Post Office Holidays 2021 Odisha Postal Circle
Central Government Holidays are common for all its departments located in various parts of India. However, the importance of the local festivals or occasions, the state committee will be decided three days out of 17 gazetted holidays. Following the pattern, the post offices located in Odisha State will be closed on the following days.
Change of Central Government Holiday Date on account of Muharram on 20-08-2021
The post offices in Odisha State will be closed due to festival and other occasions, the list of holidays observed in Odisha during the year 2021
Central Government Administrative Offices located outside Delhi / New Delhi shall observe the following holidays 14 compulsorily in addition to three holidays shall be chosen by the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee in the State Capitals, to be chosen out of the 12 optional holidays.
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The list of holidays 2021 for post offices located in Odisha Postal Circle
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Post Office Holidays in January 2021
- Republic Day – 26-01-2021 – Tuesday
Post Office Holidays in March 2021
- Holi – 29-03-2021 – Monday
Post Office Holidays in April 2021
- Good Friday – 02-04-2021 – Friday
- Mahavir Jayanti – 25-04-2021 – Sunday
Post Office Holidays in May 2021
- Idul’ Fitr – 14-05-2021 – Friday
- Buddha Purnima – 26-05-2021 – Wednesday
Post Office Holidays in July 2021
- Rath Yatra – 12-07-2021 – Monday
- Id-ul-Zuha(Bakrid) – 21-07-2021 – Wednesday
Post Office Holidays in August 2021
- Independence Day – 15-08-2021 – Sunday
- Muharram – 19-08-2021 – Thursday
Post Office Holidays in October 2021
- Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday – 02-10-2021 – Saturday
- Additional day for Dussehra(Maha Ashtami) – 14-10-2021 – Thursday
- Dussehra – 15-10-2021 – Friday
- Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad(Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) – 19-10-2021 – Tuesday
Post Office Holidays in November 2021
- Diwali (Deepavali) – 04-11-2021 – Thursday
- Guru Nanak’s Birthday – 19-11-2021 – Friday
Post Office Holidays in December 2021
- Christmas Day – 25-12-2021 – Saturday
Central Government Gazetted Holiday List 2021
List of 17 Gazetted Holidays for Central Government Employees during the year 2021
- Republic Day – 26 January 2021 – Tuesday
- Holi – 29 March 2021 – Monday
- Good Friday – 2 April 2021 – Friday
- Ram Navami – 21 April 2021 – Wednesday
- Mahavir Jayanti – 25 April 2021 – Sunday
- Id-ul-Fitr – 14 May 2021 – Friday
- Budha Purnima – 26 May 2021 – Wednesday
- Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) – 21 July 2021 – Wednesday
- Independence Day – 15 August 2021 – Sunday
- Muharram 19 August 2021 – Thursday
- Janmashtami – 30 August 2021 – Monday
- Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday – 02 October 2021 – Saturday
- Dussehra – 15 October 2021 – Friday
- Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad [Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) – 19 October 2021 – Tuesday
- Diwali (Deepavali) – 04 November 2021 – Thursday
- Guru Nanak’s Birthday – 19 November 2021 – Friday
- Christmas Day – 25 December 2021 – Saturday
Central Government Restricted Holiday List 2021
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List of 34 Restricted Holidays for Central Government Employees during the year 2021
- 1 January 2021 – Friday – New Year’s Day
- 13 January 2021 – Wednesday – Lohri
- 14 January 2021 – Thursday – Makar Sankranti / Magha Bihu / Pongal
- 20 January 2021 – Wednesday – Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday
- 16 February 2021 – Tuesday – Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami
- 19 February 2021 – Friday – Shivaji Jayanti
- 26 February 2021 – Friday – Hazarat Ali’s Birthday
- 27 February 2021 – Saturday – Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday
- 8 March 2021 – Monday – Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti
- 11 March 2021 – Thursday – Maha Shivaratri
- 28 March 2021 – Sunday – Holika Dahan/ Dolyatra
- 4 April 2021 – Sunday – Easter Sunday
- 13 April 2021 – Tuesday – Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava/ Ugadi / Cheti Chand / Vaishaki / Vishu
- 14 April 2021 – Wednesday – Mesadi / Tamil New Year’s Day
- April 2021 – Thursday – Vaisakhadi – Bengal / Bahag Bihu – Assam
- 7 May 2021 – Friday – Jamat Ul-Vida
- 9 May 2021 – Sunday – Guru Rabindranath’s Birthday
- 12 July 2021 – Monday – Rath Yatra
- 16 August 2021 – Monday – Parsi New Year’s Day/ Nauraj
- 21 August 2021 – Saturday – Onam or Thiru Onam Day
- 22 August 2021 – Sunday – Raksha Bandhan
- 30 August 2021 – Monday – Janmashtami – Smarta
- 10 September 2021 – Friday – Vinayaka Chaturthi/ Ganesh Chaturthi
- 12 October 2021 – Tuesday – Dussehra – Saptami
- 13 October 2021 – Wednesday – Dussehra – Maha Ashtami
- 14 October 2021 – Thursday – Dussehra – Maha Navami
- 20 October 2021 – Wednesday – Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday
- 24 October 2021 – Sunday – Karaka Chaturthi – Karwa Chouth
- 3 November 2021 – Wednesday – Naraka Chaturdasi
- 5 November 2021 – Friday – Govardhan Puja
- 6 November 2021 – Saturday – Bhai Duj
- 10 November 2021 – Wednesday – Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi – Chhath Puja
- 24 November 2021 – Wednesday – Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day
- 24 December 2021 – Friday – Christmas Eve
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Bank Holidays in Odisha 2021
- January 23, Saturday, 2021 – Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti
- January 26, Tuesday, 2021 – Republic Day
- February 16, Tuesday, 2021 – Vasant Panchami
- March 11, Thursday, 2021 – Maha Shivaratri
- March 29, Monday, 2021 – Holi
- April 1, Thursday, 2021 – Odisha Day
- April 2, Friday, 2021 – Good Friday
- April 14, Wednesday, 2021 – Dr Ambedkar Jayanti
- April 14, Wednesday, 2021 – Maha Vishuba Sankranti
- April 21, Wednesday, 2021 – Ram Navami
- April 24, Saturday, 2021 – Panchayatiraj Divas
- May 12, Wednesday, 2021 – Idul Fitr
- June 15, Tuesday, 2021 – Pahili Raja
- June 15, Tuesday, 2021 – Raja Sankranti
- July 12, Monday, 2021 – Ratha Yathra
- July 20, Tuesday, 2021 – Bakrid / Eid al Adha
- August 3, Tuesday, 2021 – Jhulan Purnima
- August 10, Tuesday, 2021 – Muharram
- August 15, Sunday, 2021 – Independence Day
- August 23, Monday, 2021 – Nuakhai
- August 30, Monday, 2021 – Janmashtami
- September 10, Friday, 2021 – Ganesh Chaturthi
- October 2, Saturday, 2021 – Gandhi Jayanti
- October 6, Wednesday, 2021 – Mahalaya Amavasye
- October 13, Wednesday, 2021 – Maha Saptami
- October 13, Wednesday, 2021 – Maha Ashtami
- October 14, Thursday, 2021 – Maha Navami
- October 15, Friday, 2021 – Vijaya Dashami
- October 18, Monday, 2021 – Eid e Milad
- November 4, Thursday, 2021 – Lakshmi Puja
- November 4, Thursday, 2021 – Diwali
- November 19, Friday, 2021 – Karthika Purnima
- December 25, Saturday, 2021 – Christmas Day