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India public holidays 2028

India has 19 nationwide public holidays in 2028, and 19 to 33 in total once regional days are added, depending on where you are. After them, 2028 has 247 working days. The first is Republic Day on Wednesday, January 26, 2028.

Public holidays in India in 2028
Date	Holiday
January
Jan 2Sunday	Post New YearMizoram
Jan 4Tuesday	Guru Gobind Singh's BirthdayChandīgarh, Punjab
Jan 11Tuesday	Missionary DayMizoram
Jan 15Saturday	Magh BihuAssam, Dādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu
Jan 15Saturday	Makar SankrantiDādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu, Karnātaka
Jan 15Saturday	PongalDādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu, Tamil Nādu
Jan 15Saturday	UttarayanGujarāt
Jan 16Sunday	Thiruvalluvar Day / Mattu PongalTamil Nādu
Jan 17Monday	Uzhavar ThirunalTamil Nādu
Jan 23Sunday	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's BirthdayAssam, Tripura
Jan 25Tuesday	Statehood DayHimāchal Pradesh
Jan 26Wednesday	Republic DayNationwide
Jan 31Monday	Sir Chottu Ram's BirthdayHaryāna
February
Feb 10Thursday	Guru Ravi Das's BirthdayHimāchal Pradesh
Feb 19Saturday	Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's BirthdayMahārāshtra
Feb 20Sunday	Statehood DayArunāchal Pradesh
Feb 23Wednesday	Maha ShivaratriNationwide
Feb 27Sunday	Eid al-Fitr EstimatedNationwide
March
Mar 10Friday	Holika DahanRājasthān, Uttarākhand
Mar 11Saturday	HoliNationwide
Mar 20Monday	NowruzJammu and Kashmīr, Ladākh
Mar 20Monday	Veerangana Avantibai's Martyrdom DayMadhya Pradesh
Mar 22Wednesday	Bihar DayBihār
Mar 23Thursday	Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru's Martyrdom DayHaryāna, Punjab
Mar 27Monday	1st NavratraJammu and Kashmīr
Mar 27Monday	Chaitra SukladiDādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu
Mar 27Monday	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 27Monday	Gudi PadwaDādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu, Goa, Mahārāshtra
Mar 27Monday	UgadiDādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu, Karnātaka
April
Apr 1Saturday	Odisha Day (Utkala Dibasa)Odisha
Apr 3Monday	Ram NavamiNationwide
Apr 7Friday	Mahavira's BirthdayNationwide
Apr 8Saturday	Guru Nabha Dass's BirthdayPunjab
Apr 11Tuesday	Mahatma Jyotiba Phule's BirthdayRājasthān
Apr 13Thursday	Bahag BihuAssam
Apr 13Thursday	BaisakhiJammu and Kashmīr
Apr 13Thursday	VaisakhiHaryāna, Punjab
Apr 14Friday	Dr. B. R. Ambedkar's BirthdayNationwide
Apr 14Friday	Good FridayNationwide
Apr 14Friday	Bahag BihuArunāchal Pradesh, Assam
Apr 14Friday	Bengali New YearTripura
Apr 14Friday	Puthandu (Tamil New Year)Tamil Nādu
Apr 15Saturday	Bahag BihuAssam
Apr 15Saturday	Bengali New YearWest Bengal
Apr 15Saturday	Himachal DayHimāchal Pradesh
Apr 15Saturday	Maha Vishuva Sankranti / Pana SankrantiOdisha
Apr 20Thursday	Garia PujaTripura
Apr 27Thursday	Akshay TritiyaHaryāna
Apr 27Thursday	Lord Shri Parshuram's Birthday Gujarāt, Himāchal Pradesh + 3 more Gujarāt, Himāchal Pradesh, Haryāna, Punjab, Rājasthān
May
May 1Monday	Maharashtra DayMahārāshtra
May 1Monday	May DayAssam, Karnātaka
May 6Saturday	Eid al-Adha EstimatedNationwide
May 8Monday	Buddha PurnimaNationwide
May 9Tuesday	Rabindra JayantiWest Bengal
May 16Tuesday	Sikkim State DaySikkim
May 27Saturday	Maharana Pratap's BirthdayHimāchal Pradesh, Haryāna, Rājasthān
May 28Sunday	Guru Arjun Dev's Martyrdom DayPunjab
June
Jun 4Sunday	Ashura EstimatedNationwide
Jun 7Wednesday	Sant Kabir's BirthdayHimāchal Pradesh, Haryāna, Punjab
Jun 15Thursday	Young Mizo Association's DayMizoram
Jun 30Friday	Kharchi PujaTripura
Jun 30Friday	Peace Accord DayMizoram
July
Jul 6Thursday	Mizo Hmeichhe Insuihkhawm Pawl's DayMizoram
Jul 16Sunday	HarelaUttarākhand
Jul 25Tuesday	Ker PujaTripura
Jul 31Monday	Shaheed Udham Singh's Martyrdom DayHaryāna, Punjab
August
Aug 4Friday	Prophet's Birthday EstimatedNationwide
Aug 5Saturday	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
Aug 9Wednesday	International Day of the World's Indigenous PeoplesRājasthān
Aug 13Sunday	Janmashtami (Vaishnava)Nationwide
Aug 14Monday	Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi)Dādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu, Gujarāt, Mahārāshtra
Aug 15Tuesday	Independence DayNationwide
Aug 16Wednesday	Puducherry De Jure Transfer DayPuducherry
Aug 19Saturday	Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur's BirthdayTripura
Aug 23Wednesday	Ganesh ChaturthiGoa, Karnātaka, Mahārāshtra
Aug 23Wednesday	Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayak ChaturthiDādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu
Aug 24Thursday	Ganesh Chaturthi (Day 2)Goa
Aug 24Thursday	Samvatsari DayGujarāt
September
Sep 1Friday	OnamAndaman and Nicobar Islands, Kerala
Sep 11Monday	Khejarli's Martyrdom DayRājasthān
Sep 17Sunday	Vishwakarma PujaUttarākhand
Sep 19Tuesday	Maharaj Agrasen's BirthdayHaryāna, Punjab, Rājasthān
Sep 19Tuesday	Sharad NavratriRājasthān
Sep 23Saturday	Haryana War Heroes' Martyrdom DayHaryāna
Sep 23Saturday	Maharaja Hari Singh's BirthdayJammu and Kashmīr
Sep 25Monday	MahasaptamiTripura
Sep 26Tuesday	DurgashtamiRājasthān
Sep 26Tuesday	MahanavamiJammu and Kashmīr
Sep 26Tuesday	MahashtamiArunāchal Pradesh, Tripura
Sep 27Wednesday	DussehraNationwide
October
Oct 2Monday	Mahatma Gandhi's BirthdayNationwide
Oct 3Tuesday	Maharishi Valmiki's Birthday Chandīgarh, Himāchal Pradesh + 3 more Chandīgarh, Himāchal Pradesh, Haryāna, Punjab, Uttarākhand
Oct 17Tuesday	Diwali (Deepavali)Nationwide
Oct 18Wednesday	Diwali (Bali Pratipada)Mahārāshtra
Oct 18Wednesday	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
Oct 18Wednesday	Gujarati New YearGujarāt
Oct 18Wednesday	Vishwakarma DayHaryāna, Punjab
Oct 19Thursday	Bhai DujGujarāt, Rājasthān, Uttar Pradesh
Oct 19Thursday	Chitragupt's BirthdayUttar Pradesh
Oct 23Monday	Chhath PujaBihār, Jhārkhand
Oct 23Monday	Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhath Puja)Dādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and Diu
Oct 26Thursday	Accession DayJammu and Kashmīr
Oct 31Tuesday	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's BirthdayGujarāt
November
Nov 1Wednesday	Haryana DayHaryāna
Nov 1Wednesday	Kerala Foundation DayKerala
Nov 1Wednesday	Puducherry Liberation DayPuducherry
Nov 2Thursday	Guru Nanak's BirthdayNationwide
Nov 15Wednesday	Jharkhand Formation DayJhārkhand
Nov 16Thursday	Kartar Singh Sarabha's Martyrdom DayPunjab
Nov 24Friday	Guru Tegh Bahadur's Martyrdom DayPunjab, Uttarākhand
December
Dec 1Friday	Indigenous Faith DayArunāchal Pradesh
Dec 3Sunday	Saint Francis Xavier's DayGoa
Dec 15Friday	Shab-I-Miraj EstimatedJammu and Kashmīr
Dec 19Tuesday	Goa Liberation DayGoa
Dec 24Sunday	Christmas EveMizoram
Dec 25Monday	ChristmasNationwide
Dec 26Tuesday	Post ChristmasMizoram
Dec 28Thursday	Jor Mela Fatehgarh SahibPunjab
Dec 31Sunday	New Year's EveMizoram

