Holiday list
Karnataka holiday list 2027
Karnataka has 19 public holidays in 2027: 3 national, 15 festival and 1 state. 8 fall on a Saturday or Sunday, and 5 make a long weekend of three days or more without any leave. The year opens with Makara Sankranti on 15 January and closes with Christmas on 25 December.
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.
19
holidays
3
national
15
festival
1
state
8
on a weekend
5
long weekends
Next holiday in Karnataka
Makara Sankranti · Friday,
Add the Karnataka 2027 holidays to your calendar
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| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | |||
| Friday |  Makara Sankranti | Festival | |
| Tuesday |  Republic Day | National | |
| March | |||
| Saturday |  Maha Shivaratri | Festival | |
| Wednesday |  Khutub-e-Ramzan (Id-ul-Fitr)Subject to the sighting of the moon | Festival | |
| Friday |  Good Friday | Festival | |
| April | |||
| Wednesday |  Ugadi | Festival | |
| Wednesday | Dr B R Ambedkar Jayanti | Festival | |
| Monday | Mahavir Jayanti | Festival | |
| May | |||
| Saturday |  May Day | Festival | |
| Monday | BakridSubject to the sighting of the moon | Festival | |
| June | |||
| Wednesday |  Last day of MoharrumSubject to the sighting of the moon | Festival | |
| August | |||
| Sunday | Id-e-MiladSubject to the sighting of the moon | Festival | |
| Sunday | Independence Day | National | |
| September | |||
| Saturday | Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata | Festival | |
| October | |||
| Saturday |  Gandhi Jayanti | National | |
| Saturday | Vijayadashami | Festival | |
| Friday |  Deepavali | Festival | |
| November | |||
| Monday | Kannada Rajyotsava | State | |
| December | |||
| Saturday |  Christmas | Festival | |
Weekend dates are marked in red. Restricted and optional holidays, and local holidays declared by a district collector, are not included.
Long weekends in Karnataka in 2027
Three or more days off in a row for a company on a five-day week. 5 need no leave; 1 more take a single day of it.
3days
No leaveto
Makara Sankranti
4days
1 day of leaveto
Republic Day
Take Monday, 25 January off.
3days
No leaveto
Good Friday
3days
No leaveto
Mahavir Jayanti
3days
No leaveto
Bakrid
4days
No leaveto
Deepavali, Kannada Rajyotsava
For employers in Karnataka
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 Karnataka in 2027?
This list has 19: 3 national holidays, 15 festival holidays and 1 state day. 8 of them fall on a Saturday or Sunday. Restricted or optional holidays are notified separately.
Do private companies in Karnataka 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 Karnataka in 2027?
5 on a five-day week, without taking leave: Makara Sankranti (Fri 15 January to Sun 17 January); Good Friday (Fri 26 March to Sun 28 March); Mahavir Jayanti (Sat 17 April to Mon 19 April); Bakrid (Sat 15 May to Mon 17 May); Deepavali and Kannada Rajyotsava (Fri 29 October to Mon 1 November). One day of leave makes 1 more.
Which Karnataka holidays fall on a weekend in 2027?
Maha Shivaratri (Saturday, 6 March), May Day (Saturday, 1 May), Id-e-Milad (Sunday, 15 August), Independence Day (Sunday, 15 August), Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata (Saturday, 4 September), Gandhi Jayanti (Saturday, 2 October), Vijayadashami (Saturday, 9 October), 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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Kuzhu loads the Karnataka 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.