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India public holidays 2026

India has 18 nationwide public holidays in 2026, and 18 to 32 in total once regional days are added, depending on where you are. After them, 2026 has 246 working days. Next up: Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday on Friday, October 2, 2026, in 3 days.

Public holidays in India in 2026
Date	Holiday
January
Jan 2Friday	Post New YearMizoram
Jan 11Sunday	Missionary DayMizoram
Jan 14Wednesday	Magh BihuAssam, Dādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu
Jan 14Wednesday	Makar SankrantiDādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu, Karnātaka
Jan 14Wednesday	PongalDādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu, Tamil Nādu
Jan 14Wednesday	UttarayanGujarāt
Jan 15Thursday	Thiruvalluvar Day / Mattu PongalTamil Nādu
Jan 16Friday	Uzhavar ThirunalTamil Nādu
Jan 17Saturday	Shab-I-Miraj EstimatedJammu and Kashmīr
Jan 23Friday	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's BirthdayAssam, Tripura
Jan 23Friday	Sir Chottu Ram's BirthdayHaryāna
Jan 25Sunday	Statehood DayHimāchal Pradesh
Jan 26Monday	Republic DayNationwide
February
Feb 1Sunday	Guru Ravi Das's BirthdayHimāchal Pradesh
Feb 19Thursday	Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's BirthdayMahārāshtra
Feb 20Friday	Statehood DayArunāchal Pradesh
March
Mar 3Tuesday	HoliMahārāshtra
Mar 3Tuesday	Holika DahanRājasthān, Uttarākhand
Mar 4Wednesday	HoliNationwide
Mar 19Thursday	Chaitra SukladiDādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu
Mar 19Thursday	Cheti Chand Dādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu, Gujarāt + 2 more Dādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu, Gujarāt, Rājasthān, Uttarākhand
Mar 19Thursday	Gudi PadwaDādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu, Goa, Mahārāshtra
Mar 19Thursday	UgadiDādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu, Karnātaka
Mar 20Friday	1st NavratraJammu and Kashmīr
Mar 20Friday	Veerangana Avantibai's Martyrdom DayMadhya Pradesh
Mar 21Saturday	Eid al-FitrNationwide
Mar 21Saturday	NowruzJammu and Kashmīr, Ladākh
Mar 22Sunday	Bihar DayBihār
Mar 23Monday	Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru's Martyrdom DayHaryāna, Punjab
Mar 26Thursday	Ram NavamiNationwide
Mar 31Tuesday	Mahavira's BirthdayNationwide
April
Apr 1Wednesday	Odisha Day (Utkala Dibasa)Odisha
Apr 3Friday	Good FridayNationwide
Apr 8Wednesday	Guru Nabha Dass's BirthdayPunjab
Apr 11Saturday	Mahatma Jyotiba Phule's BirthdayRājasthān
Apr 14Tuesday	Dr. B. R. Ambedkar's BirthdayNationwide
Apr 14Tuesday	Bahag BihuAssam
Apr 14Tuesday	BaisakhiJammu and Kashmīr
Apr 14Tuesday	Puthandu (Tamil New Year)Tamil Nādu
Apr 14Tuesday	VaisakhiHaryāna, Punjab
Apr 15Wednesday	Bahag BihuArunāchal Pradesh, Assam
Apr 15Wednesday	Bengali New YearTripura, West Bengal
Apr 15Wednesday	Himachal DayHimāchal Pradesh
Apr 15Wednesday	Maha Vishuva Sankranti / Pana SankrantiOdisha
Apr 16Thursday	Bahag BihuAssam
Apr 19Sunday	Akshay TritiyaHaryāna
Apr 19Sunday	Lord Shri Parshuram's Birthday Gujarāt, Himāchal Pradesh + 3 more Gujarāt, Himāchal Pradesh, Haryāna, Punjab, Rājasthān
Apr 21Tuesday	Garia PujaTripura
May
May 1Friday	Buddha PurnimaNationwide
May 1Friday	Maharashtra DayMahārāshtra
May 1Friday	May DayAssam, Karnātaka
May 9Saturday	Rabindra JayantiWest Bengal
May 16Saturday	Sikkim State DaySikkim
May 27Wednesday	Eid al-AdhaNationwide
June
Jun 15Monday	Young Mizo Association's DayMizoram
Jun 17Wednesday	Maharana Pratap's BirthdayHimāchal Pradesh, Haryāna, Rājasthān
Jun 18Thursday	Guru Arjun Dev's Martyrdom DayPunjab
