Haryana Government Holiday List 2026

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

DateDayHolidayHoliday Type
23 Jan 2026FridaySir Chottu Ram Jayanti / Basant PanchmiNational
26 Jan 2026MondayRepublic DayNational
1 Feb 2026SundayGuru Ravidas JayantiReligious - Weekend
12 Feb 2026ThursdayGuru Brahmanand Jayanti / Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati JayantiRestricted
15 Feb 2026SundayMaha ShivratriReligious - Weekend
4 Mar 2026WednesdayHoliReligious
21 Mar 2026SaturdayId-ul-FitrReligious - Weekend
23 Mar 2026MondayShaheedi Diwas / Martyrdom Day of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru & SukhdevNational
26 Mar 2026ThursdayRam NavmiReligious
31 Mar 2026TuesdayMahavir JayantiReligious
3 Apr 2026FridayGood FridayRestricted
14 Apr 2026TuesdayDr. B.R. Ambedkar Jayanti / VaisakhiNational / Religious
19 Apr 2026SundayParshuram Jayanti / Akshay TritiyaReligious - Weekend
1 May 2026FridayBuddha PurnimaRestricted
25 May 2026MondayMaharishi Kayshap JayantiRestricted
27 May 2026WednesdayId-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)Religious
17 Jun 2026WednesdayMaharana Pratap JayantiNational
18 Jun 2026ThursdayGuru Arjan Dev's Martyrdom DayRestricted
26 Jun 2026FridayMuharramRestricted
29 Jun 2026MondaySant Kabir JayantiReligious
31 Jul 2026FridayShaheed Udham Singh Martyrdom DayNational
15 Aug 2026SaturdayIndependence DayNational - Weekend
15 Aug 2026SaturdayHariyali TeejRestricted
26 Aug 2026WednesdayMilad-un-Nabi / Id-E-MiladRestricted
28 Aug 2026FridayRaksha BandhanReligious
4 Sep 2026FridayJanmashtamiReligious
23 Sep 2026WednesdayShaheed Diwas / Haryana War Heroes' Martyrdom DayNational
2 Oct 2026FridayMahatma Gandhi JayantiNational
11 Oct 2026SundayMaharaja Agrasen JayantiNational - Weekend
20 Oct 2026TuesdayDussehraReligious
26 Oct 2026MondayMaharishi Valmiki JayantiReligious
29 Oct 2026ThursdayKarva ChauthRestricted
1 Nov 2026SundayHaryana DayNational - Weekend
8 Nov 2026SundayDiwaliReligious - Weekend
9 Nov 2026MondayVishvakarma DayReligious
9 Nov 2026MondayGoverdhan PujaRestricted
15 Nov 2026SundayChhath PujaRestricted
24 Nov 2026TuesdayGuru Nanak Dev JayantiReligious
14 Dec 2026MondayGuru Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom DayRestricted
25 Dec 2026FridayChristmas DayReligious
26 Dec 2026SaturdayShaheed Udham Singh's JayantiRestricted

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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How Haryana Holidays Impact Payroll and Leave Management

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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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Haryana Government notification includes 20 named gazetted holidays that fall on working days in 2026. It also identifies eight notified occasions that fall on Saturdays or Sundays and a separate list of 13 restricted holidays.