HONO

Delhi Public Holidays List 2026

Delhi notified 18 gazetted holidays for 2026 through the General Administration Department order dated 4 December 2025, published in the Delhi Gazette Extraordinary. The same order lists 33 restricted holidays, from which an employee may take any two across the year. The table below gives the dates, the day of the week, and whether each holiday is gazetted or restricted, so you can see at a glance which days close offices and which are optional.

Holiday calendar 2026

DateDayHolidayHoliday Type
1 Jan 2026ThursdayNew Year's DayCultural · Restricted (any 2 of 33)
14 Jan 2026WednesdayMakar SankrantiReligious · Restricted (any 2 of 33)
23 Jan 2026FridaySri Panchami / Basant PanchamiReligious · Restricted (any 2 of 33)
26 Jan 2026MondayRepublic DayNational · Gazetted
1 Feb 2026SundayGuru Ravi Das's BirthdayReligious · Restricted (any 2 of 33)
15 Feb 2026SundayMaha ShivratriReligious · Restricted (any 2 of 33)
3 Mar 2026TuesdayHolika DahanReligious · Restricted (any 2 of 33)
4 Mar 2026WednesdayHoliReligious · Gazetted
21 Mar 2026SaturdayId-ul-FitrReligious · Gazetted
26 Mar 2026ThursdayRam NavamiReligious · Gazetted
31 Mar 2026TuesdayMahavir JayantiReligious · Gazetted
3 Apr 2026FridayGood FridayReligious · Gazetted
5 Apr 2026SundayEaster SundayReligious · Restricted (any 2 of 33)
14 Apr 2026TuesdayVaisakhi / Visu / Meshadi (Tamil New Year's Day)Cultural · Restricted (any 2 of 33)
1 May 2026FridayBuddha PurnimaReligious · Gazetted
27 May 2026WednesdayId-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)Religious · Gazetted
26 Jun 2026FridayMuharramReligious · Gazetted
15 Aug 2026SaturdayIndependence DayNational · Gazetted
26 Aug 2026WednesdayMilad-un-Nabi / Id-e-MiladReligious · Gazetted
28 Aug 2026FridayRaksha BandhanReligious · Restricted (any 2 of 33)
4 Sep 2026FridayJanmashtami (Vaishnva)Religious · Gazetted
14 Sep 2026MondayGanesh Chaturthi / Vinayaka ChaturthiReligious · Restricted (any 2 of 33)
2 Oct 2026FridayMahatma Gandhi's BirthdayNational · Gazetted
20 Oct 2026TuesdayDussehraReligious · Gazetted
26 Oct 2026MondayMaharishi Valmiki's BirthdayReligious · Gazetted
29 Oct 2026ThursdayKaraka Chaturthi (Karva Chauth)Religious · Restricted (any 2 of 33)
8 Nov 2026SundayDiwali (Deepavali)Religious · Gazetted
9 Nov 2026MondayGovardhan PujaReligious · Restricted (any 2 of 33)
11 Nov 2026WednesdayBhai DujReligious · Restricted (any 2 of 33)
15 Nov 2026SundayPratihar Shashthi / Surya Shashthi (Chhath Puja)Religious · Restricted (any 2 of 33)
24 Nov 2026TuesdayGuru Nanak's BirthdayReligious · Gazetted
24 Nov 2026TuesdayGuru Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom DayReligious · Restricted (any 2 of 33)
24 Dec 2026ThursdayChristmas EveReligious · Restricted (any 2 of 33)
25 Dec 2026FridayChristmas DayReligious · Gazetted

Gazetted holidays close all government offices under the Government of NCT of Delhi and are paid days off for every employee. There are 18 of them in 2026, spread fairly evenly across the year, with the heaviest concentration between late August and late November.

Restricted holidays are optional. Delhi notifies 33 for 2026 and an employee may take any two of them during the year. Offices stay open on these days, so a restricted holiday is only taken if the employee elects it, and it counts against their allowance of two. Note that Delhi permits two, not three as some neighbouring states do. The table above shows the most widely observed of the 33; the full list is in the notification linked below.

Unlike several other states, Delhi does not withdraw a holiday because it falls on a Sunday. Diwali on Sunday 8 November 2026 remains fully gazetted, and Easter Sunday, Maha Shivratri, Guru Ravi Das's Birthday and Chhath Puja all stay on the restricted list despite falling on a Sunday. No day in lieu is granted, but the dates are not struck off.

One date carries two entries. On 24 November, Guru Nanak's Birthday is a gazetted holiday closing all government offices, while Guru Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom Day sits on the restricted list for the same day. These are separate entries in the notification, not a duplicate.

Get the Official Delhi Government Notification

Download PDF

How Delhi Holidays Impact Payroll and Leave Management ?

Delhi's pressure point is the stretch from late October to mid-November. Karva Chauth on 29 October, Diwali on 8 November, Govardhan Puja on 9 November, Bhai Duj on 11 November and Chhath Puja on 15 November arrive within eighteen days of each other. Only Diwali is gazetted. The rest sit on the restricted list, which means offices stay open and every absence has to be individually requested and approved.

With 33 restricted options and a cap of two, employees routinely want more than their entitlement across that window, and requests arrive late because most people have never seen the full list. The same problem repeats in a smaller way on 24 November, when a gazetted holiday and a restricted one fall on the same date. A leave system that holds the restricted list, enforces the cap of two and shows employees what they have left before the festival season begins removes most of that friction, and gives payroll a clean view of which absences are statutory and which are elective.

Automate holiday & leave management with HONO.

See how HONO's AI-powered HRMS handles calendars, entitlements and statutory rules across 50+ countries in a single instance.

Get a Free Demo

Frequently Asked Questions

Eighteen gazetted holidays are declared for all government offices under the Government of NCT of Delhi. In addition, employees may take any two of 33 restricted holidays during the year.