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- On a Sunday. The list also names Guru Ravidas Jayanti (1 February); Maha Shivratri (15 February); Parshuram Jayanti / Akshay Tritiya (19 April); Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti (11 October); Haryana Day (1 November); Diwali (8 November). These fall on a Sunday, so they are not counted here.
- Applies to all public offices under the Haryana Government.
- The notification lists 20 gazetted holidays on working days plus all Saturdays and Sundays.
- Eight festivals that fall on a closed day are explicitly excluded from the public holiday list: 6 on Sunday (see Sunday list) and 2 on Saturday (Id-ul-Fitr 21 Mar, Independence Day 15 Aug).
- Bakrid was notified for 27 May and moved to Thursday 28 May 2026 by a revision dated 25 May 2026.
- Not gazetted: Good Friday (3 Apr), Buddha Purnima (1 May), Muharram (26 Jun), Milad-un-Nabi (26 Aug), Karva Chauth, Chhath, Goverdhan Puja and others are restricted holidays (Schedule-II).
- Schedule-III (Negotiable Instruments Act holidays for banks etc.) adds Id-ul-Fitr, Buddha Purnima, Independence Day and 1 April (annual closing of bank accounts) - 1 April is a bank-only day, not a government office holiday.
- Many aggregator sites (hono.ai, greytHR, haryanacalendar.com, indianhrm) list 29-36 'holidays' mixing restricted, bank and central-list days; the notification itself has 20.
- Optional holidays. Besides gazetted holidays, all employees including outsourced employees may take any 3 holidays of their choice from 13 restricted holidays (Schedule-II).
- Source difference. Bakrid 27 May (original notification and most aggregators) vs 28 May (revision of 25 May 2026). Chose 28 May.
- Source difference. Aggregators (hono.ai, greytHR) add Eid-ul-Fitr, Good Friday, Buddha Purnima, Muharram, Milad, Karva Chauth, Haryana Day, Diwali, Chhath, Dec 26 as gazetted; the official notification excludes or marks them restricted. Official text followed.
- Source difference. Maharishi Kashyap Jayanti is 25 May in the official restricted list; thecurrentindia says 24 May and some aggregators list it as gazetted. Official text followed (restricted, not in items).
- 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 Haryana calendar
If you run HR for a company with staff in Haryana, 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
Haryana Government notification No. 28/67/2008-1HR-I dated 16 December 2025, Government of Haryana, Human Resources Department; Bakrid revised by the same file number on 25 May 2026 (holidays for 2026), as read from Haryana HR Dept notification 28/67/2008-1HR-I (PDF copy on QuickSarkari), The Current India (cites csharyana.gov.in), QuickSarkari and TeamLease RegTech - Haryana revises Bakrid, read on 10 November 2026. We read the notification text from Haryana HR Dept notification 28/67/2008-1HR-I (PDF copy on QuickSarkari), The Current India (cites csharyana.gov.in), QuickSarkari and TeamLease RegTech - Haryana revises Bakrid, because we could not open the copy on the Haryana 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.