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List of Government Holidays in India in 2026

Holidays allow planning for a vacation, scheduling vital work, or any event without official leave. In India, the Union Government declares a set of government holidays for each year before it starts. These holidays include national and regional holidays.

Government Holidays in India in 2026
- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November
- December
Frequently Asked Questions

What are the Government Holidays in India in 2026?

Below are month-wise tables comprising all government holidays in 2026, including national and state-specific holidays. The state or regional holidays may comprise foundation days, festivals, and important days regarding eminent personalities or historical events.

Government Holidays in January 2026

Here are the government holidays in January 2026.

Date	Day	Holiday	States
1 January	Thursday	New Year’s Day	Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Telangana, Tamil Nadu
3 January	Saturday	Hazarat Ali’s Birthday	Uttar Pradesh
14 January	Wednesday	Pongal	Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
14 January	Wednesday	Makar Sankranti	Gujarat, Karnataka, Telangana, Sikkim
23 January	Friday	Vasant Panchami	Haryana, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal
26 January	Monday	Republic Day	National (all-India)

Government Holidays in February 2026

Here are the government holidays in February 2026.

Date	Day	Holiday	States
1 February	Sunday	Guru Ravidas Jayanti	Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab
12 February	Thursday	Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti	Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana
15 February	Sunday	Maha Shivaratri / Shivaratri	National (except Andaman & Nicobar, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Goa, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal)
17 February	Tuesday	Lunar New Year	Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala, Goa, Maharashtra, Jammu & Kashmir
19 February	Thursday	Ramadan Start (Tentative)	Delhi, Maharashtra, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat
19 February	Thursday	Shivaji Jayanti	Maharashtra

Government Holidays in March 2026

Here are the holidays in March 2026.

Date	Day	Holiday	States
3 March	Tuesday	Holika Dahana	Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh
4 March	Wednesday	Holi	National (except Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal)
19 March	Thursday	Ugadi	Andhra Pradesh, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Goa, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Telangana
19 March	Thursday	Gudi Padwa	Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh
20 March	Friday	Jumat Ul-Vida	Jammu and Kashmir
20 March	Friday	March Equinox	Andhra Pradesh, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Goa, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Telangana
21 March	Saturday	Ramzan Id (Tentative)	Delhi, Maharashtra, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat
26 March	Thursday	Rama Navami	National (except Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal)
31 March	Tuesday	Mahavir Jayanti	Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Daman and Diu, Delhi, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Lakshadweep, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh

Government Holidays in April 2026

Given below is the list of government holidays in April 2026.

Date	Day	Holiday	States
2 April	Thursday	First Day of Passover	Maharashtra
2 April	Thursday	Maundy Thursday	Kerala
3 April	Friday	Good Friday	National (except Haryana & Jammu and Kashmir)
5 April	Sunday	Easter Day	Nagaland, Kerala
14 April	Tuesday	Vaisakhi	Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab
14 April	Tuesday	Ambedkar Jayanti	Tripura, West Bengal
15 April	Wednesday	Bahag Bihu / Vaisakhadi	Karnataka, Maharashtra

Government Holidays in May 2026

Find below the holidays in May 2026:

Date	Day	Holiday	States
1 May	Friday	International Workers Day	Maharashtra, Karnataka
1 May	Friday	Buddha Purnima	Various states: Andaman & Nicobar, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Odisha, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
9 May	Saturday	Birthday of Rabindranath	Tripura
27 May	Wednesday	Bakrid / Eid-ul-Zuha (Tentative)	National (except Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Sikkim)

Government Holidays in June 2026

Here are the holidays in June in 2026:

Date	Day	Holiday	States
26 June	Friday	Muharram / Ashura (Tentative)	National (except Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Goa, Haryana, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Puducherry, Punjab, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal)

Government Holidays in July 2026

Here are the government holidays in July 2026:

Date	Day	Holiday	States
16 July	Thursday	Rath Yatra	Odisha

Government Holidays in August 2026

Given below are the government holidays in August 2026:

Date	Day	Holiday	States
2 August	Sunday	Friendship Day	Karnataka
15 August	Saturday	Independence Day	National
26 August	Wednesday	Milad Un-Nabi (Tentative Date)	Hyderabad
26 August	Wednesday	Onam	Kerala
28 August	Friday	Raksha Bandhan	Chhattisgarh, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand & Uttar Pradesh

