Good to know
- On a Sunday. The list also names Easter (28 March); Independence Day (15 August); Thiruvonam (12 September); Vijayadasami (10 October). These fall on a Sunday, so they are not counted here.
- Gazette lists 21 public holidays; none fall on a Sunday. Four listed-then-avoided festivals fall on Sunday (see sunday_listed): Easter, Independence Day, Thiruvonam, Vijayadasami.
- Three more festivals fall on a Second Saturday and are also avoided by the gazette: Milad-i-Sherif 14 Aug, First Onam 11 Sep, Mahanavami 9 Oct.
- Gazette also says 23 Mar 2027 (Tue) is a holiday for State Government offices functioning in New Delhi on account of Holi (not a Kerala holiday).
- Id-ul-Fitr, Id-ul-Ad’ha and Muharram are marked * subject to change with the moon.
- Optional holidays. 3 community-restricted holidays: Ayya Vaikunda Swami Jayanthi 4 Mar (Thu, Nadar community), Avani Avittam 17 Aug (Tue, Brahmin community), Vishwakarma Day 17 Sep (Fri, Vishwakarma community).
- Source difference. Third-party sites (instapdf etc.) give Onam 13 Sep and Deepavali 29 Oct; gazette says Third Onam 13 Sep (First Onam 11 Sep, Thiruvonam 12 Sep) and Deepavali 28 Oct. Followed gazette.
- Source difference. Aggregators cite G.O.(P) No. 20/2026/GAD dated 18 Sep 2026 (TeamLease); the gazette header read says No. 22/2026/GAD dated 1 Oct 2026. Followed gazette.
- 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 Kerala calendar
If you run HR for a company with staff in Kerala, 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 2027. The Kerala list for 2026 is at Kerala holiday list 2026.
Source
Kerala Government notification G.O.(P) No. 22/2026/GAD dated 1 October 2026, General Administration (Co-ordination) Department, Government of Keralam; Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 2800, 18 October 2026 (holidays for 2027), as read from Kerala Gazette Extraordinary 18 Oct 2026, G.O.(P) 22/2026/GAD (PDF copy hosted by AscentHR) and Second copy of the same notification (kppha.in), read on 10 November 2026. We read the notification text from Kerala Gazette Extraordinary 18 Oct 2026, G.O.(P) 22/2026/GAD (PDF copy hosted by AscentHR) and Second copy of the same notification (kppha.in), because we could not open the copy on the Kerala 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.