Public Holidays 2026

Date	Day	Holiday Name	States
1 Jan	Thu	New Year's Day	Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Telangana & Tamil Nadu
1 Jan	Thu	Gaan-Ngai	Manipur
2 Jan	Fri	New Year Holiday	Mizoram
2 Jan	Fri	Mannam Jayanti	Kerala
3 Jan	Sat	Hazrat Ali Jayanti	Uttar Pradesh
11 Jan	Sun	Missionary Day	Mizoram
12 Jan	Mon	Swami Vivekananda Jayanti	West Bengal
14 Jan	Wed	Makara Sankranti	Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Odisha, Sikkim & Telangana
15 Jan	Thu	Pongal	Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Telangana & Tamil Nadu
15 Jan	Thu	Magh Bihu	Assam
16 Jan	Fri	Thiruvalluvar Day	Puducherry & Tamil Nadu
16 Jan	Fri	Kanuma Panduga	Andhra Pradesh
16 Jan	Fri	Uzhavar Thirunal	Tamil Nadu
19 Jan	Mon	Sonam Losar	Sikkim
23 Jan	Fri	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti	Odisha, Tripura & West Bengal
23 Jan	Fri	Vasant Panchami	Haryana, Odisha, Punjab, Tripura & West Bengal
25 Jan	Sun	State Day	Himachal Pradesh
26 Jan	Mon	Republic Day	National
1 Feb	Sun	Guru Ravidas Jayanti	Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh & Punjab
15 Feb	Sun	Lui-Ngai-Ni	Manipur
15 Feb	Sun	Maha Shivaratri	National except Andaman and Nicobar, Arunachal, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu & West Bengal
18 Feb	Wed	Losar	Sikkim
19 Feb	Thu	Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti	Maharashtra
20 Feb	Fri	State Day	Arunachal Pradesh & Mizoram
3 Mar	Tue	Holi	National except Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu & West Bengal
3 Mar	Tue	Yaosang	Manipur
3 Mar	Tue	Doljatra	West Bengal
4 Mar	Wed	Yaosang 2nd Day	Manipur
5 Mar	Thu	Panchayatiraj Divas	Odisha
6 Mar	Fri	Chapchar Kut	Mizoram
17 Mar	Tue	Shab-i-Qadr	Jammu and Kashmir
20 Mar	Fri	Ugadi	Andhra Pradesh, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Goa, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Rajasthan & Telangana
20 Mar	Fri	Idul Fitr	Puducherry
20 Mar	Fri	Telugu New Year	Tamil Nadu
20 Mar	Fri	Jumat-ul-Wida	Jammu and Kashmir
20 Mar	Fri	Gudi Padwa	Maharashtra
21 Mar	Sat	Idul Fitr	National except Puducherry
21 Mar	Sat	Sarhul	Jharkhand
22 Mar	Sun	Bihar Day	Bihar
22 Mar	Sun	Idul Fitr Holiday	Telangana
23 Mar	Mon	S. Bhagat Singh's Martyrdom Day	Haryana
27 Mar	Fri	Ram Navami	Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal, Haryana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Telangana, Uttarakhand & Uttar Pradesh
31 Mar	Tue	Mahavir Jayanti	Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu & Uttar Pradesh
1 Apr	Wed	Odisha Day	Odisha
3 Apr	Fri	Good Friday	National except Haryana & Jammu and Kashmir
4 Apr	Sat	Easter Saturday	Nagaland
5 Apr	Sun	Babu Jagjivan Ram Jayanti	Andhra Pradesh & Telangana
5 Apr	Sun	Easter Sunday	Kerala & Nagaland
14 Apr	Tue	Vaisakh	Chandigarh, Jammu and Kashmir & Punjab
14 Apr	Tue	Biju Festival	Tripura
14 Apr	Tue	Dr Ambedkar Jayanti	National except Arunachal, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland
14 Apr	Tue	Tamil New Year	Puducherry & Tamil Nadu
14 Apr	Tue	Vishu	Kerala
14 Apr	Tue	Maha Vishuba Sankranti	Odisha
