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Holiday List 2027 for Indian Companies

A holiday list 2027 for companies, not just for Central offices: the Central Government's holidays with every weekday worked out, the holiday law of ten States and Chandigarh, and a company holiday list that checks itself against your State's Act.

Seventeen Central holidays, six on a weekend
State rules read from each Act
A list, a calendar and a notice

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Holiday List 2027

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What's inside

What is inside the workbook

Eight sheets. Find your State on sheet 3, then build your list on sheet 4.

Sheets 1 and 2

The Central list, 2027

Seventeen gazetted holidays, the fourteen compulsory outside Delhi and thirty-two restricted holidays, each day a formula from its date.

Sheet 3

State holiday laws

Ten States and Chandigarh: the national and festival holidays each Act fixes, who picks the festivals, who is covered, the pay for working one and the deadline.

Sheet 4

Your holiday list

Pick your State and weekly off, enter your dates, and a missing national day or a short festival count turns red.

Sheets 5 and 6

Calendar and notice

A 2027 holiday calendar with your days marked, and a notice that fills itself from your list, alongside a notice for one festival.

Sheets 0 and 7

Read Me and citations

The year-end deadlines, who is paid for a holiday (day-rated and piece-rated staff need thirty days' service in ninety for most holidays in three States), what a mistake costs, the open questions and thirty citations.

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One holiday list per State

Attendo (formerly Petpooja Payroll) keeps a holiday list for each branch, so attendance and payroll count the right days.

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Why this matters

Why the Central list is not your list

Because the list most sites publish as the public holidays 2027 in India was written for Central Government offices. The DoPT order of 16-Jul-2026 gives them seventeen holidays in Delhi, and outside Delhi fourteen plus three chosen for each State. In date order: Republic Day, Tuesday 26-Jan-2027; Id-ul-Fitr, Wednesday 10-Mar-2027; Holi, Tuesday 23-Mar-2027; Good Friday, Friday 26-Mar-2027; Ram Navami, Thursday 15-Apr-2027; Mahavir Jayanti, Monday 19-Apr-2027; Bakrid, Monday 17-May-2027; Buddha Purnima, Thursday 20-May-2027; Muharram, Wednesday 16-Jun-2027; Independence Day, Sunday 15-Aug-2027; Milad-un-Nabi, Sunday 15-Aug-2027; Janmashtami, Wednesday 25-Aug-2027; Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday, Saturday 02-Oct-2027; Dussehra, Saturday 09-Oct-2027; Diwali, Friday 29-Oct-2027; Guru Nanak's Birthday, Sunday 14-Nov-2027; Christmas Day, Saturday 25-Dec-2027.

A private employer's floor comes from its State's holidays Act or Shops Act, and a State-by-State count of festival holidays shows how far apart they are, from none in a few States to thirteen paid days in Kerala. The Acts also differ on who they cover: Kerala's reaches any establishment of twenty or more persons, Uttar Pradesh's factories and any class the State notifies.

Three States set a year-end clock. Karnataka's list goes up before 31 December, in Kannada and English, after fifteen days for objections. Tamil Nadu's Form V must reach the Inspector before the year begins, and Maharashtra's four festival days are agreed before it, for establishments of ten or more workers. An Ordinance of 01-Oct-2025 raised that line to twenty, but it lapsed in January 2026 without being enacted, so ten still applies.

And 2027 is awkward. Six of the seventeen Central holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday: Independence Day and Milad-un-Nabi share Sunday, 15-Aug-2027, Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday, Dussehra and Christmas Day fall on a Saturday, and Guru Nanak's Birthday on a Sunday. Most State Acts pay the holiday notwithstanding any contract, and say nothing in terms about a substitute, so decide it and put it in the notice. That is also why Diwali is paid only where your State says.

It works the same for a components factory, a regional sales office or a hospital ward: pick the State where the staff work, not the head office's.

Preview

Three things the list settles

Each one is in the worked example, a Karnataka factory with a Sunday off, so you can see it before you replace it.

Whether the law is met. Karnataka fixes five days and five festivals; the example lists both, and a missing one turns red.
Which holidays land on the weekly off. In the example only Independence Day does, and it is flagged for a decision.
What working one pays. The notice pulls the rule from your State's Act: in the example, twice the wages, or a day's wages and another day off. For monthly staff, a per-day salary figure is a fair start on our reading.

