As the new year is being anticipated with high hopes from every part of the world, out of the 52 weeks in 2021, there are 15 long weekends for the wanderlust travelers to take a short break depending on how the Covid-19 situation shapes up in the new year.
Long weekends are instances when a holiday falls before or immediately after the weekend. In 2021, the best part is there are 15 of those.
In 2021, January has the most number of long weekends and June has none.
Here is the complete list of long weekends in 2021
January
January 1 (Friday)- New Year’s Day
January 2 - Saturday
January 3 - Sunday
January 14 (Friday)- Makar Sankranti
January 16- Saturday
January 17 - Sunday
January 23- Saturday
January 24 - Sunday
January 26 (Tuesday)- Republic Day
February
February 13 - Saturday
February 14 - Sunday
February 16 (Tuesday)– Vasant Panchami
March
March 11 (Thursday) – Maha Shivratri
March 13 - Saturday
March 14 - Sunday
March 27 - Saturday
March 28 - Sunday
March 29 (Monday) - Holi
April
April 2 – Good Friday
April 3- Saturday
April 4 - Sunday
May
May 13 (Thursday) – Eid ul-Fitr
May 15- Saturday
May 16- Sunday
June
Oops! No long weekend June, next year for sure.
July
1- July 10 -- Saturday
July 11 -- Sunday
July 12-- (Monday) Rath Yatra
July 17 - Saturday
July 18 - Sunday
July 20 (Tuesday) -- Bakri Eid.
August
August 28 - Saturday
August 29 - Sunday
August 30 - (Monday) – Janmashtami
September
September 10 (Friday)– Ganesh Chaturthi
September 11 - Saturday
September 12 - Sunday
October
October 15 (Friday) - Dussehra
October 16 - Saturday
October 17 - Sunday
November
November 19 (Friday) – Guru Nanak Jayanti
November 20 - Saturday
November 21 - Sunday
December
December 24 - Friday
December 25 (Saturday)– Christmas
December 26 - Sunday