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Madhya Pradesh holiday list 2026

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.

21

holidays

3

national

18

festival

4

on a weekend

Provisional list. These are the expected dates for 2026. 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.

Add the Madhya Pradesh 2026 holidays to your calendar

A standard .ics file with one all-day event per holiday. Works with Google Calendar, Outlook and Apple Calendar.

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DateDayHolidayType
January
26 JanuaryMondayRepublic DayNational
February
15 FebruarySundayMaha ShivaratriFestival
March
4 MarchWednesdayHoliFestival
21 MarchSaturdayId-ul-FitrFestival
26 MarchThursdayRam NavamiFestival
31 MarchTuesdayMahavir JayantiFestival
April
3 AprilFridayGood FridayFestival
14 AprilTuesdayDr B R Ambedkar JayantiFestival
May
1 MayFridayBuddha PurnimaFestival
27 MayWednesdayId-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)Festival
June
26 JuneFridayMuharramFestival
August
15 AugustSaturdayIndependence DayNational
26 AugustWednesdayMilad-un-NabiFestival
28 AugustFridayRaksha BandhanFestival
September
4 SeptemberFridayJanmashtamiFestival
October
2 OctoberFridayGandhi JayantiNational
20 OctoberTuesdayDussehra (Vijayadashami)Festival
November
8 NovemberSundayDiwaliFestival
10 NovemberTuesdayBhai DoojFestival
24 NovemberTuesdayGuru Nanak JayantiFestival
December
25 DecemberFridayChristmasFestival

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

For employers in Madhya Pradesh

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 Madhya Pradesh in 2026?

This list has 21: 3 national holidays, 18 festival holidays. 4 of them fall on a Saturday or Sunday. Restricted or optional holidays are notified separately.

Do private companies in Madhya Pradesh 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.

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 Madhya Pradesh 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.