Good to know
- On a Sunday. The list also names Puducherry Liberation Day (1 November); Deepavali (8 November). These fall on a Sunday, so they are not counted here.
- Dates follow the Puducherry and Karaikal region list as amended. Mahe differs: Id-ul-Fitr stays Fri 20 Mar.
- Original gazette had 17 holidays; Bhogi 14 Jan (comp. working Sat 31 Jan) and Muharram 26 Jun (comp. working Sat 4 Jul) were added, Deepavali got an extra holiday Mon 9 Nov (comp. working Sat 21 Nov).
- Thu 9 Apr 2026 was a one-off paid holiday for the Legislative Assembly election (G.O. Ms. No. 25); not listed.
- Puducherry Liberation Day 1 Nov and Deepavali 8 Nov fall on Sunday; De jure Transfer Day 16 Aug (Sunday) is excluded by the G.O.
- Independence Day 15 Aug is a Saturday and stays listed.
- Bakrid 28 May is in the original G.O. itself.
- Optional holidays. Each employee may take 2 restricted holidays from Appendix-III (Bhogi no longer restricted, now a holiday). Muharram 26 Jun was restricted, now a holiday. Mahe and Yanam regions have their own lists (Mahe: only Jan 1, Jan 26, Mar 20, Apr 3, Apr 14 etc.).
- Saturdays. We could not confirm which Saturdays are off for state offices, so only Sundays are counted as weekly offs.
- Source difference. Id-ul-Fitr: 20 Mar in original G.O. 73 vs 21 Mar in G.O. 22 of 19.03.2026. Used 21 Mar.
- Source difference. Deepavali: 8 Nov (Sunday, original) vs additional Monday 9 Nov (G.O. 108). Both kept; 8 Nov in sunday_listed.
- Source difference. greytHR/aggregators list Pongal 14 Jan; official Pongal is 15 Jan, 14 Jan is Bhogi (added by G.O. 2).
- 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 Puducherry calendar
If you run HR for a company with staff in Puducherry, 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. The Puducherry list for 2027 is at Puducherry holiday list 2027.
Source
Puducherry Government notification G.O. Ms. No. 73 dated 11 Nov 2025, Home Department (Gazette Part I Extraordinary No. 117, 13 Nov 2025); amended by G.O. Ms. No. 2 (13.01.2026, Bhogi 14 Jan), G.O. Ms. No. 22 (19.03.2026, Id-ul-Fitr 20 Mar to 21 Mar), G.O. Ms. No. 53 (25.06.2026, Muharram 26 Jun), G.O. Ms. No. 108 (04.11.2026, Deepavali Monday 9 Nov) (holidays for 2026), as read from Puducherry Home Dept G.O. Ms. No. 73 (Gazette), G.O. Ms. No. 2, G.O. Ms. No. 22 and G.O. Ms. No. 53, read on 10 November 2026. We read the notification text on the government site (Puducherry Home Dept G.O. Ms. No. 73 (Gazette), G.O. Ms. No. 2, G.O. Ms. No. 22 and G.O. Ms. No. 53). Dates and weekdays are as printed there and checked against the calendar. Weekdays were checked against the calendar. Rules last reviewed 9 November 2026.