Good to know
- Weekly offs. The order says state offices are closed on all Sundays and second Saturdays. Several holidays on the list fall on a Sunday: Maha Shivaratri, the day after Ramzan, Babu Jagjivan Ram's birthday, Saddula Bathukamma and Deepavali.
- Optional holidays. Employees may take up to five optional holidays from a separate list (Annexure-II) with prior written permission. This page does not cover that list.
- Who it covers. The order says these holidays do not automatically apply to industrial establishments, public undertakings, public works departments or educational institutions. Separate orders are to be issued for them.
- Bonalu. The lists we followed give Monday 10 August 2026. One outlet printed 8 August, so check your office circular.
- Eidul Fitr, Eidul Azha, Muharram and Eid Miladun Nabi depend on the moon. The order says any change is announced through the media.
Building your company's Telangana calendar
If you run HR for a company with staff in Telangana, 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
Telangana Government Order G.O.Rt.No.1715, General Administration (SPL.E) Department, dated 6 December 2025 (Annexure-I, general holidays for 2026), as reproduced by Schools360 and Siasat, read on 10 November 2026. We could not open the order on the Telangana government site, so we read it as reproduced by Schools360 (which gives the order number, date and weekdays) and checked every date against Siasat. They agree. A third report, The Hans India, prints different dates for Bonalu, Vinayaka Chavithi, Saddula Bathukamma, Babu Jagjivan Ram's birthday and Muharram. We did not follow it, because its Saddula Bathukamma date of 10 October contradicts its own note that this holiday falls on a Sunday. Weekdays were checked against the calendar. Rules last reviewed 9 November 2026.