Nationwide: 19public holidays
By region: 19–33across 36 regions
Working days: 247after nationwide days off
Long weekends: 7+3 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 2028

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, Apr 1 – Mon, Apr 3 · Ram Navami
3 daysFri, Apr 7 – Sun, Apr 9 · Mahavira's Birthday
3 daysFri, Apr 14 – Sun, Apr 16 · Dr. B. R. Ambedkar's Birthday, Good Friday4 days in Assam, with Bahag Bihu
3 daysSat, May 6 – Mon, May 8 · Eid al-Adha, Buddha Purnima4 days in West Bengal, with Rabindra Jayanti
3 daysFri, Aug 4 – Sun, Aug 6 · Prophet's Birthday
4 daysSat, Aug 12 – Tue, Aug 15 · Janmashtami (Vaishnava), Independence DayTake Mon, Aug 14 off to join it up
3 daysSat, Sep 30 – Mon, Oct 2 · Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday4 days in Chandīgarh, Himāchal Pradesh, Haryāna and 2 more, with Maharishi Valmiki's Birthday
4 daysSat, Oct 14 – Tue, Oct 17 · Diwali (Deepavali)Take Mon, Oct 16 off to join it up
4 daysThu, Nov 2 – Sun, Nov 5 · Guru Nanak's BirthdayTake Fri, Nov 3 off to join it up
3 daysSat, Dec 23 – Mon, Dec 25 · Christmas4 days in Mizoram, with Post Christmas

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Frequently asked questions

How many public holidays are there in India in 2028?

19 nationwide public holidays: Republic Day (Jan 26); Maha Shivaratri (Feb 23); Eid al-Fitr (Feb 27); Holi (Mar 11); Ram Navami (Apr 3); Mahavira's Birthday (Apr 7); Dr. B. R. Ambedkar's Birthday (Apr 14); Good Friday (Apr 14); Eid al-Adha (May 6); Buddha Purnima (May 8); Ashura (Jun 4); Prophet's Birthday (Aug 4); Janmashtami (Vaishnava) (Aug 13); Independence Day (Aug 15); Dussehra (Sep 27); Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday (Oct 2); Diwali (Deepavali) (Oct 17); Guru Nanak's Birthday (Nov 2); Christmas (Dec 25). Regions add 100 more days between them.

How many working days are there in 2028?

247 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.