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- On a Sunday. The list also names Sant Ravidas Jayanti (1 February); Mahashivratri (15 February); Deepawali (8 November); Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas (Bhagwan Birsa Munda Jayanti) (15 November). These fall on a Sunday, so they are not counted here.
- Official list: 25 general holidays in addition to all Sundays, for all state government offices and institutions.
- Four holidays fall on a Sunday and get no separate day: Sant Ravidas Jayanti 1 Feb, Mahashivratri 15 Feb, Deepawali 8 Nov, Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas 15 Nov.
- 1 April 2026 (Wednesday), annual closing of bank accounts, is for banks, treasuries and sub-treasuries only.
- A separate Negotiable Instruments Act schedule of 19 days (public holidays for banking purposes) is part of the same gazette; it is not the government-office list.
- Optional holidays are separate: employee chooses up to 3 of 63. Not included in items.
- Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-uz-Zuha, Muharram and Milad-un-Nabi depend on moon sighting. 27 May (Bakrid) is the gazette date; the central government and several states moved it to 28 May, and MP news reports show Eid observed 28 May. I found no MP order amending it.
- Holi is 3 March in MP (Tuesday), not the central-list 4 March; Ram Navami is 27 March, not the central 26 March.
- Optional holidays. Employees may choose up to 3 optional holidays from a list of 63 (stated by mpeducationgyandeep.in and newsjobmp.com; I read only the first page of the optional list in the gazette, which includes e.g. New Year, Hazrat Ali birthday, Makar Sankranti, Basant Panchami, Holika Dahan, Bhai Dooj, Kabir Jayanti, Rath Yatra).
- Saturdays. We could not confirm which Saturdays are off for state offices, so only Sundays are counted as weekly offs.
- Source difference. Holi: MP gazette 3 Mar (Tue) vs central list / greytHR-type lists 4 Mar. Chose 3 Mar because the MP gazette says so (and a separate MP Holi notice F.03-01/2025/1/4 is referenced by simpliance).
- Source difference. Ram Navami: MP gazette 27 Mar (Fri) vs central 26 Mar. Chose 27 Mar per gazette.
- Source difference. Bakrid: gazette 27 May (Wed). Central DoPT and UP, WB and others moved to 28 May after the moon sighting; no MP amendment found, so the gazette date is shown but may have been changed. Treat as unconfirmed.
- 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 Madhya Pradesh, 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 Madhya Pradesh calendar
If you run HR for a company with staff in Madhya 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
Madhya Pradesh Government notification Madhya Pradesh Rajpatra (Asadharan) No. 364, Bhopal, 29 December 2025; Notification No. F 3-1-2025-One-4, General Administration Department, Mantralaya, Vallabh Bhawan, Bhopal (signed Subhash Kumar Dwivedi, Additional Secretary) (holidays for 2026), as read from MP Rajpatra (Asadharan) No. 364, 29 Dec 2025 (PDF, 4 pages, hosted by mppatwari.com), mpeducationgyandeep.in, thecurrentindia.com MP list and newsjobmp.com, read on 10 November 2026. We read the notification text from MP Rajpatra (Asadharan) No. 364, 29 Dec 2025 (PDF, 4 pages, hosted by mppatwari.com), mpeducationgyandeep.in, thecurrentindia.com MP list and newsjobmp.com, because we could not open the copy on the Madhya Pradesh 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.