State Rules

State	Fixed days	Festivals	Paid days	Who picks	Covers
Karnataka	5	5	10	Employer	Shops, offices, factories
Tamil Nadu	4	5	9	Inspector	Shops, offices, factories
Kerala	4	9	13	Inspector	20 or more persons
Uttar Pradesh	3	0	3	None	Factories
In the workbook					11 rows

Key stats

Three numbers behind a 2027 holiday list

17 Central holidays in Delhi for 2027

For Central Government offices only. Six fall on a Saturday or Sunday, and none gets a substitute.

Source: DoPT Office Memorandum F.No.12/2/2023-JCA, 16-Jul-2026, Annexure I and para 3.2

13 paid holidays in Kerala, the most we read

Four fixed days and nine festivals, for any establishment of twenty or more persons, managers and travelling staff excepted.

Source: Kerala Industrial Establishments (National and Festival Holidays) Act, 1958, s.2(e), s.3 and s.10

15 days for staff to object in Karnataka

Then the list goes up before 31 December, in Kannada and English. Start in early December.

Source: Karnataka Industrial Establishments (National and Festival Holidays) Rules, 1964, rules 4(1) and 5(1)

Common mistakes

6 Holiday List Mistakes Indian Employers Make

Publishing the Central list as yours

It binds Central Government offices. Your State's Act sets your count, and it can be more or fewer days.

Missing the year-end deadline

Karnataka wants the list up before 31 December; Tamil Nadu wants Form V with the Inspector before 1 January.

Leaving weekend holidays unsaid

Six Central holidays fall on a weekend in 2027. Say in the notice whether a substitute day is given.

Working a holiday at the normal rate

Most Acts owe twice the wages, or a day's wages and another day off; plan a roster for the people who work it, with 24 hours' notice where required.

Cutting a holiday mid-year

Holidays are a condition of service. Issue a circular with twenty-one days' notice first; a change without it can draw a fine up to ₹1,00,000.

Counting holidays as leave

At ten or more workers, a holiday inside a run of leave is not charged as leave.

Comparison

A copied holiday list against this workbook

A copied list

Central dates, nothing else

Binds Central offices only
No State count
Weekends never flagged
Deadline missed
Pay for working unknown

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This workbook

Eight sheets, every check a formula

Central dates and weekdays
Your State's floor checked
Weekly-off clashes flagged
Year-end clock on the Read Me
Notice states the pay rule

Publish it before January

Build the company holiday list 2027, put up the notice, then carry them into the month's salary sheet. Attendo keeps one per branch.

FAQ

Common questions

Is this holiday list 2027 template really free? +

Yes, completely. No card and no trial. The form asks for your name, work email, phone and city, then the Excel file downloads straight away. The Attendo team may follow up about payroll software, and you are free to say no thanks.

Is the Central Government holiday list 2027 binding on private companies? +

No. The DoPT order of 16-Jul-2026 fixes the gazetted holidays 2027 for Central Government offices: seventeen in Delhi, and outside Delhi fourteen plus three chosen for each State. A private employer's paid holidays come from its State's holidays Act or Shops Act. Use the Central list of holidays 2027 for the dates, and your State's law for the count.

How many paid holidays must a private company give in 2027? +

It depends on the State. Of those read for this template, Uttar Pradesh factories owe the three national holidays only, Chandigarh factories seven, Maharashtra establishments of ten or more workers eight, Tamil Nadu nine, Karnataka ten, and Kerala thirteen at twenty or more persons. Most of these Acts leave out managers. The workbook covers Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Chandigarh; Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana and West Bengal are not in it.

Independence Day 2027 is on a Sunday. Do we owe another day off? +

The Central Government gives its own offices no substitute when a holiday falls on a weekly off. For a private employer the State Acts read do not settle it in terms, while most say the holiday is paid notwithstanding any contract. Decide before you publish the list, and say it in the notice.

When must the 2027 holiday list be displayed? +

In Karnataka, before 31 December 2026, in Kannada and English, after giving the union or staff fifteen days to object. In Tamil Nadu, the Form V statement must reach the Inspector before the year begins. In Maharashtra the four festival days are agreed before it begins. Elsewhere, put it up before January.

About Attendo

Attendo (formerly Petpooja Payroll) is payroll and attendance software used by 40,000+ businesses across manufacturing, corporate offices, retail, hospitals and education. General guidance, not legal advice. This workbook is one of our free HR templates, each traced to the law.