| CIRCULAR
RE: List of Holidays – 2019
1. Under provisions of Chapter VI of IRDAI Staff (Officers and Employees) Regulations, 2016, the Competent Authority has approved declaration of the following holidays to be observed by all offices of IRDAI during the calendar year 2019.
Closed Holidays
| S. No. |
Holiday |
Date |
Day |
| 1. |
Makar Sankranti |
January 14 |
Monday |
| 2. |
Republic Day |
January 26 |
Saturday |
| 3. |
Holi |
March 21 |
Thursday |
| 4. |
Mahavir Jayanti |
April 17 |
Wednesday |
| 5. |
Good Friday |
April 19 |
Friday |
| 6. |
Buddha Purnima |
May 18 |
Saturday |
| 7. |
Id-ul-Fitr |
June 5 |
Wednesday |
| 8. |
Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) |
August 12 |
Monday |
| 9. |
Independence Day |
August 15 |
Thursday |
| 10. |
Vinayaka Chaturthi / Ganesh Chaturthi |
September 2 |
Monday |
| 11. |
Muharram |
September 10 |
Tuesday |
| 12. |
Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday |
October 2 |
Wednesday |
| 13. |
Dussehra (Vijaya Dashmi) |
October 8 |
Tuesday |
| 14. |
Diwali (Deepavali) |
October 27 |
Sunday |
| 15. |
Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) |
November 10 |
Sunday |
| 16. |
Guru Nanak’s Birthday |
November 12 |
Tuesday |
| 17. |
Christmas Day |
December 25 |
Wednesday |
2. In addition to the closed holidays mentioned above, employees are permitted to avail themselves of any two (2) of the following Restricted Holidays.
Restricted Holidays
| S. No. |
Restricted Holiday |
Date |
Day |
| 1 |
New Year’s Day |
January 1 |
Tuesday |
| 2 |
Lohri |
January 13 |
Sunday |
| 3 |
Pongal |
January 15 |
Tuesday |
| 4 |
Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami |
February 10 |
Sunday |
| 5 |
Guru Ravidas’s Birthday |
February 19 |
Tuesday |
| 6 |
Shivaji Jayanti |
February 19 |
Tuesday |
| 7 |
Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti |
March 1 |
Thursday |
| 8 |
Maha Shivratri |
March 4 |
Monday |
| 9 |
Holika Dahan |
March 20 |
Wednesday |
| 10 |
Dolyatra |
March 21 |
Thursday |
| 11 |
Hazarat Ali’s Birthday |
March 21 |
Thursday |
| 12 |
Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava / Ugadi/ Cheti Chand |
April 6 |
Saturday |
| 13 |
Ram Navami |
April 13 |
Saturday |
| 14 |
Vaisakhi / Vishu/ Mesadi |
April 14 |
Sunday |
| 15 |
Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam) |
April 15 |
Monday |
| 16 |
Easter Sunday |
April 21 |
Sunday |
| 17 |
Guru Rabindranath’s Birthday |
May 9 |
Thursday |
| 18 |
Jamat – ul- Vida |
May 31 |
Friday |
| 19 |
Rath Yatra |
July 4 |
Thursday |
| 20 |
Raksha Bandhan |
August 15 |
Thursday |
| 21 |
Parsi New Year’s Day / Nauraj |
August 17 |
Saturday |
| 22 |
Janmashtami (Vaishnav) |
August 24 |
Saturday |
| 23 |
Onam or Thiru Onam Day |
September11 |
Wednesday |
| 24 |
Dussehra (Maha Saptami) (Additional) |
October 5 |
Saturday |
| 25 |
Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) (Additional) |
October 6 |
Sunday |
| 26 |
Dussehra (Maha Navami) |
October 7 |
Monday |
| 27 |
Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday |
October 13 |
Sunday |
| 28 |
Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chouth) |
October 17 |
Thursday |
| 29 |
Naraka Chaturdasi |
October 27 |
Sunday |
| 30 |
Goverdhan Puja |
October 28 |
Monday |
| 31 |
Bhai Duj |
October 29 |
Tuesday |
| 32 |
Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) |
November 2 |
Saturday |
| 33 |
Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day |
November 24 |
Sunday |
| 34 |
Christmas Eve |
December 24 |
Tuesday |
(M. Pulla Rao)
Executive Director
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