Sl. No. COMPULSORY HOLIDAYS OF 2026 Date & Month

Day of Week
1 Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami (Addftional) January 23 Friday
2 Republic Day January 26 MonDay
3 Holi (Additional) March 04 Wednesday
4 Id-ul-Fitr March 21 Saturday
5 Mahavir Jayanti March 31 Tuesday
6 Good Fridav April 03 Friday
7 Buddha Purnima May 01 Friday
8 Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) May 27 Wednesday
9 Muharram June 26 Friday
10 Independence Day August 15 Saturday
11 Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) August 26 Wednesday
12 Mahatma Gandhi' s Birthdav October 02 Friday
13 Dussehra (Maha ashtami) (Additional) October 19 Monday
14 Dussehra October 20 Tuesday
15 Diwali (Deepavali) November 08 Sunday
16 Guru Nanak's Birthday November 24 Tuesday
17 Christmas Day December 25 Friday

 

 

Sl. No. Restricted Holidays of 2026 Date & Month Day of Week
1 New Year's Day January 01 Thursday
2 Hazrat Ali's Birthday January 03 Saturday
3 Makar Sankranti/ Magha Bihu/ Pongal January 14 Wednesday
4 Guru Ravi Das's Birthday February 01 Sunday
5 Swanry Dayanand Saraswati Binhday February 12 Thursday
6 Maha Shivratri February 15 Sunday
7 Shivaji Jayanti February 19 Thursday
8 Holika Dahan/Dolyatra March 03 Tuesday
9 Clraitra Sukladi/ Gudi Padaval UgadilCheti Chand March 19 Thursday
10 Jamat-Ul-Vida March 20 Friday
11 RamNavmi March 26 Thursday
12 Easter Sunday April 05 Sunday
13 Vaisakhi/ Visrl Meshadi (Tamil New Year's Day) April 14 Tuesdal
14 Vaisakhadi (Bengal)i Bahag Bihu (Assam) April 15 Wednesday
15 Guru Rabindranath Tagore's Birthday May 09 Saturday
16 Rath Yatra July 16 Thursday
17 Parsi New Year's DayNauraj August 15 Saturday
18 Onam/ Thiru Onam Dar" August 26 Wednesday
19 Raksha Bandhan August 28 Friday
20 Janmashtami (Vai shnavi) September 04 Friday
21 Ganesh Chaturlhi/ Vinayaka Chatuthi September 14 Monday
22 Dussera (Saptami) October 18 Sunday
23 Dussera (Maha ashtami) October 19 Monday
24 Maharishi Valmiki's Bifihday October 26 Monday
25 Karaka Chatufihi (Karwa Chouth) October 29 Thursday
26 Nakara Chaturthi November 08 Sunday
27 Govardhan Puja November 09 Monday
28 Bhai Duj November 11 Wednesday
29 Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) November 15 Sunday
30 Guru Teg Bahadur's Martydorn Day November 24 Tuesday
31 HazratAli's Birthday December 23 Wednesday
32 Christmas Eve December 24 Thursday