Holiday list
Maharashtra holiday list 2026
Maharashtra has 23 public holidays in 2026: 3 national, 18 festival and 2 state. 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.
Maharashtra’s list includes Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti on 19 February, Maharashtra Din on 1 May, Gudi Padwa and Ganesh Chaturthi. Banks and broking firms often follow the Negotiable Instruments Act or exchange calendar instead.
23
holidays
3
national
18
festival
2
state
4
on a weekend
8
long weekends
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| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | |||
| Monday |  Republic Day | National | |
| February | |||
| Sunday |  Maha Shivaratri | Festival | |
| Thursday | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti | State | |
| March | |||
| Wednesday |  Holi | Festival | |
| Thursday |  Gudi Padwa | Festival | |
| Saturday |  Ramzan Id (Id-ul-Fitr)Subject 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 | |
| Friday | Maharashtra Din | State | |
| Wednesday | Bakri Id (Id-uz-Zuha)Subject to the sighting of the moon | Festival | |
| June | |||
| Friday |  MuharramSubject to the sighting of the moon | Festival | |
| August | |||
| Saturday | Independence Day | National | |
| Wednesday | Id-e-MiladSubject to the sighting of the moon | Festival | |
| September | |||
| Monday | Ganesh Chaturthi | Festival | |
| October | |||
| Friday | Gandhi Jayanti | National | |
| Tuesday | Dussehra (Vijayadashami) | Festival | |
| November | |||
| Sunday |  Diwali (Lakshmi Pujan) | Festival | |
| Monday | Diwali (Balipratipada) | 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 Maharashtra in 2026
Three or more days off in a row for a company on a five-day week. 8 need no leave; 7 more take a single day of it.
3days
No leaveto
Republic Day
4days
1 day of leaveto
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti
Take Friday, 20 February off.
4days
1 day of leaveto
Gudi Padwa, Ramzan Id (Id-ul-Fitr)
Take Friday, 20 March off.
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, Maharashtra Din
3days
No leaveto
Muharram
3days
No leaveto
Ganesh Chaturthi
3days
No leaveto
Gandhi Jayanti
4days
1 day of leaveto
Dussehra (Vijayadashami)
Take Monday, 19 October off.
3days
No leaveto
Diwali (Lakshmi Pujan), Diwali (Balipratipada)
4days
1 day of leaveto
Guru Nanak Jayanti
Take Monday, 23 November off.
3days
No leaveto
Christmas
For employers in Maharashtra
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 Maharashtra in 2026?
This list has 23: 3 national holidays, 18 festival holidays and 2 state days. 4 of them fall on a Saturday or Sunday. Restricted or optional holidays are notified separately.
Do private companies in Maharashtra 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 Maharashtra 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 and Maharashtra Din (Fri 1 May to Sun 3 May); Muharram (Fri 26 June to Sun 28 June); Ganesh Chaturthi (Sat 12 September to Mon 14 September); Gandhi Jayanti (Fri 2 October to Sun 4 October); Diwali (Lakshmi Pujan) and Diwali (Balipratipada) (Sat 7 November to Mon 9 November); Christmas (Fri 25 December to Sun 27 December). One day of leave makes 7 more.
Which Maharashtra holidays fall on a weekend in 2026?
Maha Shivaratri (Sunday, 15 February), Ramzan Id (Id-ul-Fitr) (Saturday, 21 March), Independence Day (Saturday, 15 August), Diwali (Lakshmi Pujan) (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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In Kuzhu
Kuzhu loads the Maharashtra 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.