Central Government Holiday List 2026 PDF

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Central Government Holiday List 2026 - Summary

Central Government has published the holiday list for 2026 for all government offices. Employees can also choose any two holidays from the restricted holiday list.

For central government offices outside Delhi or New Delhi, the holidays listed will be given, and the offices can select any three holidays from a list of 12 optional holidays.

Central Government Gazetted & Restricted Holidays 2026 List

S.No.	Holiday	Date	Saka Date	Day
SAKA ERA 1947
1.	Republic Day	January 26	Magha 06	Monday
2.	Holi	March 04	Phalguna 13	Wednesday
3.	ld-ul-Fitr	March 21	Phalguna 30	Saturday
SAKA ERA 1948
4.	Ram Navami	March 26	Chaitra 05	Thursday
5.	Mahavir Jayanti	March 31	Chaitra 10	Tuesday
6.	Good Friday	April 03	Chaitra 13	Friday
7.	Budha Purnima	May 01	Vaisakha 11	Friday
8.	ld-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)	May 27	Jyaishtha 06	Wednesday
9.	Muharram	June 26	Ashadha 05	Friday
10.	Independence Day	August 15	Sravana 24	Saturday
11.	Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)	August 26	Bhadra 04	Wednesday
12.	Janmashtami (Vaishnva)	September 04	Bhadra 13	Friday
13.	Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday	October 02	Asvina 10	Friday
14.	Dussehra	October 20	Asvina 28	Tuesday
15.	Diwali (Deepavali)	November 08	Kartika 17	Sunday
16.	Guru Nanak’s Birthday	November 24	Agrahayana 03	Tuesday
17.	Christmas Day	December 25	Pausha 04	Friday

List of 12 optional holidays

1. An additional day for dussehra
2. Holi
3. Janamashtami (vaishnavi)
4. Ram Navami
5. Maha Shivratri
6. Ganesh Chaturthi / VInayak Chaturthi
7. Makar Sankaranti
8. Rath Yatra
9. Onam
10. Pongal
11. Sri Panchami/ Basant Panchami
12. Vishu / Vaisakhi / Vaisakhadi / Bhag Bihu / Mashadi Ugadi / Chaitra Sukladi / Cheti Chand / Gudi Padava / 1st Navratra / Naoraz / Chhath Pooja / Karva Chauth

List of restricted holidays – 2026 (Delhi / New Delhi)

S.No	Holiday	Date	Day
1	New Year’s Day	January 1	Thursday
2	Hazrat Ali’s Birthday	January 13	Tuesday
3	Makar Sankranti	January 14	Wednesday
4	Magh Bihu / Pongal	January 15	Thursday
5	Sri Panchami / Basant Panchami	January 16	Friday
6	Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday	February 12	Thursday
7	Swami Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti	February 26	Thursday
8	Maha Shivaratri	February 26	Thursday
9	Holika Dahan	March 3	Tuesday
10	Dolyatra	March 3	Tuesday
11	Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padwa / Ugadi	March 19	Thursday
12	Rama Navami	March 31	Tuesday
13	Easter Sunday	April 5	Sunday
14	Tamil New Year’s Day / Vishu	April 15	Wednesday
15	Vaisakhadi (Bengali New Year)	April 15	Wednesday
16	Puthuvarsham (Malayalam New Year)	Apr 15	Wednesday
17	Birthday of Guru Rabindranath Tagore	May 8	Friday
18	Rath Yatra	16-Jul	Thursday
19	Parsi New Year’s Day / Navroz	15-Aug	Saturday
20	Onam or Thiru Onam Day	26-Aug	Wednesday
21	Raksha Bandhan	26-Aug	Wednesday
22	Ganesh Chaturthi	14-Sep	Sunday
23	Dussehra (Saptami)	18-Oct	Sunday
24	Dussehra (Mahashtami)	19-Oct	Monday
25	Dussehra (Mahanavami)	20-Oct	Tuesday
26	Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday	22-Oct	Wednesday
27	Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chauth)	30-Oct	Thursday
28	Naraka Chaturdashi	17-Nov	Monday
29	Govardhan Puja	17-Nov	Monday
30	Bhai Duj	18-Nov	Tuesday
31	Prathar Shashtri or Surya Shashti (Chhath Puja)	19-Nov	Wednesday
32	Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day	24-Nov	Monday
33	Hazarat Ali’s Birthday	23-Dec	Wednesday
34	Christmas Eve	24-Dec	Thursday