Uttarakhand Public Holidays List 2026

How Uttarakhand Holidays Impact Payroll and Leave Management?

Uttarakhand's holiday calendar is broader than most Indian states at 25 days, and includes two festivals Harela and Egas-Bagwal that are specific to the region and not observed elsewhere. This means payroll and leave systems configured for a generic national calendar will consistently miss these dates. The October to November period is particularly dense: Dussehra, Deepawali, Govardhan Puja, Egas-Bagwal and Guru Nanak Jayanti fall within six weeks, creating the highest concentration of leave requests and attendance exceptions in the year.

Four holidays follow the Islamic lunar calendar and carry an automatic date-change provision if the moon sighting shifts a date, no separate government order is needed; the leave is automatically approved on the revised date. Managing this alongside fixed national and regional holidays requires HR teams to stay close to official state circulars as each date approaches.