Holiday list
Madhya Pradesh holiday list 2027
Madhya Pradesh has 21 public holidays in 2027: 3 national, 18 festival. 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 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
8
on a weekend
5
long weekends
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| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | |||
| Tuesday |  Republic Day | National | |
| March | |||
| Saturday |  Maha Shivaratri | Festival | |
| Wednesday |  Id-ul-FitrSubject to the sighting of the moon | Festival | |
| Monday |  Holi | Festival | |
| Friday |  Good Friday | Festival | |
| April | |||
| Wednesday | Dr B R Ambedkar Jayanti | Festival | |
| Thursday | Ram Navami | Festival | |
| Monday | Mahavir Jayanti | Festival | |
| May | |||
| Monday | Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)Subject to the sighting of the moon | Festival | |
| Thursday |  Buddha Purnima | Festival | |
| June | |||
| Wednesday |  MuharramSubject to the sighting of the moon | Festival | |
| August | |||
| Sunday | Independence Day | National | |
| Sunday | Milad-un-NabiSubject to the sighting of the moon | Festival | |
| Tuesday | Raksha Bandhan | Festival | |
| Wednesday | Janmashtami | Festival | |
| October | |||
| Saturday | Gandhi Jayanti | National | |
| Saturday | Dussehra (Vijayadashami) | Festival | |
| Friday |  Diwali | Festival | |
| Sunday | Bhai Dooj | Festival | |
| November | |||
| Sunday | Guru Nanak Jayanti | Festival | |
| 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 Madhya Pradesh in 2027
Three or more days off in a row for a company on a five-day week. 5 need no leave; 4 more take a single day of it.
4days
1 day of leaveto
Republic Day
Take Monday, 25 January off.
3days
No leaveto
Holi
3days
No leaveto
Good Friday
6days
1 day of leaveto
Dr B R Ambedkar Jayanti, Ram Navami, Mahavir Jayanti
Take Friday, 16 April off.
3days
No leaveto
Mahavir Jayanti
3days
No leaveto
Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)
4days
1 day of leaveto
Buddha Purnima
Take Friday, 21 May off.
4days
1 day of leaveto
Independence Day, Milad-un-Nabi, Raksha Bandhan
Take Monday, 16 August off.
3days
No leaveto
Diwali, Bhai Dooj
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 2027?
This list has 21: 3 national holidays, 18 festival holidays. 8 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 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 and Bhai Dooj (Fri 29 October to Sun 31 October). One day of leave makes 4 more.
Which Madhya Pradesh holidays fall on a weekend in 2027?
Maha Shivaratri (Saturday, 6 March), Independence Day (Sunday, 15 August), Milad-un-Nabi (Sunday, 15 August), Gandhi Jayanti (Saturday, 2 October), Dussehra (Vijayadashami) (Saturday, 9 October), Bhai Dooj (Sunday, 31 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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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.