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Holiday List 2026 and 2027
The holidays still ahead for Central Government offices in Delhi and New Delhi, soonest first. Gazetted holidays are closed days for every employee; each employee also picks any two restricted holidays.
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How this list is made
Every date is copied from the Department of Personnel and Training's Office Memoranda: 2026 list, F.No. 12/2/2023-JCA dated 3 July 2025; 2027 list, F.No. 12/2/2023-JCA dated 16 July 2026. Holidays drop off once they have passed; the next year's list is added when DoPT issues it, usually in July.
Offices outside Delhi observe 14 of these compulsorily plus three chosen by each state's coordination committee, and states and banks have their own lists. Id-ul-Fitr, Id-ul-Zuha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad can move with the sighting of the moon; DoPT announces any change.
Gazetted holidays 2026
| Holiday | Date |
|---|---|
| Guru Nanak's Birthday | |
| Christmas Day |
Restricted holidays 2026
| Holiday | Date |
|---|---|
| Chhath Puja (Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi) | |
| Guru Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom Day | |
| Hazarat Ali's Birthday | |
| Christmas Eve |
Gazetted holidays 2027
| Holiday | Date |
|---|---|
| Republic Day | |
| Id-ul-Fitrmay change with the moon | |
| Holi | |
| Good Friday | |
| Ram Navami | |
| Mahavir Jayanti | |
| Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)may change with the moon | |
| Budha Purnima | |
| Muharrammay change with the moon | |
| Independence Day | |
| Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Prophet Mohammad's Birthday)may change with the moon | |
| Janmashtami (Vaishnav) | |
| Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday | |
| Dussehra (Vijaya Dashmi) | |
| Diwali (Deepavali) | |
| Guru Nanak's Birthday | |
| Christmas Day |
Restricted holidays 2027
| Holiday | Date |
|---|---|
| New Year's Day | |
| Makar Sankranti / Magha Bihu | |
| Pongal, Guru Gobind Singh's Birthday | |
| Sri Panchami, Basant Panchami | |
| Shivaji Jayanti | |
| Guru Ravi Das's Birthday | |
| Swami Dayananda Saraswati's Birthday | |
| Jamat-ul-Vida | |
| Maha Shivratri | |
| Holika Dahan, Dolyatra | |
| Easter Sunday | |
| Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava / Ugadi / Cheti Chand / 1st Navratra | |
| Vaisakhi / Vishu / Meshadi (Tamil New Year's Day) | |
| Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam) | |
| Guru Rabindranath Tagore's Birthday | |
| Rath Yatra | |
| Parsi New Year's Day / Navroz | |
| Raksha Bandhan | |
| Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayak Chaturthi | |
| Onam or Thiru Onam Day | |
| Dussehra (Saptami) | |
| Dussehra (Mahashtami) | |
| Dussehra (Mahanavmi) | |
| Maharishi Valmiki's Birthday | |
| Karwa Chauth (Karaka Chaturthi) | |
| Naraka Chaturdasi | |
| Govardhan Puja | |
| Bhai Duj | |
| Chhath Puja (Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi) | |
| Guru Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom Day | |
| Hazarat Ali's Birthday | |
| Christmas Eve |