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Delhi holiday list 2027

Delhi has 17 public holidays in 2027: 3 national, 14 festival. 6 fall on a Saturday or Sunday, and 5 make a long weekend of three days or more without any leave. The year opens with Republic Day on 26 January and closes with Christmas on 25 December.

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.

17

holidays

3

national

14

festival

6

on a weekend

5

long weekends

Provisional list. These are the expected dates for 2027. Festival dates set by the lunar calendar or the moon can move by a day in the state’s notification; confirm against it before you publish your company calendar.

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Delhi public holidays 2027: date, day of the week, holiday and type
DateDayHolidayType
January
TuesdayRepublic DayNational
March
WednesdayId-ul-FitrSubject to the sighting of the moonFestival
MondayHoliFestival
FridayGood FridayFestival
April
ThursdayRam NavamiFestival
MondayMahavir JayantiFestival
May
MondayId-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)Subject to the sighting of the moonFestival
ThursdayBuddha PurnimaFestival
June
WednesdayMuharramSubject to the sighting of the moonFestival
August
SundayIndependence DayNational
SundayMilad-un-NabiSubject to the sighting of the moonFestival
WednesdayJanmashtamiFestival
October
SaturdayGandhi JayantiNational
SaturdayDussehra (Vijayadashami)Festival
FridayDiwaliFestival
November
SundayGuru Nanak JayantiFestival
December
SaturdayChristmasFestival

Weekend dates are marked in red. Restricted and optional holidays, and local holidays declared by a district collector, are not included.

Long weekends in Delhi in 2027

Three or more days off in a row for a company on a five-day week. 5 need no leave; 3 more take a single day of it.

4days

1 day of leave

to

Republic Day

Take Monday, 25 January off.

3days

No leave

to

Holi

3days

No leave

to

Good Friday

5days

1 day of leave

to

Ram Navami, Mahavir Jayanti

Take Friday, 16 April off.

3days

No leave

to

Mahavir Jayanti

3days

No leave

to

Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)

4days

1 day of leave

to

Buddha Purnima

Take Friday, 21 May off.

3days

No leave

to

Diwali

For employers in Delhi

Private employers are not bound by the government list. Republic Day, Independence Day and Gandhi Jayanti are paid national holidays everywhere; beyond those, the state’s festival-holiday law or the establishment’s standing orders set how many paid festival holidays must be given, and the employer chooses which ones and notifies the list at the start of the year.

A holiday that falls on the weekly off is usually not replaced unless the company’s policy says so. Staff who work on a paid holiday get double wages or a compensatory day off, depending on the law that applies to the establishment.

Questions people ask

How many public holidays are there in Delhi in 2027?

This list has 17: 3 national holidays, 14 festival holidays. 6 of them fall on a Saturday or Sunday. Restricted or optional holidays are notified separately.

Do private companies in Delhi have to follow this list?

Private employers are not bound by the government list. Republic Day, Independence Day and Gandhi Jayanti are paid national holidays everywhere; beyond those, the state’s festival-holiday law or the establishment’s standing orders set how many paid festival holidays must be given, and the employer chooses which ones and notifies the list at the start of the year.

How many long weekends are there in Delhi in 2027?

5 on a five-day week, without taking leave: Holi (Sat 20 March to Mon 22 March); Good Friday (Fri 26 March to Sun 28 March); Mahavir Jayanti (Sat 17 April to Mon 19 April); Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) (Sat 15 May to Mon 17 May); Diwali (Fri 29 October to Sun 31 October). One day of leave makes 3 more.

Which Delhi holidays fall on a weekend in 2027?

Independence Day (Sunday, 15 August), Milad-un-Nabi (Sunday, 15 August), Gandhi Jayanti (Saturday, 2 October), Dussehra (Vijayadashami) (Saturday, 9 October), Guru Nanak Jayanti (Sunday, 14 November), Christmas (Saturday, 25 December). Government lists do not usually move these to a working day.

Can festival dates change?

Yes. Festivals set by the lunar calendar or the sighting of the moon can move by a day when the state notifies them or when the moon is sighted. Check the notification or the district order before finalising your company calendar.

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In Kuzhu

Kuzhu loads the Delhi list as the default holiday calendar for branches in the state, lets you add company holidays and optional days, and judges attendance and leave against it, so a holiday is never marked absent.