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Tamil Nadu Govt Calendar 2026 — Holiday List & Leave Planner

Complete Tamil Nadu government holiday calendar for 2026 as notified by the Public (Miscellaneous) Department, Government of Tamil Nadu — with restricted holidays, casual leave rules, long weekends, personal remarks and a printable A4 layout.

2026
Year
22
Public / GH
1
Restricted RH
0
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Tuesday, 29 September 2026
Working day

No gazetted or restricted holiday today on the Tamil Nadu list.

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Gandhi Jayanti

2 Oct 2026 · Public Holiday · in 3 days

September 2026

September 2026

September — 2 gazetted, 0 restricted

  • Krishna Jayanthi PH
  • Vinayakar Chathurthi PH
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    Official holiday notification 2026

    Public (Miscellaneous) Department, Government of Tamil Nadu

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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 Tamil Nadu, 2026
    # Date Day Holiday Type
    January 2026
    1 1 Jan 2026 Thursday New Year's Day RH
    2 15 Jan 2026 Thursday Pongal PH
    3 16 Jan 2026 Friday Thiruvalluvar Day PH
    4 17 Jan 2026 Saturday Uzhavar Thirunal PH
    5 26 Jan 2026 Monday Republic Day National holiday — compulsory for all establishments PH
    February 2026
    6 1 Feb 2026 Sunday Thai Poosam PH
    March 2026
    7 19 Mar 2026 Thursday Telugu New Year's Day PH
    8 21 Mar 2026 Saturday Ramzan (Idul Fitr) ⚠ Tentative — subject to moon sighting, may shift by 1–2 days PH
    9 31 Mar 2026 Tuesday Mahaveer Jayanthi PH
    April 2026
    10 1 Apr 2026 Wednesday Annual Closing of Accounts for Commercial and Co-operative Banks BANK
    11 3 Apr 2026 Friday Good Friday PH
    12 14 Apr 2026 Tuesday Tamil New Year's Day / Dr. B. R. Ambedkar's Birthday PH
    May 2026
    13 1 May 2026 Friday May Day PH
    14 28 May 2026 Thursday Bakrid (Idul Azha) ⚠ Tentative — subject to moon sighting, may shift by 1–2 days PH
    June 2026
    15 26 Jun 2026 Friday Muharram ⚠ Tentative — subject to moon sighting, may shift by 1–2 days PH
    August 2026
    16 15 Aug 2026 Saturday Independence Day National holiday — compulsory for all establishments PH
    17 26 Aug 2026 Wednesday Milad-un-Nabi ⚠ Tentative — subject to moon sighting, may shift by 1–2 days PH
    September 2026
    18 4 Sep 2026 Friday Krishna Jayanthi PH
    19 14 Sep 2026 Monday Vinayakar Chathurthi PH
    October 2026
    20 2 Oct 2026 Friday Gandhi Jayanti National holiday — compulsory for all establishments PH
    21 19 Oct 2026 Monday Ayutha Pooja PH
    22 20 Oct 2026 Tuesday Vijaya Dasami PH
    November 2026
    23 8 Nov 2026 Sunday Deepavali PH
    December 2026
    24 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.

    4 days
    15 Jan – 18 Jan 2026

    Pongal · Thiruvalluvar Day · Uzhavar Thirunal · Sunday

    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

    3 days
    26 Jun – 28 Jun 2026

    Muharram · Saturday · Sunday

    3 days
    4 Sep – 6 Sep 2026

    Krishna Jayanthi · Saturday · Sunday

    3 days
    12 Sep – 14 Sep 2026

    Saturday · Sunday · Vinayakar Chathurthi

    3 days
    2 Oct – 4 Oct 2026

    Gandhi Jayanti · Saturday · Sunday

    4 days
    17 Oct – 20 Oct 2026

    Saturday · Sunday · Ayutha Pooja · Vijaya Dasami

    3 days
    25 Dec – 27 Dec 2026

    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.

    • 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 Tamil Nadu government calendar 2026?

    The Tamil Nadu government holiday list for 2026 contains 22 public/gazetted holidays and 1 restricted holidays, as notified by the Public (Miscellaneous) Department, Government of Tamil Nadu.

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

    The annual holiday notification is issued by the Public (Miscellaneous) Department, Government of Tamil Nadu and published on the department website. A direct link is added to this page as soon as the notification is released.

    VS Is the Tamil Nadu holiday list the same as the Central Government list?

    No. Tamil Nadu 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
    Public (Miscellaneous) Department, Government of Tamil Nadu
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    Compiled from published compliance records for Tamil Nadu 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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