Holiday list
Maharashtra holiday list 2026
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
Add the Maharashtra 2026 holidays to your calendar
A standard .ics file with one all-day event per holiday. Works with Google Calendar, Outlook and Apple Calendar.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | |||
| 26 January | Monday |  Republic Day | National |
| February | |||
| 15 February | Sunday |  Maha Shivaratri | Festival |
| 19 February | Thursday | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti | State |
| March | |||
| 4 March | Wednesday |  Holi | Festival |
| 19 March | Thursday |  Gudi Padwa | Festival |
| 21 March | Saturday |  Ramzan Id (Id-ul-Fitr) | Festival |
| 26 March | Thursday | Ram Navami | Festival |
| 31 March | Tuesday | Mahavir Jayanti | Festival |
| April | |||
| 3 April | Friday |  Good Friday | Festival |
| 14 April | Tuesday | Dr B R Ambedkar Jayanti | Festival |
| May | |||
| 1 May | Friday |  Buddha Purnima | Festival |
| 1 May | Friday | Maharashtra Din | State |
| 27 May | Wednesday | Bakri Id (Id-uz-Zuha) | Festival |
| June | |||
| 26 June | Friday |  Muharram | Festival |
| August | |||
| 15 August | Saturday | Independence Day | National |
| 26 August | Wednesday | Id-e-Milad | Festival |
| September | |||
| 14 September | Monday | Ganesh Chaturthi | Festival |
| October | |||
| 2 October | Friday | Gandhi Jayanti | National |
| 20 October | Tuesday | Dussehra (Vijayadashami) | Festival |
| November | |||
| 8 November | Sunday |  Diwali (Lakshmi Pujan) | Festival |
| 9 November | Monday | Diwali (Balipratipada) | Festival |
| 24 November | Tuesday | Guru Nanak Jayanti | Festival |
| December | |||
| 25 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.
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.
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 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.
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