Public Holidays in India in 2026

Upcoming Holidays in India

Feb 04 : Shab e-Barat
Feb 15 : Maha Shivratri
Feb 15 : Lui-Ngai-Ni
Feb 18 : Losar

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: New Year's Day

: Gann-Ngai

: Mannam Jayanthi

: New Year Celebration

: Imam Ali's Birthday

: Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti

: Missionary Day

: Birthday of Swami Vivekananda

: Sankranti

: Maghe Sankranti

: Bhogi

: Tusu Puja

: Sankranti

: Pongal

: Magh Bihu Holiday

: Public Holiday

: Thiruvalluvar Day

: Uzhavar Tirunal

: Shab-I-Miraj

: Sonam Lhosar

: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti

: Vasant Panchami

: Statehood Day

: Devnarayan Jayanti

: Republic Day

: Gothar Bathou Sun

: Public Holiday

: Me-dam-me-phi

: Guru Ravidas Jayanti

: Thaipoosam

: Bir Chilarai Divas

: Shab e-Barat

  • Muslims believe that on the night of Shab-E-Barat God writes the destinies of all men for the coming year by taking into account the deeds committed by them in the past
  • More details about Shab e-Barat

: Maha Shivratri

: Lui-Ngai-Ni

: Losar

  • Tibetan New year, also known as Losar, is the most important festival in the Tibetan calendar
  • More details about Losar

: Chahhtrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti

: Statehood Day

: Mizoram State Day

: Holi Dahan

: Doljatra

: Holi

  • Originally a harvest and fertility festival, Holi also commemorates a legend from Hindu Mythology
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: Yaosang 2nd Day

  • Manipur. This festival that combines Hindu and folk traditions is celebrated for five days in spring on the full moon in the month of Lamda
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: Dhulandi

: Bhumchu Festival

: Holi

  • Originally a harvest and fertility festival, Holi also commemorates a legend from Hindu Mythology
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: Chapchar Kut

: Shab-I-Qadr

: Ugadi

: Cheti Chand

: 1st Navratra

: Gudi Padwa

: Idul Fitr

: Jumat-ul-Wida

: Sajibu Nongma Panba

: Gudi Padwa

: Cheti Chand

: Idul Fitr

: Id-ul-Fitr

: Sarhul

  • A key tribal festival, celebrated on Chaitra Shukla Tritiya, the third day of waxing moon in Chaitra month. Sarhul marks the beginning of New Year
  • More details about Sarhul

: Nauroz

: Following Day of Ramazan

: Bihar Divas

: Sarhul Holiday

  • A key tribal festival, celebrated on Chaitra Shukla Tritiya, the third day of waxing moon in Chaitra month. Sarhul marks the beginning of New Year
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: Shaheedi Diwas

: Ram Navami

: Ashoka's Birth Anniversary

: Ram Navami

: Mahavir Jayanti

: Bank Holiday

: Odisha Day

: Maundy Thursday

: Good Friday

: Babu Jagjivan Ram Birthday

: Easter Sunday

  • Easter Sunday is the most important date in the Christian church. In the bible, it is the day when Mary Magdalene found that an empty tomb in the cave in which Jesus had been placed.
  • More details about Easter Sunday

: Birthday of Sri Guru Nabha Dass Ji

: Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jayanti

: Biju Festival

: Ashoka's Birth Anniversary

: Vaisakhi

: Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti

: Cheiraoba

: Mahabishuba Sankranti

: Tamil New Year

: Bohag Bihu Holiday

: Vishu

  • Vishu is celebrated with much fanfare and energy in all parts of Kerala. It is considered a festival of light and fireworks
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: Bengali New Year

  • Mughal Emperor Akbar introduced the Bengali calendar in 1556 (Gregorian calendar) to make the collection of land tax easier in 'Subah Bangla', much of which is now in Bangladesh.
  • More details about Bengali New Year

: Bohag Bihu

  • This is the most important agricultural festival in Assam and marks the beginning of the Assamese New Year, signifying the time of harvest.
  • More details about Bohag Bihu

