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- On a Sunday. The list also names Statehood Day (25 January); Guru Ravidas's Birthday (1 February); Maha Shivratri (15 February); Bhagwan Shree Parshuram Jayanti (19 April); Diwali (Deepavali) (8 November). These fall on a Sunday, so they are not counted here.
- Five of the 24 gazetted holidays fall on a Sunday (Statehood Day 25 Jan, Guru Ravidas 1 Feb, Maha Shivratri 15 Feb, Parshuram Jayanti 19 Apr, Diwali 8 Nov); they are in sunday_listed.
- Women employees only (Annexure-II, gazetted for women incl. daily-wage workers): Raksha Bandhan 28 Aug (Fri), Karva Chauth 29 Oct (Thu), Bhai Dooj 11 Nov (Wed).
- Restricted holidays (choose 2): New Year 1 Jan, Makar Sankranti 14 Jan, Basant Panchami 23 Jan, Dayanand Saraswati birthday 12 Feb, Mahavir Jayanti 31 Mar, Easter Sunday 5 Apr, Tagore birthday 9 May, Ganesh Chaturthi 14 Sep, Dussehra Mahashtami 19 Oct, Govardhan Puja 9 Nov, Guru Tegh Bahadur martyrdom 24 Nov, Christmas Eve 24 Dec.
- Each Deputy Commissioner may declare two local holidays for district fairs and festivals; Shimla municipal-limit and Delhi-office local holidays are set by the state government.
- 1 April bank annual closing is bank-only and not a gazetted holiday.
- Id-ul-Fitr 21 Mar and Muharram 26 Jun are moon-dependent.
- Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) was gazetted for 27 May 2026. One news report says the General Administration Department moved it to Thursday 28 May. We have shown 28 May and have not seen the revised order.
- Optional holidays. All government employees may avail two restricted holidays from the Annexure-III list (12 listed by aggregators).
- Saturdays. We could not confirm which Saturdays are off for state offices, so only Sundays are counted as weekly offs.
- Source difference. Mahavir Jayanti 31 Mar: gazetted in MySarkariNaukri (25 holidays) but restricted in Current India and Keka and absent from FactoHR; resolved as restricted (3 sources, and the stated total of 24 matches).
- Source difference. greythr/hono.ai list different dates for some HP holidays (Maharana Pratap 10 May, Kabir Jayanti 5 Jun, Dayanand 20 Feb, Jamat-ul-Vida 18 Jun, no Muharram or Statehood Day) and do not separate gazetted from restricted; rejected as inconsistent with four other lists and the stated 24 count.
- Source difference. Dussehra: Keka labels 2 Oct as 'Gandhi Jayanti / Dussehra' but also lists 20 Oct Dussehra; treated as a label slip.
- 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 Himachal Pradesh calendar
If you run HR for a company with staff in Himachal Pradesh, 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
Himachal Pradesh Government list of holidays for 2026, as published by The Current India - HP govt holidays 2026, Keka HP holiday guide, FactoHR HP holidays and MySarkariNaukri HP holiday list, read on 10 November 2026. We could not find the Himachal Pradesh government order on its own site, so we compiled the list from published copies (The Current India - HP govt holidays 2026, Keka HP holiday guide, FactoHR HP holidays and MySarkariNaukri HP holiday list). They agree on every date and weekday listed here. The notification reference, General Administration Department, Govt of Himachal Pradesh, Notification No. GAD-A(F)10-8/2025 dated 23 October 2025 (gazetted holidays for calendar year 2026). Bakrid revision dated ~26 May 2026 reported by Keekli, number not given., comes from TeamLease RegTech and AscentHR (number and date); Keekli News (Bakrid revision). Official PDF text could not be fetched.. Treat this page as a checked compilation and confirm with your office circular. Weekdays were checked against the calendar. Rules last reviewed 9 November 2026.