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

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.11^th 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-08	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

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