Central Government Holidays 2020 For Offices In Sikkim

List of Gazetted Holidays and Restricted Holidays for Central Government Offices in Sikkim during the year 2020 – CGEWC Committee, Gangtok, Sikkim

Gazetted Holidays

S. No.	Holiday	Date	Day
1.	Republic Day	January 26	Sunday
2#.	Holi	March 10	Tuesday
3.	Mahavir Jayanti	April 06	Monday
4.	Good Friday	April 10	Friday
5#.	Vaisakhi/ Vishu	April 13	Monday
6.	Budha Purnima	May 07	Thursday
7.	Id-ul-Fitr*	May 25	Monday
8.	Id-ul-Zuha* (Bakrid)	August 01	Saturday
9..	Independence Day	August 15	Saturday
10.	Muharram*	August 30	Sunday
11.	Mahatama Gandhi’s Birthday	October 02	Friday
12#.	Dussehra (Maha Saptami) (An Additional Day)	October 23	Friday
13.	Dussehra (Vijaya Dashmi)	October 25	Sunday
14.	Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammed)	October 30	Friday
15.	Diwali (Deepavali)	November 14	Saturday
16.	Guru Nanak’s Birthday	November 30	Monday
17.	Christmas Day	December 25	Friday

# These holidays have been decided by CGEWCC, Gangtok, Sikkim in compliance to GoI, Department of Personnel and Training, New Delhi.

* Any change in the date of these holidays, if necessary, depending upon sighting of the moon, would be declared by CGEWCC, Gangtok, Sikkim.

Restricted Holidays

(Only two days can be availed)

S. No.	Holiday	Date	Day
1.	New Year’s Day	January 01	Wednesday
2.	Nyempa Guzom	January 01 & 02	Wednesday & Thursday
3.	Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday	January 02	Thursday
4.	Lohri	January 13	Monday
5.	Makar Sankranti/Pongal	January 15	Wednesday
6.	Sonam Lhochar	January 25	Saturday
7.	Basant Panchami/Sri Panchami	January 30	Thursday
8.	Guru Ravidas’s Birthday	February 09	Sunday
9.	Swami Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti	February 18	Tuesday
10.	Shivaji Jayanti	February 19	Wednesday
11.	Mahashivaratri	February 21	Friday
12.	Losar	February 24	Monday
13.	Holika Dahan/Dolyatra	March 09	Monday
14.	Hazart Ali’s Birthday	March 09	Monday
15.	Bhumchu	March 09	Monday
16.	Chaitra Sukladi/Gaudi Padva/Ugadi/Chedi Chand	March 25	Wednesday
17.	Ramnavami (Chaite Dasain)	April 02	Thursday
18.	Easter Sunday	April 12	Sunday
19.	Mesadi/ Vaisakhadi (Bengal)/Bahag Bihu (Assam	April 14	Tuesday
20.	Dr. Ambedkar Jayanti	April 14	Tuesday
21.	Shyadar Pidar	May 07	Thursday
22.	Guru Rabindranath’s Tagore Birthday	May 08	Friday
23.	State Day	May 16	Saturday
24.	Jamat-Ul-Vida	May 22	Friday
25.	Saga Dawa	June 05	Friday
26.	Rath Yatra	June 23	Tuesday
27.	Bhanu Jayanti	July 13	Monday
28.	Drukpa Tshechi	July 24	Friday
29.	Guru Rimpoche’s Thungkar Tshechu	July 29	Wednesday
30.	Raksha Bandhan	August 03	Monday
31.	Tendong Lho Rum Faat	August 08	Saturday
32.	Janmashtami (Smarta)	August 11	Tuesday
33.	Parsi New Year’s Day/Nauraj	August 16	Sunday
34.	Teej (Haritalika)	August 21	Friday
35.	Vinayaka Chaturthi/Ganesh Chaturthi	August 22	Saturday
36.	Onam/Thiruonam Day	August 31	Monday
37.	Indrajatra	August 31	Monday
38.	Pang-Lhabsol	September 02	Wednesday
39.	Birthday of Late Nar Bahadur Bhandar, Former Chief Minister of Sikkim	October 05	Monday
40.	Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) (Additional)	October 24	Saturday
41.	Vijay Dashmi (Bengal, Kerala)	October 26	Monday
42.	Durga Puja (Dasain)	October 26 to October 30	Monday to Friday
43.	Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday	October 31	Saturday
44.	Karaka Chturthi (Karva Chouth)	November 04	Wednesday
45.	Lhabab Duechen	November 07	Saturday
46.	Narka Chaturdasi	November 14	Saturday
47.	Govardhan Puja	November 15	Sunday
48.	Bhai Duj	November 16	Monday
49.	Laxmi Puja (Deepawali)	November 16 to 18	Monday to Wednesday
50.	Pratihar Sashthi or Surya Sashthi (Chhat Puja)	November 20	Friday
51.	Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day	November 24	Tuesday
52.	Kagyed Dance	December 13	Sunday
53.	Losoong / Namssong	December 15 to 19	Tuesday to Saturday
54.	Nyempa Guzom	December 20 to 21	Sunday to Monday
55.	Christmas Eve	December 24	Thursday
56.	Puhgal Parim	December 29	Tuesday
57.	Teyongsi Sirijunga Sawan Tongnam	December 30	Wednesday
58.	Tamu Lochar	December 30	Wednesday
59.	Sakewa	December 31	Thursday