Reference

Public holiday lists
by state

The government holiday list for each state, with dates, weekdays and a calendar file you can add to Google Calendar or Outlook. The starting point for your company’s own list. Reviewed September 2026.

Figures reviewed September 2026. Statutory rates change; confirm with the notification before filing.

Rajasthan

The Rajasthan government list is what state offices close for and what most Rajasthan companies start from. Diwali runs over three days, with Govardhan Puja and Bhai Dooj after Lakshmi Puja, and Holi is observed as Dhulandi.

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Gujarat

Gujarat’s list carries the state’s own days, Gujarat Sthapana Divas on 1 May and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Jayanti on 31 October, and a Diwali break that runs into the Vikram Samvat New Year and Bhai Beej. Uttarayan on 14 January closes most of the state.

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Maharashtra

Maharashtra’s list includes Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti on 19 February, Maharashtra Din on 1 May, Gudi Padwa and Ganesh Chaturthi. Banks and broking firms often follow the Negotiable Instruments Act or exchange calendar instead.

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Karnataka

Karnataka’s list carries Kannada Rajyotsava on 1 November and May Day, with Ugadi opening the year and Deepavali closing it. Technology companies serving overseas clients often run their own calendar and give the state days as compensatory offs.

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Telangana

Telangana’s list opens with Sankranti, marks Telangana Formation Day on 2 June, and carries the state’s own festivals, Bonalu and Bathukamma, whose dates the government notifies each year.

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Madhya Pradesh

The Madhya Pradesh list follows the major festivals across communities. Districts add local holidays of their own, such as Rangpanchami in Indore, which apply to offices in that district only.

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Delhi

Delhi follows the gazetted list the central government notifies for its offices in the capital: the three national holidays and fourteen festivals. Gurugram (Haryana) and Noida (Uttar Pradesh) publish separate state lists that overlap with it but do not match.

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Questions people ask

Do private companies have to follow the state government holiday list?

No. Republic Day, Independence Day and Gandhi Jayanti are paid national holidays everywhere. Beyond those, the state’s festival holidays law or the standing orders set how many paid festival holidays a private establishment must give, and the employer chooses which and notifies its own list.

What happens if a holiday falls on a Sunday?

Government lists do not usually move it to another day. Private employers decide in their holiday policy; many leave it where it falls, some give a substitute day, and factories working through a holiday pay for the day or give a compensatory off.

Why do festival dates differ between states?

Hindu festivals follow the lunar calendar and Islamic holidays depend on the sighting of the moon, so a state may notify a date a day either side of another state’s. The state’s own notification is the one that counts for offices there.

What are restricted or optional holidays?

Additional days from which employees may pick a set number, usually two, for festivals they observe. Government notifications list them separately; private employers that offer them set the number in their leave policy.