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India public holidays 2026

The current immutable release contains 18 estimated public-holiday dates for India in 2026. The displayed dates do not all have recorded rule-source review. Country-release approval is not completed; use these estimates as planning guidance and confirm them before relying on them. These dates have national scope in the current immutable release.

Estimated data · rule-source review incomplete. Vacation planning is available for this selection.

EstimatedEstimated · open-source library lineage recorded · release approval pendingNext in this release: Mahatma Gandhi's Jayanti on October 2, 2026.

18 calculated dates in the provisional India public-holiday release for 2026
Holiday	Date	Coverage	Evidence
Republic DayPublic holiday	January 26, 2026Monday	national Applicability Library PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.	View sourcesRule-source review not recorded
HoliPublic holiday	March 4, 2026Wednesday	national Applicability Library PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.	View sourcesRule-source review not recorded
Id-ul-FitrPublic holiday	March 21, 2026Saturday	national Applicability Library PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.	View sourcesRule-source review not recorded
Ram NavamiPublic holiday	March 26, 2026Thursday	national Applicability Library PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.	View sourcesRule-source review not recorded
Mahavir JayantiPublic holiday	March 31, 2026Tuesday	national Applicability Library PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.	View sourcesRule-source review not recorded
Good FridayPublic holiday	April 3, 2026Friday	national Applicability Library PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.	View sourcesRule-source review not recorded
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar's JayantiPublic holiday	April 14, 2026Tuesday	national Applicability Library PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.	View sourcesRule-source review not recorded
Buddha PurnimaPublic holiday	May 1, 2026Friday	national Applicability Library PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.	View sourcesRule-source review not recorded
Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)Public holiday	May 27, 2026Wednesday	national Applicability Library PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.	View sourcesRule-source review not recorded
MuharramPublic holiday	June 26, 2026Friday	national Applicability Library PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.	View sourcesRule-source review not recorded
Independence DayPublic holiday	August 15, 2026Saturday	national Applicability Library PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.	View sourcesRule-source review not recorded
Milad-un-NabiPublic holiday	August 26, 2026Wednesday	national Applicability Library PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.	View sourcesRule-source review not recorded
Janmashtami (Vaishnava)Public holiday	September 4, 2026Friday	national Applicability Library PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.	View sourcesRule-source review not recorded
Mahatma Gandhi's JayantiPublic holiday	October 2, 2026Friday	national Applicability Library PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.	View sourcesRule-source review not recorded
DussehraPublic holiday	October 20, 2026Tuesday	national Applicability Library PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.	View sourcesRule-source review not recorded
Diwali (Deepavali)Public holiday	November 8, 2026Sunday	national Applicability Library PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.	View sourcesRule-source review not recorded
Guru Nanak's JayantiPublic holiday	November 24, 2026Tuesday	national Applicability Library PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.	View sourcesRule-source review not recorded
ChristmasPublic holiday	December 25, 2026Friday	national Applicability Library PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.	View sourcesRule-source review not recorded

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