Holidays to be observed in the Central Government Offices for the year 2019

List of Holidays for the Year 2019 for Administrative Offices of Central Government located at Delhi / New Delhi

No. 21-1/2018-PE-II
Government of India
Ministry of Communication & IT
Department of Posts
Establishment Division

Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi-110001
Dated : 01-11- 2018

To,
All Chief Postmasters General,
All Postmasters General,

SUB: Holidays to be observed in Department of Posts for the year -2019

Sir/Madam,

I am directed to forward herewith a copy of DOPT circular No. 12/2/2018-JCA-2 dated.11th July 2018 on Holidays to be observed in the Central Government Offices during the year 2019 for further necessary action at your end.

Yours sincerely,

(D.K.Tripathi)
Assistant Director General(Estt.)

ANNEXURE-I

LIST OF HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR 2019 FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI / NEW DELHI

S.NO.	HOLIDAY	DATE	SAKA DATE	DAY
1940 SAKA ERA
1.	Republic Day	January-26	Magha 06	Saturday
2.	Maha Shivaratri	Mar-04	Phalguna 13	Monday
3.	Holi	March-21	Phalguna 30	Thursday
1941 SAKA ERA
4	Mahavir Jayanti	Apr-17	Chaitra 27	Wednesday
5	Good Friday	April-19	Chaitra 29	Friday
6	Buddha Purnima	May-18	Vaisakha 28	Saturday
7	Id-ul-Fitr	June-05	Jyaishtha 15	Wednesday
8	Id-Uz-Zuha (Bakrid)	August-12	Sravana 21	Monday
9.	Independence Day	August-15	Sravana 24	Thursday
10.	Janmashtami	August 24	Bhadra 02	Saturday
11.	Muharrarn	September-10	Bhadra 19	Tuesday
12.	Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday	October-02	Asvina 10	Wednesday
13.	Dussehra	October-08	Asvina 16	Tuesday
14.	Diwali(Deepavali)	October-27	Kartika 05	Sunday
15.	Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)	Nov-10	Kartika 19	Sunday
16.	Guru Nanak’s Birthday	Nov-12	Kartika 21	Tuesday
17	Christmas Day	Dec-25	Pausha 04	Wednesday

ANNEXURE-II

LIST OF RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR 2019 FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI I NEW DELHI

S.NO	HOLIDAY	DATE	SAKA DATE	DAY
SAKA ERA 1940
1.	New Year’s Day	Jan-01	Pausha 11	Tuesday
2.	Lohri	January-13	Pausha 23	Sunday
3.	Makar Sankranti	January-14	Pausha 24	Monday
4.	Pongal	January-15	Pausha 25	Tuesday
5	Basant Panchami/Sri Panchami	February 10	Magha 21	Sunday
6.	Guru Ravidas’s Birthday	February 19	Magha 30	Tuesday
7.	Shivaji Jayanti	February-19	Magha 30	Tuesday
8.	Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti	March-01	Phalguna 10	Thursday
9.	Holika Dalian	March-20	Phalguna 29	Wednesday
10.	Dolyatra	March-21	Phalguna 30	Thursday
11	Hazarat Ali’s Birthday	March-21	Phalguna 30	Thursday
SAKA ERA 1941
12.	Chaitra Sukladi/Gudi Padava/Ugacii/Cheti Chand	April-06	Chaitra 16	Saturday
13	Ram Navami (Smarta)	April-13	Chaitra 23	Saturday
14.	Vaiskhi/Vishu/Mesadi	April-14	Chaitra 24	Sunday
15.	Vaisakhadi(Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam)	April-15	Chaitra 25	Monday
16.	Easter Sunday	April-21	Vaisakha 01	Sunday
17.	Guru Rabindranath’s birthday	May-09	Vaisakha 19	Thursday
18.	Jamat-Ul-Vida	May-31	Jyaishtha 10	Friday
19.	Rath Yatra	July-04	Ashadha 13	Thursday
20.	Raksha Bandhan	August-15	Sravana 24	Thursday
21.	Parsi New Year’s day/Nauraj	August-17	Sravana 26	Saturday
22.	Vinayaka Chaturthi/ Ganesh Chaturthi	September-02	Bhadra 11	Monday
23.	Onam or Thiru Onam Day	September-11	Bhadra 20	Wednesday
24.	Dussehra (Maha Saptami) (Additional)	Oct-05	Asvina 13	Saturday
25.	Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) (Additional)	October 06	Asvina14	Sunday
26.	Dussehra (Maha Navmi)	October 07	Asvina 15	Monday
27.	Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday	Oct-13	Asvina 21	Sunday
28.	Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chouth)	Oct-17	Asvina 25	Thursday
29.	Naraka Chaturdasi	Oct-27	Kartika 5	Sunday
30.	Govardhan Puja	Oct-28	Kartika 6	Monday
31.	Bhai Duj	Oct-29	Kartika 7	Tuesday
32.	Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja)	Nov-02	Kartika 11	Saturday
33.	Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day	Nov-24	Agrahayana 3	Sunday
34.	Christmas Eve	Dec-24	Pausha 3	Tuesday