Holiday Overlap
🇮🇳 India Public Holidays 2026
Use this India public holiday calendar to plan around national holidays and understand where regional and religious observances may affect teams, suppliers, and customers.
India Holiday Calendar 2026
The table below lists national public holidays for India in 2026, including the observed date, weekday, and whether the date falls on a weekend. Use it as a first planning layer before checking regional, employer-specific, or legal requirements.
| Date | Holiday | Weekend? | Planning note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26Monday | Republic Day | No | National public holiday listed for India |
| Aug 15Saturday | Independence Day | Yes | National public holiday listed for India |
| Oct 2Friday | Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti | No | National public holiday listed for India |
How to Use This India Holiday Calendar
This page is designed for global delivery teams, outsourcing calendars, payroll, and festival-season planning. Start by marking the national public holidays above in your planning calendar, then compare India with the countries where your colleagues, customers, vendors, or travel partners are located.
For travelers, public holidays can affect government offices, banks, museums, restaurants, transportation, and hotel demand. A holiday that creates a long weekend can be a great time to experience local celebrations, but it can also mean higher prices and reduced service availability.
For global teams, the most important distinction is between a holiday that only affects India and an overlapping holiday that affects another country at the same time. Country-specific holidays create coverage gaps; overlapping holidays create organization-wide quiet periods that can be useful for maintenance windows or no-deadline weeks.
Regional and Observed-Date Notes
India has national holidays plus extensive state, religious, and sector-specific observances. National planning should account for regional festivals and local government notifications, especially around Diwali, Eid, Holi, and state holidays.
Observed dates can also shift when a holiday falls on a weekend or when a government announces a substitute day. For payroll, legal, banking, school, or travel decisions, verify the final date with an official local source or a qualified provider before acting.
Compare India With Other Countries
Use these comparisons to see which India public holidays overlap with another country and which dates are unique to one side of the calendar.
Holiday data is primarily sourced from the Nager.Date open-source holiday database and supplemented with official government calendar references where available. Always verify critical dates with official sources before making business, legal, payroll, or travel decisions.