Working days in India 2026
India has 252 working days in 2026. That is 365 calendar days, less 104 weekend days, less the 9 national public holidays that land on a weekday. The one that falls on a Saturday or Sunday is not subtracted, because that day was never a working day.
| Month | Working days | Public holidays on a weekday |
|---|---|---|
| January | 21 | 1 |
| February | 20 | 0 |
| March | 21 | 1 |
| April | 20 | 2 |
| May | 20 | 1 |
| June | 21 | 1 |
| July | 23 | 0 |
| August | 20 | 1 |
| September | 22 | 0 |
| October | 21 | 1 |
| November | 21 | 0 |
| December | 22 | 1 |
By quarter
| Quarter | Working days | Public holidays on a weekday |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 | 62 | 2 |
| Q2 | 61 | 4 |
| Q3 | 65 | 1 |
| Q4 | 64 | 2 |
How this number is worked out
365 calendar days, minus 104 Saturdays and Sundays, minus 9 public holidays falling Monday to Friday, equals 252 working days. The sum is checked at build time, so the figures on this page cannot drift apart from each other.
The part worth stating explicitly: a public holiday that falls on a Saturday or Sunday is not subtracted. It removes nothing from a Monday to Friday week, and subtracting it would count the same day twice. This is where most published working day counts go wrong, and it is why this page sometimes shows more working days than another site does for the same country and year. Where a country grants a substitute weekday for a weekend holiday, the substitute is subtracted instead, on the day it is actually taken.
A Monday to Friday working week is assumed, and only national public holidays are counted. A region with its own extra day will have fewer working days than shown here. For payroll or contract purposes, check the figure against the relevant collective agreement, because contractual days off are not public holidays and are not in this dataset.
Frequently asked questions
How many working days are there in India in 2026?
252. That is 365 calendar days, minus 104 Saturdays and Sundays, minus the 9 national public holidays that fall on a weekday. The 1 that fall on a weekend are not subtracted, because those days were never working days.
Which month has the most working days in India in 2026?
July, with 23. The lightest is February with 20, a difference of 3 days.
Are public holidays that fall on a weekend subtracted?
No, and this is where most working day counts go wrong. A holiday on a Saturday takes nothing away from a Monday to Friday working week, so subtracting it double counts a day that was already excluded. Where a country grants a substitute weekday instead, that substitute day is what gets subtracted, on the day it is actually taken.
Related pages for India
The same figures are available as JSON, and the counting rule is on the methodology page.