Good to know
- On a Sunday. The list also names Saga Dawa (31 May); Lhabab Duechen (1 November); Losoong/Namsoong (13 December). These fall on a Sunday, so they are not counted here.
- Multi-day entries expanded to one row per day: Durga Puja 19-23 Oct, Laxmi Puja (Deepawali) 9-11 Nov, Losoong/Namsoong 9-14 Dec. Holi and Bhumchu share 3 Mar (rows 7 and 8) and are merged; Nyengpa Guzom/Chasok Tongnam share 15 Dec; Puhgal Parim and Teyongsi Sirijunga Sawan Tongnam share 23 Dec.
- The notification total is 49 days; Saga Dawa (31 May), Lhabab Duechen (1 Nov) and one Losoong/Namsoong day (13 Dec) fall on Sundays and are in sunday_listed.
- Weekdays were recomputed from the 2026 calendar in code; see conflicts for any difference from the printed weekday.
- The notification lists no Bakrid / Id-uz-Zuha for 2026 (Id-Ul-Fitr 21 Mar is the only Eid listed). Any later amendment to the schedule was not searched for.
- Optional holidays. Restricted holidays (one per employee per year): Labour Day 1 May (Fri), Ubhauli Sakewa 7 May (Thu), Birthday of Late Tenzing Norgay Sherpa 29 May (Fri), Birthday of H.H. The Dalai Lama 6 Jul (Mon), Sarathi (Chalak) Diwas 27 Jul (Mon), Chhat Puja 15 Nov (printed Tuesday; actual weekday is Sunday), Birth-anniversary of Shri Satya Sai Baba 23 Nov (Mon).
- Source difference. Earlier secondary sources (greytHR, labhgrow, factohr, mysarkarinaukri) disagreed on Saga Dawa, Pang Lhabsol, Tendong Lho Rum Faat, Lhabab Duechen, Sakewa, Id-ul-Fitr, Holi, Maghe Sankranti; the official text settles all: Saga Dawa 31 May, Pang Lhabsol 28 Aug, Tendong 8 Aug, Lhabab Duechen 1 Nov, Sakewa 30 Nov, Id-Ul-Fitr 21 Mar, Holi 3 Mar, Maghe Sankranti 15 Jan. Losoong/Namsoong 9-14 Dec is in the official list.
- 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 Sikkim calendar
If you run HR for a company with staff in Sikkim, 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 Sikkim list for 2027 is at Sikkim holiday list 2027.
Source
Sikkim Government notification No. 89/Home/2025 dated 10.10.2025, Home Department, Govt of Sikkim (R. Telang, Chief Secretary; File No. Home/Confdl./134/2025); Sikkim Government Gazette Extraordinary No. 391 dated 11.10.2025; 41 schedule rows, total 49 days; 7 restricted holidays, one per employee per year (holidays for 2026), as read from Government of Sikkim Gazette Extraordinary No. 391 (scan hosted by AscentHR) and AscentHR notification page, read on 10 November 2026. We read the notification text from Government of Sikkim Gazette Extraordinary No. 391 (scan hosted by AscentHR) and AscentHR notification page, because we could not open the copy on the Sikkim 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.