Jun 26Friday	AshuraNationwide
Jun 29Monday	Sant Kabir's BirthdayHimāchal Pradesh, Haryāna, Punjab
Jun 30Tuesday	Peace Accord DayMizoram
July
Jul 6Monday	Mizo Hmeichhe Insuihkhawm Pawl's DayMizoram
Jul 16Thursday	HarelaUttarākhand
Jul 22Wednesday	Kharchi PujaTripura
Jul 31Friday	Shaheed Udham Singh's Martyrdom DayHaryāna, Punjab
August
Aug 4Tuesday	Ker PujaTripura
Aug 9Sunday	International Day of the World's Indigenous PeoplesRājasthān
Aug 15Saturday	Independence DayNationwide
Aug 15Saturday	Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi)Dādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu, Gujarāt, Mahārāshtra
Aug 16Sunday	Puducherry De Jure Transfer DayPuducherry
Aug 19Wednesday	Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur's BirthdayTripura
Aug 26Wednesday	Prophet's BirthdayNationwide
Aug 26Wednesday	OnamAndaman and Nicobar Islands, Kerala
Aug 28Friday	Raksha Bandhan Dādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu, Gujarāt + 5 more Dādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu, Gujarāt, Haryāna, Madhya Pradesh, Rājasthān, Uttarākhand, Uttar Pradesh
September
Sep 4Friday	Janmashtami (Vaishnava)Nationwide
Sep 11Friday	Khejarli's Martyrdom DayRājasthān
Sep 14Monday	Ganesh ChaturthiGoa, Karnātaka, Mahārāshtra
Sep 14Monday	Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayak ChaturthiDādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu
Sep 15Tuesday	Ganesh Chaturthi (Day 2)Goa
Sep 15Tuesday	Samvatsari DayGujarāt
Sep 17Thursday	Vishwakarma PujaUttarākhand
Sep 23Wednesday	Haryana War Heroes' Martyrdom DayHaryāna
Sep 23Wednesday	Maharaja Hari Singh's BirthdayJammu and Kashmīr
October
Oct 2Friday	Mahatma Gandhi's BirthdayNationwide
Oct 11Sunday	Maharaj Agrasen's BirthdayHaryāna, Punjab, Rājasthān
Oct 11Sunday	Sharad NavratriRājasthān
Oct 18Sunday	MahasaptamiTripura
Oct 19Monday	DurgashtamiRājasthān
Oct 19Monday	MahanavamiJammu and Kashmīr
Oct 19Monday	MahashtamiArunāchal Pradesh, Tripura
Oct 20Tuesday	DussehraNationwide
Oct 26Monday	Accession DayJammu and Kashmīr
Oct 26Monday	Maharishi Valmiki's Birthday Chandīgarh, Himāchal Pradesh + 3 more Chandīgarh, Himāchal Pradesh, Haryāna, Punjab, Uttarākhand
Oct 31Saturday	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's BirthdayGujarāt
November
Nov 1Sunday	Haryana DayHaryāna
Nov 1Sunday	Kerala Foundation DayKerala
Nov 1Sunday	Puducherry Liberation DayPuducherry
Nov 8Sunday	Diwali (Deepavali)Nationwide
Nov 10Tuesday	Diwali (Bali Pratipada)Mahārāshtra
Nov 10Tuesday	Govardhan Puja Dādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu, Madhya Pradesh + 2 more Dādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu, Madhya Pradesh, Rājasthān, Uttar Pradesh
Nov 10Tuesday	Gujarati New YearGujarāt
Nov 10Tuesday	Vishwakarma DayHaryāna, Punjab
Nov 11Wednesday	Bhai DujGujarāt, Rājasthān, Uttar Pradesh
Nov 11Wednesday	Chitragupt's BirthdayUttar Pradesh
Nov 15Sunday	Chhath PujaBihār, Jhārkhand
Nov 15Sunday	Jharkhand Formation DayJhārkhand
Nov 15Sunday	Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhath Puja)Dādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu
Nov 16Monday	Kartar Singh Sarabha's Martyrdom DayPunjab
Nov 24Tuesday	Guru Nanak's BirthdayNationwide
Nov 24Tuesday	Guru Tegh Bahadur's Martyrdom DayPunjab, Uttarākhand
December
Dec 1Tuesday	Indigenous Faith DayArunāchal Pradesh
Dec 3Thursday	Saint Francis Xavier's DayGoa
Dec 19Saturday	Goa Liberation DayGoa
Dec 24Thursday	Christmas EveMizoram
Dec 25Friday	ChristmasNationwide
Dec 26Saturday	Post ChristmasMizoram
Dec 28Monday	Jor Mela Fatehgarh SahibPunjab
Dec 31Thursday	New Year's EveMizoram

