Jharkhand Public Holidays List 2026

Jharkhand's calendar works on three tiers, and the difference matters for payroll. Holidays marked Gazetted (NI Act) close government offices and banks alike. Holidays marked Executive order close all offices under the state government and revenue offices, but banks stay open. The annual closing of bank accounts on 1 April is the reverse: banks close, government offices do not.

Festivals falling on a Sunday are not declared as separate holidays, since offices are already closed. Jharkhand adds a rule that most states do not: establishments where Sunday is an ordinary working day must still grant the holiday on that date. For employers running seven-day operations in manufacturing, mining, retail or hospitality, that turns all nine Sunday-falling festivals into real paid holidays rather than dead entries.

Two dates carry two entries each. On 1 May, Buddha Purnima and Pandit Raghunath Murmu's birth anniversary fall under the gazetted list while May Day falls under the executive order, so banks close for the first and offices for both. On 15 November, Chhath evening arghya and Bhagwan Birsa Munda Jayanti, which is also Jharkhand Statehood Day, both fall on the same Sunday.

Chhath spans two days in the notification. The evening arghya on Sunday 15 November is not separately declared, while the morning arghya on Monday 16 November is a full gazetted holiday. Employers should expect absence across both days regardless of what the order grants. Working weeks differ inside the state government itself. The Secretariat and its attached offices run a five-day week, while regional offices run six days. Any leave calculation applied uniformly across both will be wrong for one of them. Dates for Muslim festivals may also shift by a day subject to moon sighting.