Puducherry Holiday Calendar 2026
Chief Secretariat (Personnel), Government of Puducherry
Puducherry Govt Calendar 2026 — Holiday List & Leave Planner
Complete Puducherry government holiday calendar for 2026 as notified by the Chief Secretariat (Personnel), Government of Puducherry — with restricted holidays, casual leave rules, long weekends, personal remarks and a printable A4 layout.
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No gazetted or restricted holiday today on the Puducherry list.
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September 2026
September 2026
September — 1 gazetted, 0 restricted
- Vinayagar Chaturthi PH
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Official holiday notification 2026
Chief Secretariat (Personnel), Government of Puducherry
Holiday List 2026
Every notified holiday, in date order. Use the filters to show only gazetted or only restricted holidays.
| # | Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | ||||
| 1 | 1 Jan 2026 | Thursday | New Year | PH |
| 2 | 15 Jan 2026 | Thursday | Pongal | PH |
| 3 | 16 Jan 2026 | Friday | Thiruvalluvar Day / Mattu Pongal | PH |
| 4 | 26 Jan 2026 | Monday | Republic Day National holiday — compulsory for all establishments | PH |
| March 2026 | ||||
| 5 | 20 Mar 2026 | Friday | Ramzan (Id-ul-Fitr) ⚠ Tentative — subject to moon sighting, may shift by 1–2 days | PH |
| April 2026 | ||||
| 6 | 3 Apr 2026 | Friday | Good Friday | PH |
| 7 | 14 Apr 2026 | Tuesday | Tamil New Year / Dr. Ambedkar Birthday | PH |
| 8 | 15 Apr 2026 | Wednesday | Vishu (2nd day) | PH |
| May 2026 | ||||
| 9 | 1 May 2026 | Friday | May Day | PH |
| 10 | 27 May 2026 | Wednesday | Bakrid (Id-ul-Adha) ⚠ Tentative — subject to moon sighting, may shift by 1–2 days Notified for 27 May 2026. The Central Government moved its own Id-ul-Zuha holiday to 28 May 2026 (DoPT O.M. F. No. 12/3/2023-JCA dated 22 May 2026) after the moon sighting, and offices outside Delhi follow the date set by their State Government. Confirm with your office before booking leave. | PH |
| 11 | 28 May 2026 | Thursday | Bakrid (Id-ul-Adha) second day ⚠ Tentative — subject to moon sighting, may shift by 1–2 days | PH |
| August 2026 | ||||
| 12 | 15 Aug 2026 | Saturday | Independence Day National holiday — compulsory for all establishments | PH |
| 13 | 25 Aug 2026 | Tuesday | Onam (1st Day) / Milad-un-Nabi ⚠ Tentative — subject to moon sighting, may shift by 1–2 days | PH |
| 14 | 26 Aug 2026 | Wednesday | Milad-un-Nabi ⚠ Tentative — subject to moon sighting, may shift by 1–2 days | PH |
| September 2026 | ||||
| 15 | 14 Sep 2026 | Monday | Vinayagar Chaturthi | PH |
| October 2026 | ||||
| 16 | 2 Oct 2026 | Friday | Gandhi Jayanti National holiday — compulsory for all establishments | PH |
| 17 | 15 Oct 2026 | Thursday | St. Theresa Festival | PH |
| 18 | 19 Oct 2026 | Monday | Saraswathi Pooja / Ayudha Pooja | PH |
| November 2026 | ||||
| 19 | 1 Nov 2026 | Sunday | Puducherry Liberation Day | PH |
| 20 | 8 Nov 2026 | Sunday | Deepavali | PH |
| December 2026 | ||||
| 21 | 25 Dec 2026 | Friday | Christmas | 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.
Pongal · Thiruvalluvar Day / Mattu Pongal · Saturday · Sunday
Saturday · Sunday · Republic Day
Ramzan (Id-ul-Fitr) · Saturday · Sunday
Good Friday · Saturday · Sunday
May Day · Saturday · Sunday
Saturday · Sunday · Vinayagar Chaturthi
Gandhi Jayanti · Saturday · Sunday
Saturday · Sunday · Saraswathi Pooja / Ayudha Pooja
Christmas · 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.
- 1Gazetted holidays are compulsory. Offices remain closed. An employee cannot be recalled without a written order and compensatory off in lieu.
- 2Restricted holidays are optional. Choose from the notified list with prior intimation to your controlling authority. Unused entitlement lapses at year end.
- 3Moon-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.
- 4Three national holidays bind everyone. Republic Day, Independence Day and Gandhi Jayanti apply to every establishment, including the private sector.
- 5A holiday on a Sunday is compensated. The preceding Saturday or following Monday is notified as a compensatory holiday by the department concerned.
Click any date on the calendar to attach a remark — a leave application, a reminder, a family function. Remarks are saved in your browser, never uploaded, and are included when you print.
Frequently asked questions
Answers based on the official notification and the leave rules that govern it.
COUNT How many holidays are there in the Puducherry government calendar 2026?
The Puducherry government holiday list for 2026 contains 21 public/gazetted holidays and 0 restricted holidays, as notified by the Chief Secretariat (Personnel), Government of Puducherry.
SOURCE Where can I download the official Puducherry holiday list 2026 PDF?
The annual holiday notification is issued by the Chief Secretariat (Personnel), Government of Puducherry and published on the department website. A direct link is added to this page as soon as the notification is released.
VS Is the Puducherry holiday list the same as the Central Government list?
No. Puducherry 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
- Chief Secretariat (Personnel), Government of Puducherry
- Page last updated
Read the original notification
Compiled from published compliance records for Puducherry 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.
Government calendars for every state & UT
Each state issues its own holiday notification. Pick yours for the exact list, restricted holidays and casual leave entitlement.
- AnAndhra Pradesh2026 · 38 holidays
- ArArunachal2026 · 46 holidays
- AsAssam2026 · 20 holidays
- BiBihar2026 · 34 holidays
- ChChhattisgarh2026 · 27 holidays
- GoGoa2026 · 22 holidays
- GuGujarat2026 · 30 holidays
- HaHaryana2026 · 33 holidays
- HiHimachal2026 · 34 holidays
- JhJharkhand2026 · 34 holidays
- KaKarnataka2026 · 41 holidays
- KeKerala2026 · 28 holidays
- MaMadhya Pradesh2026 · 30 holidays
- MaMaharashtra2026 · 25 holidays
- MaManipur2026 · 62 holidays
- MeMeghalaya2026 · 24 holidays
- MiMizoram2026 · 28 holidays
- NaNagalandComing soon
- OdOdisha2026 · 22 holidays
- PuPunjab2026 · 51 holidays
- RaRajasthan2026 · 31 holidays
- SiSikkim2026 · 37 holidays
- TaTamil Nadu2026 · 23 holidays
- TeTelangana2026 · 47 holidays
- TrTripura2026 · 24 holidays
- UtUttar Pradesh2026 · 55 holidays
- UtUttarakhand2026 · 43 holidays
- WeWest Bengal2026 · 62 holidays
- AnAndaman & Nicobar2026 · 44 holidays
- ChChandigarh2026 · 39 holidays
- DNDNH & DDComing soon
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- JaJammu & Kashmir2026 · 38 holidays
- LaLadakh2026 · 34 holidays
- LaLakshadweep2026 · 46 holidays
- PuPuducherry2026 · 21 holidays