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Holiday List 2026



Holidays for the Year 2026
Sl. No. Holiday Month Date Day
1Makar Sankranti / PongalJanuary14Wednesday
2Republic DayJanuary26Monday
3HoliMarch4Wednesday
4Idu’l FitrMarch21Saturday
5Mahavir JayantiMarch31Tuesday
6Good FridayApril3Friday
7Buddha PurnimaMay1Friday
8Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)May27Wednesday
9MuharramJune26Friday
10Independence DayAugust15Saturday
11 Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad
(Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)
August26Wednesday
12Janmashtami (Vaishnavi)September4Friday
13Mahatma Gandhi’s BirthdayOctober2Friday
14Dussehra (Vijay Dashami)October20Tuesday
15Diwali (Deepavali)November8Sunday
16Guru Nanak’s BirthdayNovember24Tuesday
17Christmas DayDecember25Friday
Restricted Holidays for the Year 2026
Sl. No. Holiday Month Date Day
1New Year’s DayJanuary01Thursday
2Hazarat Ali's BirthdayJanuary03Saturday
3Magha BihuJanuary14Wednesday
4Basant Panchami/ Sri PanchamiJanuary23Friday
5Guru Ravi Das’s BirthdayFebruary01Sunday
6Birthday of Swami Dayananda SaraswatiFebruary12Thursday
7Maha ShivratriFebruary15Sunday
8Shivaji JayantiFebruary19Thursday
9Holika Dahan / DolyatraMarch03Tuesday
10Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava / Ugadi / Cheti ChandMarch19Thursday
11Jamat-Ul-VidaMarch20Friday
12Ram NavamiMarch26Thursday
13Easter SundayApril05Sunday
14Vaisakhi / Vishu / Meshadi (Tamil New Year’s Day)April14Tuesday
15Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam)April15Wednesday
16Birthday of Guru Rabindranath TagoreMay09Saturday
17Rath YatraJuly16Thursday
18Parsi New Year’s Day / NaurajAugust15Saturday
19Onam or Thiru Onam DayAugust26Wednesday
20Raksha BandhanAugust28Friday
21Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayaka ChaturthiSeptember14Monday
22Dussehra (Saptami)October18Sunday
23Dussehra (Maha Ashtami)October19Monday
24Dussehra (Maha Navmi)October20Tuesday
25Maharishi Valmiki’s BirthdayOctober26Monday
26Karaka Chaturdasi (Karwa Chouth)October29Thursday
27Naraka ChaturdasiNovember08Sunday
28Govardhan PujaNovember09Monday
29Bhai DujNovember11Wednesday
30Pratihar Shashthi / Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja)November15Sunday
31Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom DayNovember24Tuesday
32Hazarat Ali's BirthdayDecember23Wednesday
33Christmas EveDecember24Thursday