Below are Public Holidays for India for the calendar year 2026. You can get more detailed information on each holiday by clicking on them.
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Date | Holiday | Details | # Days |
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Thu - Jan 1 | New Years Day | National holiday | 171 |
Fri - Jan 2 | Hazarat Alis Birthday | National holiday | 172 |
Wed - Jan 14 | Pongal | National holiday | 184 |
Fri - Jan 23 | Vasant Panchami | National holiday | 193 |
Mon - Jan 26 | Republic Day | National holiday | 196 |
Sun - Feb 1 | Guru Ravidas Jayanti | National holiday | 202 |
Thu - Feb 12 | Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti | National holiday | 213 |
Sun - Feb 15 | Maha Shivaratri Shivaratri | National holiday | 216 |
Thu - Feb 19 | Shivaji Jayanti | National holiday | 220 |
Mon - Mar 2 | Holika Dahana | National holiday | 231 |
Tue - Mar 3 | Dolyatra | National holiday | 232 |
Thu - Mar 19 | Chaitra Sukhladi | National holiday | 248 |
Fri - Mar 20 | Parsi New Year | National holiday | 249 |
Mon - Mar 30 | Mahavir Jayanti | National holiday | 259 |
Fri - Apr 3 | Good Friday | National holiday | 263 |
Sun - Apr 5 | Easter | National holiday | 265 |
Mon - Apr 13 | Vaisakhi | National holiday | 273 |
Fri - May 1 | Buddha Purnima Vesak | National holiday | 291 |
Thu - May 7 | Birthday of Rabindranath | National holiday | 297 |
Fri - Jun 26 | Muharram Ashura | National holiday | 347 |
Wed - Jul 15 | Rath Yatra | National holiday | 366 |
Sat - Aug 15 | Independence Day | National holiday | 397 |
Wed - Aug 26 | Onam | National holiday | 408 |
Thu - Aug 27 | Milad un Nabi Id e Milad | National holiday | 409 |
Thu - Sep 3 | Janmashtami | National holiday | 416 |
Mon - Sep 14 | Ganesh Chaturthi Vinayaka Chaturthi | National holiday | 427 |
Fri - Oct 2 | Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti | National holiday | 445 |
Sat - Oct 17 | Maha Saptami | National holiday | 460 |
Sun - Oct 18 | Maha Ashtami | National holiday | 461 |
Tue - Oct 20 | Dussehra | National holiday | 463 |
Sun - Oct 25 | Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti | National holiday | 468 |
Wed - Oct 28 | Karaka Chaturthi | National holiday | 471 |
Mon - Nov 2 | Bhai Duj | National holiday | 476 |
Sat - Nov 7 | Naraka Chaturdasi | National holiday | 481 |
Sun - Nov 8 | Diwali Deepavali | National holiday | 482 |
Mon - Nov 9 | Govardhan Puja | National holiday | 483 |
Sun - Nov 15 | Chhat Puja | National holiday | 489 |
Tue - Nov 24 | Guru Nanak Jayanti | National holiday | 498 |
Thu - Dec 24 | Christmas Eve | National holiday | 528 |
Fri - Dec 25 | Christmas | National holiday | 529 |