Holiday list
Madhya Pradesh holiday list 2026
Madhya Pradesh has 21 public holidays in 2026: 3 national, 18 festival. 4 fall on a Saturday or Sunday, and 8 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.
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
8
long weekends
Next holiday in Madhya Pradesh
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| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | |||
| Monday |  Republic Day | National | |
| February | |||
| Sunday |  Maha Shivaratri | Festival | |
| March | |||
| Wednesday |  Holi | Festival | |
| Saturday |  Id-ul-FitrSubject to the sighting of the moon | Festival | |
| Thursday | Ram Navami | Festival | |
| Tuesday | Mahavir Jayanti | Festival | |
| April | |||
| Friday |  Good Friday | Festival | |
| Tuesday | Dr B R Ambedkar Jayanti | Festival | |
| May | |||
| Friday |  Buddha Purnima | Festival | |
| Wednesday | Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)Subject to the sighting of the moon | Festival | |
| June | |||
| Friday |  MuharramSubject to the sighting of the moon | Festival | |
| August | |||
| Saturday | Independence Day | National | |
| Wednesday | Milad-un-NabiSubject to the sighting of the moon | Festival | |
| Friday | Raksha Bandhan | Festival | |
| September | |||
| Friday | Janmashtami | Festival | |
| October | |||
| Friday | Gandhi Jayanti | National | |
| Tuesday | Dussehra (Vijayadashami) | Festival | |
| November | |||
| Sunday |  Diwali | Festival | |
| Tuesday | Bhai Dooj | Festival | |
| Tuesday | Guru Nanak Jayanti | Festival | |
| December | |||
| Friday |  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 Madhya Pradesh in 2026
Three or more days off in a row for a company on a five-day week. 8 need no leave; 6 more take a single day of it.
3days
No leaveto
Republic Day
4days
1 day of leaveto
Ram Navami
Take Friday, 27 March off.
4days
1 day of leaveto
Mahavir Jayanti
Take Monday, 30 March off.
3days
No leaveto
Good Friday
4days
1 day of leaveto
Dr B R Ambedkar Jayanti
Take Monday, 13 April off.
3days
No leaveto
Buddha Purnima
3days
No leaveto
Muharram
3days
No leaveto
Raksha Bandhan
3days
No leaveto
Janmashtami
3days
No leaveto
Gandhi Jayanti
4days
1 day of leaveto
Dussehra (Vijayadashami)
Take Monday, 19 October off.
4days
1 day of leaveto
Diwali, Bhai Dooj
Take Monday, 9 November off.
4days
1 day of leaveto
Guru Nanak Jayanti
Take Monday, 23 November off.
3days
No leaveto
Christmas
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.
How many long weekends are there in Madhya Pradesh in 2026?
8 on a five-day week, without taking leave: Republic Day (Sat 24 January to Mon 26 January); Good Friday (Fri 3 April to Sun 5 April); Buddha Purnima (Fri 1 May to Sun 3 May); Muharram (Fri 26 June to Sun 28 June); Raksha Bandhan (Fri 28 August to Sun 30 August); Janmashtami (Fri 4 September to Sun 6 September); Gandhi Jayanti (Fri 2 October to Sun 4 October); Christmas (Fri 25 December to Sun 27 December). One day of leave makes 6 more.
Which Madhya Pradesh holidays fall on a weekend in 2026?
Maha Shivaratri (Sunday, 15 February), Id-ul-Fitr (Saturday, 21 March), Independence Day (Saturday, 15 August), Diwali (Sunday, 8 November). 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 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.