Holiday list
Maharashtra holiday list 2027
Maharashtra has 23 public holidays in 2027: 3 national, 18 festival and 2 state. 10 fall on a Saturday or Sunday, and 6 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
10
on a weekend
6
long weekends
Next holiday in Maharashtra
Republic Day · Tuesday,
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| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | |||
| Tuesday |  Republic Day | National | |
| February | |||
| Friday | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti | State | |
| March | |||
| Saturday |  Maha Shivaratri | Festival | |
| Wednesday |  Ramzan Id (Id-ul-Fitr)Subject to the sighting of the moon | Festival | |
| Monday |  Holi | Festival | |
| Friday |  Good Friday | Festival | |
| April | |||
| Wednesday |  Gudi Padwa | Festival | |
| Wednesday | Dr B R Ambedkar Jayanti | Festival | |
| Thursday | Ram Navami | Festival | |
| Monday | Mahavir Jayanti | Festival | |
| May | |||
| Saturday | Maharashtra Din | State | |
| Monday | Bakri Id (Id-uz-Zuha)Subject to the sighting of the moon | Festival | |
| Thursday |  Buddha Purnima | Festival | |
| June | |||
| Wednesday |  MuharramSubject to the sighting of the moon | Festival | |
| August | |||
| Sunday | Id-e-MiladSubject to the sighting of the moon | Festival | |
| Sunday | Independence Day | National | |
| September | |||
| Saturday | Ganesh Chaturthi | Festival | |
| October | |||
| Saturday | Gandhi Jayanti | National | |
| Saturday | Dussehra (Vijayadashami) | Festival | |
| Friday |  Diwali (Lakshmi Pujan) | Festival | |
| Saturday | Diwali (Balipratipada) | 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 Maharashtra in 2027
Three or more days off in a row for a company on a five-day week. 6 need no leave; 3 more take a single day of it.
4days
1 day of leaveto
Republic Day
Take Monday, 25 January off.
3days
No leaveto
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti
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
Bakri Id (Id-uz-Zuha)
4days
1 day of leaveto
Buddha Purnima
Take Friday, 21 May off.
3days
No leaveto
Diwali (Lakshmi Pujan), Diwali (Balipratipada)
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 2027?
This list has 23: 3 national holidays, 18 festival holidays and 2 state days. 10 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 2027?
6 on a five-day week, without taking leave: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti (Fri 19 February to Sun 21 February); 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); Bakri Id (Id-uz-Zuha) (Sat 15 May to Mon 17 May); Diwali (Lakshmi Pujan) and Diwali (Balipratipada) (Fri 29 October to Sun 31 October). One day of leave makes 3 more.
Which Maharashtra holidays fall on a weekend in 2027?
Maha Shivaratri (Saturday, 6 March), Maharashtra Din (Saturday, 1 May), Id-e-Milad (Sunday, 15 August), Independence Day (Sunday, 15 August), Ganesh Chaturthi (Saturday, 4 September), Gandhi Jayanti (Saturday, 2 October), Dussehra (Vijayadashami) (Saturday, 9 October), Diwali (Balipratipada) (Saturday, 30 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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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.