Good to know
- On a Sunday. The list also names Bir Chilaray Divas (1 February); Kati Bihu & Durga Puja (18 October); Kali Puja & Diwali (8 November); Chhath Puja (15 November). These fall on a Sunday, so they are not counted here.
- Applies to offices under the Government of Assam and Revenue and Magisterial Courts. Educational institutions and medical/engineering colleges do not get this list automatically unless they adopt it (para 11).
- 35 full holidays in the notification; 4 of them fall on Sundays (listed in sunday_listed), so 31 are in items. Several fall on 1st/3rd/5th Saturdays: 31 Jan, 21 Mar, 18 Apr, 15 Aug, 12 Sep.
- Half holiday (offices close at 1 PM): Lakshmi Puja, Sunday 25 Oct 2026.
- 1 April (Wed) annual closing of bank accounts is for banks only.
- District Commissioners may declare one local holiday per district (Kamrup Metro: GAD declares 2); GAD may declare 2 additional holidays with the Chief Minister's approval.
- Ali Aye Ligang (18 Feb) is a full holiday only in 11 districts (Dhemaji, North Lakhimpur, Sonitpur, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Jorhat, Golaghat, Majuli, Charaideo, Biswanath) and a restricted holiday elsewhere in the original list. A March 2026 notification later made it a statewide gazetted holiday 'henceforth'; that came after 18 Feb 2026 so it does not change the 2026 list.
- Special casual leave for Matri Pitri Vandana may be taken on 9/10 Jul or 23/24 Jul 2026.
- Id-ul-Fitr and Id-ul-Zuha dates are moon-dependent; the notification says changes will be issued if a date shifts.
- Optional holidays. Each employee may avail 2 Restricted Holidays out of 39 listed in the notification.
- Source difference. The Current India printed Tirubhav Tithi of Madhabdeva as 11 Sep (Saturday); the official PDF says 1 Sep (Tuesday). Used official.
- Source difference. Aggregators label every Assam holiday 'Regional'; the official split was used instead.
- Bakrid. The date shown, 27 May, is the one in the notification we read. The Centre and several states (Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and others) moved Bakrid to 28 May after the moon sighting. We found no revision for Assam, so check your office circular.
- Festivals tied to the moon, such as the Eid festivals and Muharram, can move by a day. Any change is announced at short notice.
Building your company's Assam calendar
If you run HR for a company with staff in Assam, treat this list as your starting point. Add the national days your policy gives, decide whether you offer floating holidays, say in writing what happens when a holiday falls on a weekend, and publish the final calendar before the year begins. If you have offices in several states, keep one calendar for each.
For the central government list, see Central Government holiday list 2026.
Source
Assam Government notification e-file No. 221561/440 dated 17 November 2025, General Administration Department (file GAD-14021/18/2022-ESTT-GAD), Commissioner & Secretary M.S. Manivannan, IAS; 35 full holidays + 1 half holiday (holidays for 2026), as read from Assam GAD notification, List of Holidays 2026 (official PDF), Assam GAD notification, Ali Aye Ligang gazetted holiday (March 2026), greytHR Assam 2026 and The Current India, read on 10 November 2026. We read the notification text from Assam GAD notification, List of Holidays 2026 (official PDF), Assam GAD notification, Ali Aye Ligang gazetted holiday (March 2026), greytHR Assam 2026 and The Current India, because we could not open the copy on the Assam government site. Dates and weekdays are as printed there and checked against the calendar. Weekdays were checked against the calendar. Rules last reviewed 9 November 2026.