Closed Holidays List 2026
Closed Holidays List 2026
|
Sl. No. |
Occasion |
Date |
Day of the week |
|
1 |
Republic Day |
January 26 |
Monday |
|
2 |
*Idu’l Fitr (Ramzan) |
March 20 |
Friday |
|
3 |
Mahavir Jayanti |
March 31 |
Tuesday |
|
4 |
Good Friday |
April 03 |
Friday |
|
5 |
##Vaisakhadi / Bhag Bihu |
April 15 |
Wednesday |
|
6 |
Buddha Purnima |
May 01 |
Friday |
|
7 |
*Idu’l Zuha (Bakrid) |
May 27 |
Wednesday |
|
8 |
*Muharram |
June 25 |
Thursday |
|
9 |
Independence Day |
August 15 |
Saturday |
|
10 |
*Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammed) |
August 25 |
Tuesday |
|
11 |
##Onam |
August 26 |
Wednesday |
|
12 |
Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday |
October 02 |
Friday |
|
13 |
##Dussehra (Mahashtami) |
October 19 |
Monday |
|
14 |
Dussehra (Vijay Dashmi) |
October 20 |
Tuesday |
|
15 |
Diwali (Deepavali) |
November 08 |
Sunday |
|
16 |
Guru Nanak’s Birthday |
November 24 |
Tuesday |
|
17 |
Christmas Day |
December 25 |
Friday |
* Subject to change depending on the sighting of the moon.
The dates for the four holidays, namely Idu'l Fitr (Ramzan) (March 20), Idu'l Zuha (Bakrid)
(May 27), Muharram (June 25) and Birthday of Prophet Mohammed (August 25) have
been adopted from the State List. If the State Government changes any of these
holidays, the changed date only will be observed as a Closed Holiday for Central
Government Offices also. If the change of date of any of the above occasions is notified
at very short notice, announcement through TV/All India Radio/Newspaper can be taken
as authority for such change.
## Selected from the list of Optional Holidays, other than 14 Compulsory Holidays.