Nationwide: 18public holidays
By region: 18–32across 36 regions
Working days: 246after nationwide days off
Long weekends: 7+5 with 1 day off

Dates marked Estimated depend on the moon or an official announcement and can shift by a day or two.

Dates come from the open-source holidays project, which compiles each country's statutory holidays from official sources. Governments sometimes add or move days at short notice, so check official announcements for critical plans. See our sources.

Long weekends in 2026

Stretches of three or more days off built from nationwide holidays and the weekend, plus the ones you can make by taking a single day off.

3 daysSat, Jan 24 – Mon, Jan 26 · Republic Day4 days in Assam and Tripura, with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Birthday
4 daysThu, Mar 26 – Sun, Mar 29 · Ram NavamiTake Fri, Mar 27 off to join it up
4 daysSat, Mar 28 – Tue, Mar 31 · Mahavira's BirthdayTake Mon, Mar 30 off to join it up
3 daysFri, Apr 3 – Sun, Apr 5 · Good Friday
4 daysSat, Apr 11 – Tue, Apr 14 · Dr. B. R. Ambedkar's BirthdayTake Mon, Apr 13 off to join it up
3 daysFri, May 1 – Sun, May 3 · Buddha Purnima
3 daysFri, Jun 26 – Sun, Jun 28 · Ashura4 days in Himāchal Pradesh, Haryāna and Punjab, with Sant Kabir's Birthday
3 daysFri, Sep 4 – Sun, Sep 6 · Janmashtami (Vaishnava)
3 daysFri, Oct 2 – Sun, Oct 4 · Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday
4 daysSat, Oct 17 – Tue, Oct 20 · DussehraTake Mon, Oct 19 off to join it up
4 daysSat, Nov 21 – Tue, Nov 24 · Guru Nanak's BirthdayTake Mon, Nov 23 off to join it up
3 daysFri, Dec 25 – Sun, Dec 27 · Christmas4 days in Punjab, with Jor Mela Fatehgarh Sahib

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Frequently asked questions

How many public holidays are there in India in 2026?

18 nationwide public holidays: Republic Day (Jan 26); Holi (Mar 4); Eid al-Fitr (Mar 21); Ram Navami (Mar 26); Mahavira's Birthday (Mar 31); Good Friday (Apr 3); Dr. B. R. Ambedkar's Birthday (Apr 14); Buddha Purnima (May 1); Eid al-Adha (May 27); Ashura (Jun 26); Independence Day (Aug 15); Prophet's Birthday (Aug 26); Janmashtami (Vaishnava) (Sep 4); Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday (Oct 2); Dussehra (Oct 20); Diwali (Deepavali) (Nov 8); Guru Nanak's Birthday (Nov 24); Christmas (Dec 25). Regions add 99 more days between them.

When is the next public holiday in India?

Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday, on Friday, October 2, 2026 — in 3 days.

How many working days are there in 2026?

246 working days, counting Monday to Friday and taking out the nationwide holidays that fall on working days. Regional holidays and company closures can lower it further.

Why are some dates marked "Estimated"?

They follow a lunar calendar or wait for an official announcement — for example Islamic holidays, which depend on sighting the new moon. The date shown is the expected one and can move by a day or two.