Long weekends in India 2025
India has four long weekends of three days or more in 2025 without anyone taking a day of leave, out of 10 national public holidays. On top of that, three well placed days of leave buy 12 days away from work, because three holidays sit exactly one working day from a weekend.
| Dates | Days | Starts | Created by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Saturday | Ambedkar Jayanti | |
| 3 | Friday | Good Friday | |
| 3 | Friday | Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) | |
| 3 | Friday | Independence Day |
Bridge days: one day of leave, four days off
A bridge day is a single working day sitting between a public holiday and a weekend. Take it off and the two join up. These are the three in India in 2025:
| Take off | Because of | You get | Days off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | Milad-un-Nabi | 4 | |
| Friday | Gandhi Jayanti | 4 | |
| Friday | Christmas Day | 4 |
Taking all three costs three days of annual leave and produces 12 days away from work, a return of 4.0 days off per day of leave.
How this is counted
A non-working day is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a national public holiday taken on the day it is actually observed. A long weekend is three or more of those in a row. A bridge day is one working day between two such runs where taking it off produces four days or more. A Monday to Friday working week is assumed throughout.
Regional holidays are excluded, in line with the rest of the site, so a state or province with its own extra day can do better than this page shows. The India holiday hub lists the regional days separately. Breaks that straddle New Year are measured at their full length rather than being cut at the year boundary.
Frequently asked questions
How many long weekends does India get in 2025?
Four. A long weekend here means three or more consecutive days off without taking leave, counting Saturdays, Sundays and national public holidays. The longest runs 3 days, from 12 April 2025 to 14 April 2025.
Which 2025 holidays in India are worth taking a day off around?
Three days: Friday 5 September 2025, which turns Milad-un-Nabi into 4 days off; Friday 3 October 2025, which turns Gandhi Jayanti into 4 days off; Friday 26 December 2025, which turns Christmas Day into 4 days off. Each of those is one day of leave for a break of four days or more.
What counts as a long weekend on this page?
A run of three or more consecutive non-working days, where a non-working day is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a national public holiday taken on the day it is actually observed. A Monday to Friday working week is assumed. Regional holidays are not counted, so a state or province with its own extra day may get more breaks than shown here.
Related pages for India
The underlying dates are on the India 2025 holiday page, and the same figures are available as JSON.