Long weekends 2027 in India

India has 14 public holidays in 2027, taken from the official government list. 6 fall on a weekend.

Leave rules differ by employer and contract in India, so the planner shows every budget from one to ten days. Among the 16 countries we cover outside our main markets, India ranks number 4 for full days off this year.

35 more days appear on the official list without counting here: New Year's Day (1 January, not a day off for most workers), Makar Sankranti/Magha Bihu (14 January, not a day off for most workers), Pongal/Guru Gobind Singh's Birthday (15 January, not a day off for most workers), Basant Panchami/Sri Panchami (11 February, not a day off for most workers), Shiva Ji Jayanti (19 February, not a day off for most workers) and Guru Ravi Das's Birthday (20 February, not a day off for most workers). The planner leaves them out so every break works for everyone in India.

Each break below starts and ends on a free day, contains at least one public holiday, and needs no more than 10 days of leave. They are ranked by how many days off each day of leave brings.

23 to 26 January: 1 day of leave (25 January) around Republic Day gives 4 days off, 4.0 days for every day used.

Around Id-ul-Fitr, 2 days of leave on Mon 8 March and Tue 9 March unlock 5 days away, 6 to 10 March.

Around Good Friday, 4 days of leave on Mon 22 March, Tue 23 March, Wed 24 March and Thu 25 March unlock 9 days away, 20 to 28 March.

Around Mahavir Jayanti, 4 days of leave on Tue 20 April, Wed 21 April, Thu 22 April and Fri 23 April unlock 9 days away, 17 to 25 April.

20 to 23 May: 1 day of leave (21 May) around Budha Purnima gives 4 days off, 4.0 days for every day used.

Around Muharram, 2 days of leave on Mon 14 June and Tue 15 June unlock 5 days away, 12 to 16 June.

With 1 day of leave the longest run you can build is 4 days, 23 to 26 January. Three days stretch to 9 days off (15 to 23 May). Five days, a typical week, become 10 days off around Good Friday, 26 March to 4 April.

Ten days, the most this planner books in one go, give 17 days in a row, 26 March to 11 April. For nine days or more away you need 3 days of leave.

Winter: Republic Day on 26 January and Christmas Day on 25 December. The pick of the season is 23 to 26 January with 1 day of leave for 4 days off.

Spring: Id-ul-Fitr on 10 March, Good Friday on 26 March, Mahavir Jayanti on 19 April, Id- ul- Zuha (Bakrid) on 17 May and Budha Purnima on 20 May. The pick of the season is 20 to 23 May with 1 day of leave for 4 days off.

Summer: Muharram on 16 June, Independence Day on 15 August and Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) on 15 August. The pick of the season is 12 to 16 June with 2 days of leave for 5 days off.

Autumn: Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday on 2 October, Dussehra (Vijaya Dashmi) on 9 October, Diwali (Deepavali) on 29 October and Guru Nanak's Birthday on 14 November. The pick of the season is 23 to 31 October with 4 days of leave for 9 days off.

From India, long weekends suit Goa's beaches in the cool dry months, the hill stations of Shimla, Munnar and Darjeeling in the summer heat, and Rajasthan's forts and palaces from October to March. Kerala's backwaters are lovely after the monsoon.

Your strongest breaks this year fall in January, March and April, so pick the trip that suits that season, and book early: everyone else in India has the same days off.

2026 is planned as well, each with its own dates and breaks. 2028 follows as soon as the official list is out; we add it on the day it is published.

Holiday dates move every year: fixed-date days change their weekday, and Easter moves between late March and late April, which is why the best breaks are never the same twice.

Every date on this page comes from the official source for India: National Portal of India: Holiday Calendar, central list 'as per the Circular issued by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions' and the States and Union Territories holiday calendars and DoPT office memorandum on holidays, read directly and compared day by day with an independent second source. A year appears once its official list is published, and we never fill a gap with another country's dates.

The planner treats weekends and full public holidays as free days and works out where your days of leave turn into the longest time off. Days kept in part of India or as observances are shown but never counted. Last checked on 1 October 2026.