: Himachal Day

: Bohag Bihu Holiday

: Tithi of Damodar Deva

: Parashurama Jayanti

: Basava Jayanthi

: Garia Puja

: Sati Sadhani Divas

: Veer Kunvar Singh Jayanti

: Khongjom Day

: Janaki Nawami

  • Janaki Nawami is celebrated every year on the ninth day of the waxing moon in the month of Baishakh according to the lunar calendar.
  • More details about Janaki Nawami

: Buddha Purnima

: Labour Day

: Maharashtra Day

: Labour Day

: Birthday of Rabindra Nath Tagore

: Sikkim State Day

: Savitri Amavasya

: Bakrid

  • Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice is the most important feast in the Muslim calendar. It celebrates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ishmael in submission to Allah's command, before he was stopped by Allah.
  • More details about Bakrid

: Id-ul-Ad'ha

  • Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice is the most important feast in the Muslim calendar. It celebrates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ishmael in submission to Allah's command, before he was stopped by Allah.
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: Bakrid

  • Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice is the most important feast in the Muslim calendar. It celebrates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ishmael in submission to Allah's command, before he was stopped by Allah.
  • More details about Bakrid

: Eid-ul-Azha Holiday

  • Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice is the most important feast in the Muslim calendar. It celebrates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ishmael in submission to Allah's command, before he was stopped by Allah.
  • More details about Eid-ul-Azha Holiday

: Janmotsav of Sri Sri Madhav Dev

: Pahili Raja

: YMA Day

  • The Young Mizo Association (YMA) is the largest non-profit and nongovernmental organisation of the Mizo people. It was established on 15 June 1935.
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: Raja Sankranti

: Maharana Pratap Jayanti

: Martyrdom Day of Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji

: Ashura

  • Ashura is the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and marks the climax of the Mourning of Muharram
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: Ashura

  • Ashura is the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and marks the climax of the Mourning of Muharram
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: Ashura

  • Ashura is the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and marks the climax of the Mourning of Muharram
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: Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti

: Remna Ni

  • On 30 June 1986, a peace agreement was signed between the Mizo National Front and the Central government, ending 20 years of insurgency in Mizoram
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: Guru Hargobind Ji's Birthday

: MHIP Day

: Behdienkhlam

  • Behdienkhlam (chasing away the Demon of Cholera) is celebrated in mid-July after the sowing period. It is the most important festival of the Jaintia tribes
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: Bhanu Jayanti

: Ratha Yatra

: Harela

: U Tirot Sing Day

: Kharchi Puja

: Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Udham Singh

: Chehlum

: Ker Puja

: Tendong Lho Rum Faat

: World Tribal Day

: Bonalu

  • A Hindu festival in Telangana celebrating Goddess Mahakali in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad
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: Karkidaka Vavu

: Patriot's Day

: Independence Day

: Parsi New Year

: De jure Transfer Day

: Mawlid

  • Celebrated by Muslims on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiulawal, the third month of the Muslim calendar
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: First Onam

  • Onam lasts 10 days with official state holidays on three or four days starting from Onam Eve (Uthradom) to the Third Onam Day
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: Mawlid

  • Celebrated by Muslims on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiulawal, the third month of the Muslim calendar
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: Maulud Nabi

: Thiruvonam

: Raksha Bandhan

: Third Onam

: Jhulan Purnima

: Raksha Bandhan

: Friday after Eid e-Milad-un Nabi

: Fourth Onam

: Ayyankali Jayanthi

: Sree Narayana Guru Jayanti

: Tithi of Sri Sri Madhav Dev

: Janmashtami

: Karam Puja

: Tithi of Srimatna Sankardev

: Ganesh Chaturthi

: Vinayagar Chathurthi

: Ganesh Chaturthi Holiday

: Samvatsari

: Nuakhai

  • Nuakhai is an agricultural festival observed by people of western Odisha to welcome the new rice of the season
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: Day following Nuakhai

: Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi

: Ramdev Jayanti and Teja Dashmi

: Janmostav of Srimatna Sankardev

: Janmashtami

: Haryana Heroes' Martyrdom Day

: Maharaja Hari Singh Birth Anniversary

: Jananeta Irawat Birth Day

: Mahatma Gandhi Birthday

: Mahalaya

: Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti

: Maha Saptami

: Saddula Bathukamma

: Kati Bihu

  • An important Assamese festival to ensure strong growth and healthy crops that begins at the start of the month of Kati.
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: Maha Saptami

: Navami of Durga Puja

: Durga Ashtami

: Mahanavami

: Ayudha Puja

  • On Ayudha Puja, the ninth day of Navaratri, many common and seemingly mundane tools and implements are cleaned and worshipped.
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: Navami of Durga Puja

: Mahanavami

: Ayudha Puja

  • On Ayudha Puja, the ninth day of Navaratri, many common and seemingly mundane tools and implements are cleaned and worshipped.
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: Dussehra

: Dussehra

: Durga Puja

  • Durga Puja is one of the largest Hindu festivals that involves worship of Goddess Durga symbolising power and triumph of good over evil in Hindu mythology.
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: Durga Puja

  • Durga Puja is one of the largest Hindu festivals that involves worship of Goddess Durga symbolising power and triumph of good over evil in Hindu mythology.
  • More details about Durga Puja

: Dussehra

: Durga Puja

  • Durga Puja is one of the largest Hindu festivals that involves worship of Goddess Durga symbolising power and triumph of good over evil in Hindu mythology.
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: Following day of Vijaya Dasami Holiday

: Kumar Purnima

: Lakshmi Puja Holiday

: Maharishi Valmiki Birthday

: Accession Day

  • Commemorates October 26th 1947, when Maharaja Hari Singh signed off the Instrument of Accession, in which Jammu and Kashmir joined the Dominion of India.
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: Sardar Patel's Birthday

: Haryana Day

: Kannada Rajyothsava

: Kut

: Puducherry Liberation Day

: Lhabab Duechen

: Diwali

  • Celebrations revolve around the triumph of good over evil, purity over impurity, light over darkness
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: Kali Puja

  • Kali Puja is celebrated on the new moon day of the Hindu month Kartik. It is celebrated on the same day as Diwali, when other regions worship the godess Lakshmi.
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: Narak Chaturdashi

: Govardhan Puja

: Vishvakarma Day

: Diwali Holiday

: Vikram Samvat New Year

  • Gujuarat. Named after king Vikramaditya, this calendar remains widely used in western India. In Gujarat, the second day of Diwali is celebrated as the first day of the Vikram Samvat calendar
  • More details about Vikram Samvat New Year

: Bhai Bij

: Diwali (Bali Pratipada)

: Bhai Bij

: Bhratridwitiya

: Ningol Chakkouba

: Wangala Festival

: Chhath Puja

: Birsa Munda Birth Anniversary

: Kartar Singh Sarabha Martyrdom Day

: Seng Kut Snem

: Guru Nanak's Birthday

  • Falls on the full moon day of the Kartik month of the Hindu calendar. It is celebrated all over India to commemorate the birth of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism.
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: Lachit Divas

: Rasa Purnima

: Kanakadasa Jayanthi

: Indigenous Faith Day

: State Inauguration Day

: Asom Divas

: Feast of St. Francis Xavier

: Losoong/Namsoong

: Losoong/Namsoong

: Losoong/Namsoong

: Pa Togan Nengminza Sangma

: Losoong/Namsoong

: Losoong/Namsoong

: Martyrdom of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji

: Death Anniversary of U SoSo Tham

: Goa Liberation Day

: Imam Ali's Birthday

: Christmas Eve

  • Christmas Eve marks the culmination of the Advent period before Christmas that started on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Eve.
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: Christmas Day

: Christmas Holiday

: Boxing Day

  • The second day of Christmas is known as Boxing Day or St. Stephens Day. St Stephen was the first Christian martyr.
  • More details about Boxing Day

: Christmas Festival

: Parkash Gurpurab Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji

: U Kiang Nangbah

: New Year's Eve

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