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Goa Govt Calendar 2026 — Holiday List & Leave Planner

Complete Goa government holiday calendar for 2026 as notified by the Department of Personnel, Government of Goa — with restricted holidays, casual leave rules, long weekends, personal remarks and a printable A4 layout.

2026
Year
20
Public / GH
2
Restricted RH
0
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Tuesday, 29 September 2026
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September 2026

September 2026

September — 2 gazetted, 0 restricted

  • Ganesh Chaturthi (1st Day) PH
  • Ganesh Chaturthi (2nd Day) PH
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    Official holiday notification 2026

    Department of Personnel, Government of Goa

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    Holiday List 2026

    Every notified holiday, in date order. Use the filters to show only gazetted or only restricted holidays.

    Complete holiday list for Goa, 2026
    # Date Day Holiday Type
    January 2026
    1 1 Jan 2026 Thursday New Year Day RH
    2 26 Jan 2026 Monday Republic Day National holiday — compulsory for all establishments PH
    February 2026
    3 15 Feb 2026 Sunday Mahashivratri PH
    March 2026
    4 3 Mar 2026 Tuesday Holi PH
    5 19 Mar 2026 Thursday Gudi Padva PH
    6 21 Mar 2026 Saturday Id-ul-Fitr ⚠ Tentative — subject to moon sighting, may shift by 1–2 days PH
    7 26 Mar 2026 Thursday Ram Navami PH
    April 2026
    8 1 Apr 2026 Wednesday Yearly Closing of Accounts RH
    9 3 Apr 2026 Friday Good Friday PH
    10 14 Apr 2026 Tuesday Dr. Ambedkar Jayanti PH
    May 2026
    11 1 May 2026 Friday May Day PH
    12 28 May 2026 Thursday Id-ul-Zuha (Bakri Id) ⚠ Tentative — subject to moon sighting, may shift by 1–2 days PH
    August 2026
    13 15 Aug 2026 Saturday Independence Day National holiday — compulsory for all establishments PH
    14 25 Aug 2026 Tuesday Milad-un-Nabi (Id-e-Milad) ⚠ Tentative — subject to moon sighting, may shift by 1–2 days PH
    September 2026
    15 14 Sep 2026 Monday Ganesh Chaturthi (1st Day) PH
    16 15 Sep 2026 Tuesday Ganesh Chaturthi (2nd Day) PH
    October 2026
    17 2 Oct 2026 Friday Gandhi Jayanti National holiday — compulsory for all establishments PH
    18 20 Oct 2026 Tuesday Dussehra (Vijaya Dashami) PH
    November 2026
    19 8 Nov 2026 Sunday Diwali (Deepavali) PH
    December 2026
    20 3 Dec 2026 Thursday Feast of St. Francis Xavier PH
    21 19 Dec 2026 Saturday Goa Liberation Day PH
    22 25 Dec 2026 Friday Christmas Day PH

    Long weekends in 2026

    Stretches of three or more consecutive non-working days, counting weekends and gazetted holidays. Add one or two casual leaves around these and the break gets considerably longer.

    3 days
    24 Jan – 26 Jan 2026

    Saturday · Sunday · Republic Day

    3 days
    3 Apr – 5 Apr 2026

    Good Friday · Saturday · Sunday

    3 days
    1 May – 3 May 2026

    May Day · Saturday · Sunday

    4 days
    12 Sep – 15 Sep 2026

    Saturday · Sunday · Ganesh Chaturthi (1st Day) · Ganesh Chaturthi (2nd Day)

    3 days
    2 Oct – 4 Oct 2026

    Gandhi Jayanti · Saturday · Sunday

    3 days
    25 Dec – 27 Dec 2026

    Christmas Day · Saturday · Sunday

    How these holidays work

    The rules that decide whether you can take a day off, and what happens when a holiday lands on a weekend.

    • 1
      Gazetted holidays are compulsory. Offices remain closed. An employee cannot be recalled without a written order and compensatory off in lieu.
    • 2
      Restricted holidays are optional. Choose from the notified list with prior intimation to your controlling authority. Unused entitlement lapses at year end.
    • 3
      Moon-sighting dates can move. Id-ul-Fitr, Bakrid, Muharram and Milad-un-Nabi may shift by one or two days. Those entries are marked with an asterisk.
    • 4
      Three national holidays bind everyone. Republic Day, Independence Day and Gandhi Jayanti apply to every establishment, including the private sector.
    • 5
      A holiday on a Sunday is compensated. The preceding Saturday or following Monday is notified as a compensatory holiday by the department concerned.

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    Frequently asked questions

    Answers based on the official notification and the leave rules that govern it.

    COUNT How many holidays are there in the Goa government calendar 2026?

    The Goa government holiday list for 2026 contains 20 public/gazetted holidays and 2 restricted holidays, as notified by the Department of Personnel, Government of Goa.

    SOURCE Where can I download the official Goa holiday list 2026 PDF?

    The annual holiday notification is issued by the Department of Personnel, Government of Goa and published on the department website. A direct link is added to this page as soon as the notification is released.

    VS Is the Goa holiday list the same as the Central Government list?

    No. Goa issues its own annual holiday notification, which includes regional festivals that do not appear on the DoPT Central list, and may omit some Central holidays. Only Republic Day, Independence Day and Gandhi Jayanti are common to both. Central Government offices located within the state follow the Central list, not the state one.

    RH What is the difference between a public holiday and a restricted holiday?

    A public or gazetted holiday closes the office for everyone. A restricted holiday is optional: an employee may choose it in place of working, within the limit set by the state, and must inform the controlling officer in advance.

    Where this data comes from

    Issuing authority
    Department of Personnel, Government of Goa
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    Compiled from published compliance records for Goa and machine-checked — every date here matches the weekday recorded against it. It has not yet been read back against the original gazette notification, so treat the notification as final where the two differ. We are an independent publisher and are not affiliated with any government department. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we will fix it.

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