Haryana Government has notified the holidays to be observed in its public offices during 2026. The notification includes 20 named gazetted holidays that fall on working days, eight notified occasions that fall on an already closed Saturday or Sunday, and 13 restricted holidays from which eligible employees may choose any three. The complete list is consolidated below so employees and HR teams can check the date, day and holiday status in one place.
Holiday calendar 2026
| Date | Day | Holiday | Holiday Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jan 2026 | Friday | Sir Chottu Ram Jayanti / Basant Panchmi | National |
| 26 Jan 2026 | Monday | Republic Day | National |
| 1 Feb 2026 | Sunday | Guru Ravidas Jayanti | Religious - Weekend |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Thursday | Guru Brahmanand Jayanti / Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti | Restricted |
| 15 Feb 2026 | Sunday | Maha Shivratri | Religious - Weekend |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Wednesday | Holi | Religious |
| 21 Mar 2026 | Saturday | Id-ul-Fitr | Religious - Weekend |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Monday | Shaheedi Diwas / Martyrdom Day of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru & Sukhdev | National |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Thursday | Ram Navmi | Religious |
| 31 Mar 2026 | Tuesday | Mahavir Jayanti | Religious |
| 3 Apr 2026 | Friday | Good Friday | Restricted |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Tuesday | Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Jayanti / Vaisakhi | National / Religious |
| 19 Apr 2026 | Sunday | Parshuram Jayanti / Akshay Tritiya | Religious - Weekend |
| 1 May 2026 | Friday | Buddha Purnima | Restricted |
| 25 May 2026 | Monday | Maharishi Kayshap Jayanti | Restricted |
| 27 May 2026 | Wednesday | Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) | Religious |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Wednesday | Maharana Pratap Jayanti | National |
| 18 Jun 2026 | Thursday | Guru Arjan Dev's Martyrdom Day | Restricted |
| 26 Jun 2026 | Friday | Muharram | Restricted |
| 29 Jun 2026 | Monday | Sant Kabir Jayanti | Religious |
| 31 Jul 2026 | Friday | Shaheed Udham Singh Martyrdom Day | National |
| 15 Aug 2026 | Saturday | Independence Day | National - Weekend |
| 15 Aug 2026 | Saturday | Hariyali Teej | Restricted |
| 26 Aug 2026 | Wednesday | Milad-un-Nabi / Id-E-Milad | Restricted |
| 28 Aug 2026 | Friday | Raksha Bandhan | Religious |
| 4 Sep 2026 | Friday | Janmashtami | Religious |
| 23 Sep 2026 | Wednesday | Shaheed Diwas / Haryana War Heroes' Martyrdom Day | National |
| 2 Oct 2026 | Friday | Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti | National |
| 11 Oct 2026 | Sunday | Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti | National - Weekend |
| 20 Oct 2026 | Tuesday | Dussehra | Religious |
| 26 Oct 2026 | Monday | Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti | Religious |
| 29 Oct 2026 | Thursday | Karva Chauth | Restricted |
| 1 Nov 2026 | Sunday | Haryana Day | National - Weekend |
| 8 Nov 2026 | Sunday | Diwali | Religious - Weekend |
| 9 Nov 2026 | Monday | Vishvakarma Day | Religious |
| 9 Nov 2026 | Monday | Goverdhan Puja | Restricted |
| 15 Nov 2026 | Sunday | Chhath Puja | Restricted |
| 24 Nov 2026 | Tuesday | Guru Nanak Dev Jayanti | Religious |
| 14 Dec 2026 | Monday | Guru Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom Day | Restricted |
| 25 Dec 2026 | Friday | Christmas Day | Religious |
| 26 Dec 2026 | Saturday | Shaheed Udham Singh's Jayanti | Restricted |
Note: “Weekend” means the notified occasion falls on an already closed Saturday or Sunday and does not create an additional working-day closure for Haryana Government public offices. “Restricted” means the occasion appears in Schedule II; eligible employees may choose holidays from that list as permitted by the notification. Do Gurugram and Faridabad Follow the Haryana Holiday List? Gurugram and Faridabad are in Haryana, so organisations operating there should check the Haryana rules and notifications applicable to their establishment. This matters for companies with teams across Delhi NCR because Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh can follow different state holiday calendars even when offices are only a short distance apart. For HR and payroll teams, the safer approach is to assign holiday calendars by employee work location instead of using one common NCR calendar. The exact holiday obligations for a private establishment can depend on the law and notification applicable to that establishment, so employers should verify the relevant statutory requirements rather than treating the Haryana Government public-office list as automatically applicable to every private workplace.
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Holiday calendars affect more than attendance. They influence leave eligibility, shift planning, overtime, payroll cut-offs and workforce scheduling. The challenge becomes more visible for enterprises with offices, plants or field teams spread across several states, where one common holiday calendar can lead to incorrect leave deductions or payroll exceptions.
For a company operating across Gurugram, Delhi and Noida, for example, the employee holiday calendar should be mapped to the relevant work location and policy. HR teams also need to distinguish between a regular public holiday, a restricted holiday selected by an employee, and an occasion that falls on an already closed weekend.
HONO helps enterprises manage location-based holiday calendars, leave entitlements and attendance rules in one HRMS. This allows HR teams to apply the right calendar to the right workforce while keeping leave and payroll workflows connected across locations.