The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has notified 17 gazetted holidays for Central Government offices in Delhi and New Delhi for 2027, and each employee may also avail any two of the 32 restricted holidays during the year.
Five of these dates fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2027, covering six named occasions since Independence Day and Milad-un-Nabi coincide on August 15: Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday (Saturday), Dussehra (Saturday) and Christmas Day (Saturday) also land on weekends, alongside Guru Nanak’s Birthday (Sunday). Per standard DoPT practice, no substitute holiday is permitted when a gazetted holiday falls on a weekly off.
For offices located outside Delhi and New Delhi, 14 of the 17 holidays are compulsory nationwide, among them Republic Day, Independence Day, Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday, Buddha Purnima, Christmas Day, Dussehra, Diwali, Good Friday, Guru Nanak’s Birthday, Id-ul-Fitr, Id-ul-Zuha, Mahavir Jayanti, Muharram and Id-e-Milad.
The Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee at each state capital will choose the remaining three from a notified set of 12 optional occasions, and the final list will apply uniformly across that state’s Central Government offices for the year.
Each employee may additionally avail any two of the 32 restricted holidays listed in Annexure II of the same memorandum, subject to approval from their controlling officer; these days cannot be carried forward, combined beyond two, or exchanged for cash. The restricted list includes widely observed regional and festival occasions such as New Year’s Day, Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Maha Shivratri, Ugadi, Vaisakhi, Rath Yatra, Raksha Bandhan, Ganesh Chaturthi, Onam, Karwa Chauth, Chhath Puja and Christmas Eve.
The DoPT list applies to Central Government offices, public sector undertakings and nationalised banks. Private employers are not bound by it, though many Indian companies use it as a reference calendar when finalising their own 2027 holiday lists and floating-holiday policies, alongside state government notifications that typically add further regional and festival dates.
Reference: Full 2027 Central Government Holiday List
(Annexure I and Annexure II, DoPT Office Memorandum F.No.12/2/2023-JCA, dated July 16, 2026, for Delhi/New Delhi offices)
Gazetted Holidays (17)
| Holiday | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| Republic Day | January 26 | Tuesday |
| Id-ul-Fitr | March 10 | Wednesday |
| Holi | March 23 | Tuesday |
| Good Friday | March 26 | Friday |
| Ram Navami | April 15 | Thursday |
| Mahavir Jayanti | April 19 | Monday |
| Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) | May 17 | Monday |
| Buddha Purnima | May 20 | Thursday |
| Muharram | June 16 | Wednesday |
| Independence Day | August 15 | Sunday |
| Milad-un-Nabi / Id-e-Milad (Prophet Mohammad’s Birthday) | August 15 | Sunday |
| Janmashtami (Vaishnav) | August 25 | Wednesday |
| Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday | October 2 | Saturday |
| Dussehra (Vijaya Dashmi) | October 9 | Saturday |
| Diwali (Deepavali) | October 29 | Friday |
| Guru Nanak’s Birthday | November 14 | Sunday |
| Christmas Day | December 25 | Saturday |
Restricted Holidays (32): Employees may choose any two
| Holiday | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| New Year’s Day | January 1 | Friday |
| Makar Sankranti / Magha Bihu | January 14 | Thursday |
| Pongal / Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday | January 15 | Friday |
| Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami | February 11 | Thursday |
| Shivaji Jayanti | February 19 | Friday |
| Guru Ravidas’s Birthday | February 20 | Saturday |
| Swami Dayananda Saraswati’s Birthday | March 2 | Tuesday |
| Jamat-ul-Vida | March 5 | Friday |
| Maha Shivratri | March 6 | Saturday |
| Holika Dahan / Dolyatra | March 22 | Monday |
| Easter Sunday | March 28 | Sunday |
| Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava / Ugadi / Cheti Chand / 1st Navratra | April 7 | Wednesday |
| Vaisakhi / Vishu / Meshadi (Tamil New Year) | April 14 | Wednesday |
| Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam) | April 15 | Thursday |
| Guru Rabindranath Tagore’s Birthday | May 9 | Sunday |
| Rath Yatra | July 5 | Monday |
| Parsi New Year’s Day / Navroz | August 15 | Sunday |
| Raksha Bandhan | August 17 | Tuesday |
| Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayak Chaturthi | September 4 | Saturday |
| Onam / Thiru Onam Day | September 12 | Sunday |
| Dussehra (Saptami) | October 6 | Wednesday |
| Dussehra (Mahashtami) | October 7 | Thursday |
| Dussehra (Mahanavami) | October 8 | Friday |
| Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday | October 15 | Friday |
| Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chauth) | October 18 | Monday |
| Naraka Chaturdasi | October 28 | Thursday |
| Govardhan Puja | October 30 | Saturday |
| Bhai Dooj | October 31 | Sunday |
| Pratihar Shashthi / Surya Shashthi (Chhath Puja) | November 4 | Thursday |
| Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day | November 24 | Wednesday |
| Hazrat Ali’s Birthday | December 12 | Sunday |
| Christmas Eve | December 24 | Friday |
