Holidays List 2021

The following gazatted holidays shall be observed by the Faculty and Staff of Indian Institute of Technology Mandi during the year 2021:

List of Gazetted Holidays during the Year 2021

Sr. No.	Gazetted Holidays	Date	Saka Date	Day of Week
1	Republic Day	January 26	Magha 06	Tuesday
2	Maha Shivratri	March 11	Phalguna 20	Thursday
3	Holi	March 29	Chaitra 08	Monday
4	Good Friday	April 02	Chaitra 12	Friday
5	Mahavir Jayanti	April 25	Vaishaka 05	Sunday
6	Id-ul-Fitr	May 14	Vaisakha 24	Friday
7	Buddha Purnima	May 26	Jyaishtha 05	Wenesday
8	Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)	July 21	Ashadha 30	Wednesday
9	Independence Day	August 15	Sarvana 24	Sunday
10	Muharram	August 19	Sarvana 28	Thursday
11	Janmashtami	August 30	Bhadra 08	Monday
12	Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday	October 02	Asvina 10	Saturday
13	Dussehra	October 15	Asvina 23	Friday
14	Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)	October 19	Asvina 27	Tuesday
15	Diwali (Deepavali)	November 04	Kartika 13	Thursday
16	Guru Nanak's Birthday	November 19	Kartika 28	Friday
17	Christmas Day	December 25	Pausha 04	Saturday

List of Restricted Holidays during the Year 2021

Out of the list of Restricted Holidays as given below the employees of the Institute shall have the option to avail any two RH:

Sr. No.	Holiday	Date	Saka Date	Day of Week
1	New Year's Day	January 01	Pausha 11	Friday
2	Lohri	January 13	Pausha 23	Wednesday
3	Makar Sankranti /Pongal	January 14	Pausha 24	Thursday
4	Guru Gobind Singh's Birthday	January 20	Pausha 30	Wednesday
5	Basant Panchami/Sri Panchami	February 16	Magha 27	Tuesday
6	Shivaji Jayanti	February 19	Magha 30	Friday
7	Hazarat Ali's Birthday	February 26	Phalguna 07	Friday
8	Guru Ravi Das's Birthday	February 27	Phalguna 08	Saturday
9	Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti	March 08	Phalguna 17	Monday
10	Holika Dahan / Dolyatra	March 28	Chaitra 07	Sunday
11	Easter Sunday	April 04	Chaitra 14	Sunday
12	Chaitra Sukladi/Gudi Padava/Ugadi/Cheti Chand	April 13	Chaitra 23	Tuesday
13	Mesadi Tamil New Year’s Day	April 14	Chaitra 24	Wednesday
14	Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam)	April 15	Chaitra 25	Thursday
15	Ram Navami	April 21	Vaisakha 01	Wednesday
16	Jamat-Ul-Vida	May 07	Vaisakha 17	Friday
17	Guru Rabindranath’s Birthday	May 09	Vaisakha 19	Sunday
18	Rath Yatra	July 12	Ashadha 21	Monday
19	Parsi New Year’s day/Nauraj	August 16	Sravana 25	Monday
20	Onam or Thiru Onam Day	August 21	Sravana 30	Sunday
21	Raksha Bandhan	August 22	Sarvana 31	Sunday
22	Janmashtami (Smarta)	August 30	Bhadra 08	Monday
23	Vinayaka Chaturthi/ Ganesh Chaturthi	September 10	Bhadra 19	Friday
24	Dussehra (Maha Saptami)	October 12	Asvina 20	Tuesday
25	Dussehra (Maha Ashtami)	October 13	Asvina 21	Wednesday
20	Dussehra (Mahanavmi)	October 14	Asvina 22	Thursday
27	Maharishi Valmiki's Birthday	October 20	Asvina 28	Wednesday
28	Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth)	October 24	Kartika 02	Sunday
29	Naraka Chaturdasi	November 03	Kartika 12	Wednesday
30	Govardhan Puja	November 05	Kartika 14	Friday
31	Bhai Duj	November 06	Kartika 15	Saturday
32	Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja)	November 10	Kartika 19	Wednesday
33	Guru Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom Day	November 24	Agrahayana 03	Wednesday
34	Christmas Eve	December 24	Pausha 03	Friday