Plan ahead
Long weekends in 2027
The 2027 holidays for central government offices, turned into trip plans: the long weekends you get for free, and where one or two days of leave buys you four or five days off.
Free long weekends
3 days off for Good Friday. No leave needed.
3 days off for Mahavir Jayanti. No leave needed.
3 days off for Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid). No leave needed.
3 days off for Diwali. No leave needed.
Take a day or two, get a holiday
Take Mon 25 Jan as leave to be off from Sat 23 Jan to Tue 26 Jan.
Take Thu 11 Mar and Fri 12 Mar as leave to be off from Wed 10 Mar to Sun 14 Mar.
Take Mon 22 Mar as leave to be off from Sat 20 Mar to Tue 23 Mar.
Take Thu 25 Mar as leave to be off from Thu 25 Mar to Sun 28 Mar.
Take Fri 16 Apr as leave to be off from Thu 15 Apr to Mon 19 Apr.
Take Tue 20 Apr as leave to be off from Sat 17 Apr to Tue 20 Apr.
Take Tue 18 May as leave to be off from Sat 15 May to Tue 18 May.
Take Fri 21 May as leave to be off from Thu 20 May to Sun 23 May.
Take Thu 17 Jun and Fri 18 Jun as leave to be off from Wed 16 Jun to Sun 20 Jun.
Take Thu 26 Aug and Fri 27 Aug as leave to be off from Wed 25 Aug to Sun 29 Aug.
Take Thu 28 Oct as leave to be off from Thu 28 Oct to Sun 31 Oct.
All 2027 gazetted holidays
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| Tue 26 Jan | Republic Day |
| Wed 10 Mar | Id-ul-Fitr |
| Tue 23 Mar | Holi |
| Fri 26 Mar | Good Friday |
| Thu 15 Apr | Ram Navami |
| Mon 19 Apr | Mahavir Jayanti |
| Mon 17 May | Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) |
| Thu 20 May | Buddha Purnima |
| Wed 16 Jun | Muharram |
| Sun 15 Aug | Independence Day and Milad-un-Nabi |
| Wed 25 Aug | Janmashtami |
| Sat 2 Oct | Gandhi Jayanti |
| Sat 9 Oct | Dussehra |
| Fri 29 Oct | Diwali |
| Sun 14 Nov | Guru Nanak Jayanti |
| Sat 25 Dec | Christmas |
Gazetted holidays for central government offices in Delhi and New Delhi, DoP&T O.M. No. 12/2/2023-JCA, 16 July 2026 (text of the order). State governments, banks and private employers publish their own lists, so check yours. Plans are worked out from this list; checked 19 Oct 2026.
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