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India Holidays 2026

All public holidays, festivals and observances in India for 2026

Total holidays

69

Public holidays

18

Long weekends

8

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Sun, Nov 8

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India holidays 2026

Showing 69 of 69 holidays

  • Nov8Sun

    Diwali/Deepavali

    Sunday, November 8, 2026in 7 days

  • Nov8Sun

    Naraka Chaturdasi

    Sunday, November 8, 2026

  • Nov9Mon

    Govardhan Puja

    Monday, November 9, 2026

  • Nov11Wed

    Bhai Duj

    Wednesday, November 11, 2026

  • Nov15Sun

    Chhat Puja (Pratihar Sashthi/Surya Sashthi)

    Sunday, November 15, 2026

  • Nov24Tue

    Guru Tegh Bahadur's Martyrdom Day

    Tuesday, November 24, 2026

  • Nov24Tue

    Guru Nanak Jayanti

    Tuesday, November 24, 2026

  • Dec5Sat

    First Day of Hanukkah

    Saturday, December 5, 2026

  • Dec12Sat

    Last day of Hanukkah

    Saturday, December 12, 2026

  • Dec22Tue

    December Solstice

    Tuesday, December 22, 2026

  • Dec23Wed

    Hazarat Ali's Birthday

    Wednesday, December 23, 2026

  • Dec24Thu

    Christmas Eve

    Thursday, December 24, 2026

  • Dec25Fri

    Christmas

    Friday, December 25, 2026

  • Dec31Thu

    New Year's Eve

    Thursday, December 31, 2026

We strive to provide an accurate and up-to-date holiday list for India. However, some holiday dates may change. If you discover any discrepancies, kindly report to us.

Frequently asked questions

How many holidays are there in India in 2026?

There are 18 public holidays and 69 holidays and observances in total in India in 2026. Planning ahead? Check upcoming holidays

How do I add India holidays to my calendar?

Use the Subscribe to calendar link above to add an auto-updating feed to Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar, or use Export → Calendar (.ics) to download this year's holidays.

How to retrieve the India holidays list via API?

Make a GET request to v1/holidays?country=IN&year=2026 to retrieve this list. Here is an example using our official package on NPM:

// npm i 11holidays
import HolidaysApi from '11holidays';

const instance = new HolidaysApi(API_KEY);
const holidays = await instance.holidays.list({
  country: 'IN',
  year: '2026'
});
API Examples
Quick start examples in different programming languages
curl -X GET "https://api.11holidays.com/v1/holidays?country=IN&year=2026" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"