Public holidays in India 2026
6 national public holidays in India in 2026. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday. Next: Christmas Day on 25 December (Friday).
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| 26 January | Monday | Republic Day |
| 3 April | Friday | Good Friday |
| 14 April | Tuesday | Ambedkar Jayanti |
| 15 August | Saturday | Independence Day |
| 2 October | Friday | Gandhi Jayanti |
| 25 December | Friday | Christmas Day |
Regional holidays
Some holidays apply only in parts of India. The API returns them with the region parameter, e.g. region=AN for Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Regions: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Daman and Diu, Delhi, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Manipur, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
Source: date-holidays rules v3.26.5 (ISC (data: CC BY-SA 3.0)). About our data
Get this data from the API
Get these dates as JSON, check whether a date is a working day in India, or add working days that skip weekends and holidays.
curl "https://apistack.online/api/data/public-holidays/v1?country=IN&year=2026" \
-H "x-api-key: $APISTACK_API_KEY"