14 Apr	Tue	Bohag Bihu	Assam
14 Apr	Tue	Cheiraoba	Manipur
15 Apr	Wed	Bohag Bihu	Arunachal Pradesh
15 Apr	Wed	Bohag Bihu Holiday	Assam
15 Apr	Wed	Bengali New Year	Tripura & West Bengal
15 Apr	Wed	Himachal Day	Himachal Pradesh
19 Apr	Sun	Maharshi Parasuram Jayanti	Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh & Rajasthan
20 Apr	Mon	Basava Jayanti	Karnataka
21 Apr	Tue	Garia Puja	Tripura
1 May	Fri	Maharashtra Day	Maharashtra
1 May	Fri	Buddha Purnima	Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Himachal, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh & West Bengal
1 May	Fri	May Day	Assam, Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Puducherry, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Tripura & West Bengal
9 May	Sat	Guru Rabindranath Jayanti	Tripura & West Bengal
16 May	Sat	State Day	Sikkim
26 May	Tue	Kazi Nazrul Islam Jayanti	Tripura
27 May	Wed	Bakrid / Eid al Adha	National except Arunachal, Chandigarh, Puducherry & Sikkim
28 May	Thu	Bakrid / Eid al Adha	Puducherry
28 May	Thu	Bakrid / Eid al Adha Holiday	Jammu and Kashmir
14 Jun	Sun	Pahili Raja	Odisha
15 Jun	Mon	Raja Sankranti	Odisha
15 Jun	Mon	YMA Day	Mizoram
17 Jun	Wed	Maharana Pratap Jayanti	Himachal Pradesh, Haryana & Rajasthan
18 Jun	Thu	Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji's Martyrdom Day	Punjab
26 Jun	Fri	Muharram	National except Arunachal, Assam, Goa, Haryana, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Puducherry, Punjab, Sikkim & Uttarakhand
29 Jun	Mon	Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti	Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana & Punjab
30 Jun	Tue	Remna Ni	Mizoram
1 Jul	Wed	Guru Hargobind Ji's Birthday	Jammu and Kashmir
6 Jul	Mon	MHIP Day	Mizoram
13 Jul	Mon	Martyrs' Day	Jammu and Kashmir
13 Jul	Mon	Bhanu Jayanti	Sikkim
16 Jul	Thu	Ratha Yathra	Manipur & Odisha
17 Jul	Fri	U Tirot Sing Day	Meghalaya
21 Jul	Tue	Kharchi Puja	Tripura
31 Jul	Fri	Shaheed Udham Singh's Martyrdom Day	Haryana
7 Aug	Fri	Ker Puja	Tripura
8 Aug	Sat	Tendong Lho Rum Faat	Sikkim
10 Aug	Mon	Bonalu	Telangana
13 Aug	Thu	Patriots Day	Manipur
15 Aug	Sat	Independence Day	National
15 Aug	Sat	Haryali Teej	Haryana
16 Aug	Sun	De Jure Transfer Day	Puducherry
16 Aug	Sun	Parsi New Year	Gujarat & Maharashtra
25 Aug	Tue	First Onam	Kerala
26 Aug	Wed	Eid e Milad	National except Arunachal, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Goa, Himachal, Manipur, Meghalaya, Punjab, Sikkim & West Bengal
27 Aug	Thu	Jhulan Purnima	Odisha
27 Aug	Thu	Thiruvonam	Kerala
28 Aug	Fri	Raksha Bandhan	Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand & Uttar Pradesh
28 Aug	Fri	Friday Following Eid e Milad	Jammu and Kashmir
4 Sep	Fri	Janmashtami	National except Arunachal, Assam, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Puducherry & West Bengal
13 Sep	Sun	Hartalika Teej	Chhattisgarh & Sikkim
14 Sep	Mon	Ganesh Chaturthi	Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Telangana & Tamil Nadu
15 Sep	Tue	Ganesh Chaturthi	Gujarat
16 Sep	Wed	Nuakhai	Odisha
