India Public Holidays 2026
India has 10 national public holidays in 2026, starting with Republic Day on 26 January 2026 and ending with Christmas Day on 25 December 2026. Three well placed days of leave buy 12 days away from work in 2026, because three holidays sit exactly one working day from a weekend.
| Holiday | Date | Weekday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Day | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Id-ul-FitrThe exact day is confirmed by moon sighting and can move by one day. | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Good Friday | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Ambedkar Jayanti | Tuesday | Public holiday | |
| Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)The exact day is confirmed by moon sighting and can move by one day. | Wednesday | Public holiday | |
| MuharramThe exact day is confirmed by moon sighting and can move by one day. | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Independence Day | SaturdayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| Milad-un-NabiThe exact day is confirmed by moon sighting and can move by one day. | Tuesday | Public holiday | |
| Gandhi Jayanti | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Christmas Day | Friday | Public holiday |
- Status
- Set in lawThe calendar is set in standing law rather than announced year by year, so 2026 needs no separate publication.
- Last verified
- The newest check behind a India entry, against the source named in the corrections log.
- Source
- date-holidays open dataset (ISC and CC BY 3.0), with 4 corrections applied to India. See what we changed.Always confirm official dates with a local authority before booking travel. How these calendars are built. Spotted an error? Tell us and we will check it.
Expect the most closures around April (2 holidays), so schedule deliveries and appointments with that in mind. One of them falls on a weekend in 2026, so it is worth checking whether that day is made up during the week. The table below lists every India public holiday for 2026 with its exact date and the weekday it falls on, so you can see the long weekends at a glance. Regional and local observances are excluded, so what you see are the holidays recognised across India.
Frequently asked questions
How many public holidays does India have in 2026?
India has 10 national public holidays in 2026. The first is Republic Day on 26 January 2026 and the last is Christmas Day on 25 December 2026.
What is the first public holiday of 2026 in India?
The first public holiday of 2026 is Republic Day, which falls on 26 January 2026.
When is Christmas observed in India in 2026?
Christmas Day in India falls on 25 December 2026 in 2026.
Are regional holidays included for India?
No. This calendar lists national public holidays only, so it stays consistent across countries. Holidays that apply to just part of India are listed separately on the India holiday hub, together with the states and union territories that observe them.
Do the India holiday dates change from 2026 to the next year?
Some of them do. Five of the 10 holidays in 2026 sit on a moving rule (islamic (hijri) calendar and linked to easter), so their date has to be recalculated for every year. The rest keep the same calendar date and only change weekday. Moving ones this year include Id-ul-Fitr on 20 March 2026, Good Friday on 3 April 2026 and Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) on 27 May 2026, plus 2 more.
How far ahead is the India calendar actually fixed?
Through 2027. The holidays are set in law rather than announced year by year, so the dates repeat predictably. What can still change is a law amendment, a one-off holiday declared for a national event, and the exact day of any holiday on the Islamic calendar, which is confirmed by moon sighting. This table also applies 4 corrections to the underlying open dataset, each checked against the legislation. The full list with sources is on the India holiday hub. One known gap remains and is declared openly there rather than filled with a guessed date.
Which India holidays are regional, and which move?
The table above is the national calendar for 2026. Some holidays keep the same date every year while others are tied to Easter, to a lunar calendar or to a named weekday, and some parts of the country add their own days off. The India holiday hub breaks that down: which holidays are fixed, which move and why, and which ones are observed in certain regions only. To compare India with other countries in the same year, see the 2026 worldwide overview.
Other years for India
Planning further ahead or looking back? Compare the India public holiday calendar across years:
Plan around the India 2026 calendar
Knowing the dates is half the question. The other half is what they add up to: which of them create a long weekend on their own, and where a single day of leave turns a holiday into a four day break. That is on the India long weekends page for 2026, alongside how many working days 2026 actually has once weekends and holidays come out. The same figures are available as JSON, and the dates as a calendar file.