Government Holidays in September 2026

Given below are the government holidays in September 2026:

Date	Day	Holiday	States
4 September	Friday	Janmashtami	National (except Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Puducherry, West Bengal)
14 September	Monday	Ganesh Chaturthi	Andhra Pradesh, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Puducherry, Telangana, Tamil Nadu

Government Holidays in October 2026

Check out the government holidays in October 2026:

Date	Day	Holiday	States
2 October	Friday	Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti	National
11 October	Sunday	First Day of Sharad Navratri	Gujarat and Maharashtra
17 October	Saturday	First Day of Durga Puja Festivities	Odisha, Assam, and Tripura
18 October	Sunday	Maha Saptami	Meghalaya, Odisha, Sikkim, Tripura and West Bengal
19 October	Monday	Maha Ashtami	Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Manipur, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Telangana, Tripura and West Bengal
20 October	Tuesday	Dussehra	National except Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Manipur
26 October	Monday	Maharshi Valmiki Jayanti	Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh & Punjab
29 October	Thursday	Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chauth)	Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan
31 October	Saturday	Halloween	Maharashtra, Delhi, and Kolkata

Government Holidays in November 2026

Here are all the government holidays to be observed in November 2026:

Date	Day	Holiday	States
8 November	Sunday	Naraka Chaturdashi	Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Pondicherry, Telangana & Tamil Nadu
8 November	Sunday	Diwali	Maharashtra, Gujarat, West Bengal (as Kali Puja), Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Delhi
9 November	Monday	Govardhan Puja	Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, and Rajasthan
11 November	Wednesday	Bhai Dooj	Gujarat, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh
15 November	Sunday	Chhat Puja	Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand
24 November	Tuesday	Guru Nanak Jayanti	National except Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Odisha, Pondicherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and Tripura
24 November	Tuesday	Guru Tegh Bahadur's Martyrdom Day	Punjab

Government Holidays in December 2026

Given below are the government holidays to be observed in December 2026:

Date	Day	Holiday	States
5 December	Saturday	First Day of Hanukkah	Karnataka, Maharashtra, Delhi, and Manipur
12 December	Saturday	Last Day of Hanukkah	Karnataka, Maharashtra, Delhi, and Manipur
22 December	Tuesday	December Solstice	Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, and Punjab
23 December	Wednesday	Hazarat Ali’s Birthday	Uttar Pradesh
24 December	Thursday	Christmas Eve	Meghalaya and Mizoram
25 December	Friday	Christmas	National
31 December	Thursday	New Year’s Eve	Manipur and Mizoram

**Please note that the days and dates may vary.

These tables show all the government holidays in 2026, where some are national, but most are state holidays. However, the public offices inside and outside of Delhi do not enjoy all of these holidays.

FAQs about Government Holidays in India in 2026

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What are the mandatory government holidays in 2026?

The mandatory Central government holidays are Republic Day (26th January), Independence Day (15th August), and Gandhi Jayanti (2nd October) in 2026.

Is Eid one of the government holidays in 2026 in India?

Eid is one of the most important festivals that fall under this nation’s list of government holidays in 2026. It is considered a government holiday.

How many total government holidays are there in India for 2026?

There are a total of 17 government holidays in India in 2026. However, there are 34 restricted holidays as well.

Are there any regional holidays included in the government holiday list for 2026?

Yes, many states have their own regional holidays that are included in the government holiday list.

What is the significance of Republic Day as a government holiday?

Republic Day, celebrated on 26th January, marks the adoption of the Constitution of India and is a day of national pride and celebrations.

When is Diwali celebrated as a government holiday in 2026?

Diwali will be celebrated on the 8th November 2026 across various states in India.

Do public sector employees get additional holidays besides the mandatory ones?

Yes, public sector employees may receive additional holidays based on state-specific regulations and organisational policies.

How can I find the complete list of government holidays for my state in 2026?

The complete list of government holidays for each state can usually be found on the official state government websites or through notifications from local administrative offices.

Are there any changes to the holiday calendar due to national events or emergencies?

Yes, changes can occur based on national events or emergencies, leading to the declaration of additional holidays or rescheduling of existing ones.

What happens if a government holiday falls on a weekend?

If a government holiday falls on a weekend, it may not be compensated with an additional day off.