16 Sep	Wed	Ganesh Chaturthi Holiday	Goa
21 Sep	Mon	Ramdev Jayanti	Rajasthan
21 Sep	Mon	Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi	Kerala
21 Sep	Mon	Teja Dashmi	Rajasthan
23 Sep	Wed	Heroes' Martyrdom Day	Haryana
26 Sep	Sat	Indra Jatra	Sikkim
26 Sep	Sat	Sree Narayana Guru Jayanti	Kerala
2 Oct	Fri	Gandhi Jayanti	National
10 Oct	Sat	Mahalaya Amavasye	Karnataka, Odisha, Tripura & West Bengal
11 Oct	Sun	First Day of Bathukamma	Telangana
11 Oct	Sun	Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti	Haryana
11 Oct	Sun	Ghatasthapana	Rajasthan
18 Oct	Sun	Maha Saptami	Assam, Odisha, Sikkim, Tripura & West Bengal
18 Oct	Sun	Kati Bihu	Assam
19 Oct	Mon	Maha Ashtami	Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Jharkhand, Manipur, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Telangana, Tripura & West Bengal
19 Oct	Mon	Maha Navami	Arunachal, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh & West Bengal
21 Oct	Wed	Vijaya Dashami	National except Manipur & Puducherry
25 Oct	Sun	Lakshmi Puja	Odisha, Tripura & West Bengal
26 Oct	Mon	Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti	Himachal, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh & Punjab
31 Oct	Sat	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Jayanti	Gujarat
1 Nov	Sun	Kut	Manipur
1 Nov	Sun	Puducherry Liberation Day	Puducherry
1 Nov	Sun	Haryana Day	Haryana
1 Nov	Sun	Kannada Rajyothsava	Karnataka
1 Nov	Sun	Lhabab Duchen	Sikkim
6 Nov	Fri	Wangala Festival	Meghalaya
8 Nov	Sun	Diwali	National
9 Nov	Mon	Deepavali Holiday	Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand & Uttar Pradesh
9 Nov	Mon	Vikram Samvat New Year	Gujarat
9 Nov	Mon	Govardhan Puja	Chandigarh
11 Nov	Wed	Bhai Dooj	Gujarat, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Uttarakhand & Uttar Pradesh
12 Nov	Thu	Ningol Chakkouba	Manipur
15 Nov	Sun	Chhath Puja	Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand
16 Nov	Mon	Chhath Puja Holiday	Bihar
23 Nov	Mon	Seng Kut Snem	Meghalaya
24 Nov	Tue	Karthika Purnima	Odisha & Telangana
24 Nov	Tue	Guru Nanak Jayanti	National except Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Odisha, Puducherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu & Tripura
27 Nov	Fri	Kanakadasa Jayanti	Karnataka
1 Dec	Tue	Indigenous Faith Day	Arunachal Pradesh
3 Dec	Thu	Feast of St Francis Xavier	Goa
5 Dec	Sat	Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah Jayanti	Jammu and Kashmir
12 Dec	Sat	Pa Togan Nengminza Sangma	Meghalaya
14 Dec	Mon	Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji's Martyrdom Day	Punjab
18 Dec	Fri	Death Anniversary of U SoSo Tham	Meghalaya
18 Dec	Fri	Guru Ghasidas Jayanti	Chhattisgarh
19 Dec	Sat	Liberation Day	Goa
23 Dec	Wed	Hazrat Ali Jayanti	Uttar Pradesh
24 Dec	Thu	Christmas Holiday	Meghalaya & Mizoram
25 Dec	Fri	Christmas Day	National except Chandigarh
26 Dec	Sat	Shaheed Udham Singh Jayanti	Haryana
26 Dec	Sat	Christmas Holiday	Meghalaya, Mizoram & Telangana
30 Dec	Wed	U Kiang Nangbah	Meghalaya
30 Dec	Wed	Tamu Losar	Sikkim
31 Dec	Thu	New Year's Eve	Manipur & Mizoram