s birthday 09-May-21 Sunday
17 Buddha Purnima 26-May-21 Wednesday
18 Telangana Formation Day 02-Jun-21 Wednesday
19 Rath Yatra 12-Jul-21 Monday
20 Eid al Adha/ Feast of Sacrifice 21-Jul-21 Wednesday
21 Independence Day 15-Aug-21 Sunday
22 Parsi New Year’s Day / Nowruz 16-Aug-21 Monday
23 Muharram / Islamic New Year 19-Aug-21 Thursday
24 First Onam 20-Aug-21 Friday
25 Onum or Thiru Onam Day 21-Aug-21 Saturday
26 Raksha Bandhan 22-Aug-21 Sunday
27 Janmashtami (Smarta) 30-Aug-21 Monday
28 Vinayaka Chaturthi / Ganesh Chaturthi 10-Sep-21 Friday
29 Mahatma Gandhi Jayanthi 02-Oct-21 Saturday
30 Mahalaya Amavasai 06-Oct-21 Wednesday
31 Dussehra (Saptami) 12-Oct-21 Tuesday
32 Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) 13-Oct-21 Wednesday
33 Dussehra (Maha Navami) / Ayudha Pooja 14-Oct-21 Thursday
34 Eid Milad.un.Nabi 19-Oct-21 Tuesday
35 Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday / Kojagari Lakshmi Puja 20-Oct-21 Wednesday
36 Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chauth) 24-Oct-21 Sunday
37 Karnataka Rajyotsava (Karnataka Formation Day) 01-Nov-21 Monday
38 Naraka Chaturdashi 03-Nov-21 Wednesday
39 Bhai Duj 06-Nov-21 Saturday
40 Pratihar Shashti or Surya Shashti (Chhat Puja) 10-Nov-21 Wednesday

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41 Guru Nanak Jayanthi / Karthigai Deepam 19-Nov-21 Friday
42 Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day 24-Nov-21 Wednesday
43 Christmas Eve 24-Dec-21 Friday
44 Christmas Day 25-Dec-21 Saturday

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