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Jammu and Kashmir Govt Calendar 2026 — Holiday List & Leave Planner

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

2026
Year
38
Public / GH
0
Restricted RH
0
Your remarks
Tuesday, 29 September 2026
Working day

No gazetted or restricted holiday today on the Jammu and Kashmir list.

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Mahatma Gandhi Birthday

2 Oct 2026 · Public Holiday · in 3 days

September 2026

September 2026

September — 2 gazetted, 0 restricted

  • Janmashtami PH
  • Birthday of Maharaja Hari Singh PH
  • Gazetted / Public holiday
  • Restricted holiday (RH)
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  • Weekend
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    Official holiday notification 2026

    General Administration Department, Government of Jammu and Kashmir

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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 Jammu and Kashmir, 2026
    # Date Day Holiday Type
    January 2026
    1 5 Jan 2026 Monday Guru Gobind Singh Birthday PH
    2 13 Jan 2026 Tuesday Lohri PH
    3 17 Jan 2026 Saturday Shab-i-Miraj PH
    4 23 Jan 2026 Friday Friday following Shab-i-Miraj PH
    5 26 Jan 2026 Monday Republic Day National holiday — compulsory for all establishments PH
    February 2026
    6 1 Feb 2026 Sunday Shri Guru Ravidas Birthday PH
    7 15 Feb 2026 Sunday Mahashivratri PH
    March 2026
    8 4 Mar 2026 Wednesday Holi PH
    9 17 Mar 2026 Tuesday Shab-i-Qadr PH
    10 19 Mar 2026 Thursday First Navratra PH
    11 20 Mar 2026 Friday Jumat-ul-Vida ⚠ Tentative — subject to moon sighting, may shift by 1–2 days PH
    12 21 Mar 2026 Saturday Nauroz / Eid-ul-Fitr ⚠ Tentative — subject to moon sighting, may shift by 1–2 days PH
    13 26 Mar 2026 Thursday Ram Navami / Mela Bahu Fort PH
    14 31 Mar 2026 Tuesday Mahavir Jayanti PH
    April 2026
    15 3 Apr 2026 Friday Good Friday PH
    16 14 Apr 2026 Tuesday Baisakhi / Birthday of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar PH
    17 19 Apr 2026 Sunday Parshuram Jayanti PH
    May 2026
    18 1 May 2026 Friday Buddha Purnima PH
    19 23 May 2026 Saturday Urs Shah-i-Hamdan Sahib PH
    June 2026
    20 16 Jun 2026 Tuesday Martyrdom Day of Guru Arjan Dev PH
    21 21 Jun 2026 Sunday Urs Shah Farid-ud-Din Sahib PH
    22 22 Jun 2026 Monday Mela Khir Bhawani PH
    23 26 Jun 2026 Friday Ashoora PH
    24 29 Jun 2026 Monday Kabir Jayanti PH
    July 2026
    25 5 Jul 2026 Sunday Guru Hargobind Birthday PH
    August 2026
    26 15 Aug 2026 Saturday Independence Day National holiday — compulsory for all establishments PH
    27 26 Aug 2026 Wednesday Eid-i-Milad-ul-Nabi ⚠ Tentative — subject to moon sighting, may shift by 1–2 days PH
    28 28 Aug 2026 Friday Friday following Eid-i-Milad-ul-Nabi / Raksha Bandhan ⚠ Tentative — subject to moon sighting, may shift by 1–2 days PH
    September 2026
    29 4 Sep 2026 Friday Janmashtami PH
    30 23 Sep 2026 Wednesday Birthday of Maharaja Hari Singh PH
    October 2026
    31 2 Oct 2026 Friday Mahatma Gandhi Birthday National holiday — compulsory for all establishments PH
    32 8 Oct 2026 Thursday Urs Sheikh Noor-ud-Din Sahib PH
    33 20 Oct 2026 Tuesday Mahanavami / Dussehra PH
    34 26 Oct 2026 Monday Accession Day PH
    November 2026
    35 8 Nov 2026 Sunday Diwali PH
    36 10 Nov 2026 Tuesday Urs Shah Asrar-ud-Din Sahib PH
    37 24 Nov 2026 Tuesday Guru Nanak Dev Birthday PH
    December 2026
    38 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
    3 Jan – 5 Jan 2026

    Saturday · Sunday · Guru Gobind Singh Birthday

    4 days
    23 Jan – 26 Jan 2026

    Friday following Shab-i-Miraj · Saturday · Sunday · Republic Day

    4 days
    19 Mar – 22 Mar 2026

    First Navratra · Jumat-ul-Vida · Nauroz / Eid-ul-Fitr · Sunday

    3 days
    3 Apr – 5 Apr 2026

    Good Friday · Saturday · Sunday

    3 days
    1 May – 3 May 2026

    Buddha Purnima · Saturday · Sunday

    3 days
    20 Jun – 22 Jun 2026

    Saturday · Urs Shah Farid-ud-Din Sahib · Mela Khir Bhawani

    4 days
    26 Jun – 29 Jun 2026

    Ashoora · Saturday · Sunday · Kabir Jayanti

    3 days
    28 Aug – 30 Aug 2026

    Friday following Eid-i-Milad-ul-Nabi / Raksha Bandhan · Saturday · Sunday

    3 days
    4 Sep – 6 Sep 2026

    Janmashtami · Saturday · Sunday

    3 days
    2 Oct – 4 Oct 2026

    Mahatma Gandhi Birthday · Saturday · Sunday

    3 days
    24 Oct – 26 Oct 2026

    Saturday · Sunday · Accession Day

    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 Jammu and Kashmir government calendar 2026?

    The Jammu and Kashmir government holiday list for 2026 contains 38 public/gazetted holidays and 0 restricted holidays, as notified by the General Administration Department, Government of Jammu and Kashmir.

    SOURCE Where can I download the official Jammu and Kashmir holiday list 2026 PDF?

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

    VS Is the Jammu and Kashmir holiday list the same as the Central Government list?

    No. Jammu and Kashmir 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
    General Administration Department, Government of Jammu and Kashmir
    Page last updated

    Read the original notification

    Compiled from published compliance records for Jammu and Kashmir 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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