UP School Holidays List 2026: UP government has released the new holiday calendar for 2026. This time there will be 24 government and 31 restricted holidays. Due to connection with many festival weekends, children and employees will get the benefit of continuous holidays. See full list
Uttar Pradesh Holidays List 2026: UP government has released the new government holidays calendar for 2026. A total of 24 public holidays and 31 restricted holidays have been included in the new calendar. The special thing is that this time there has been no change in the number of holidays, but there are many festivals due to which children and employees will get the benefit of continuous holidays. This will give students a good break between studies and also a chance to hang out with their family.
Uttar Pradesh Holidays Number and New Update in 2026
The number of holidays in the new calendar has been kept the same as last year. However, the dates of some festivals have been changed. According to the order issued by Principal Secretary Manish Chauhan, Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti holiday was earlier declared on January 5, but now it will be considered on December 27, 2025 and has been kept in restricted holiday. Apart from this, there will be a holiday on April 1 due to the annual closure of bank accounts. Schools and government offices will also remain closed on this day.
School children will get the benefit of continuous holidays
There are many occasions in the 2026 holiday calendar when children will get consecutive holidays without any break.
Hazrat Ali’s birthday is on 3rd January and Sunday is on 4th January, i.e. two days continuous holiday.
25 January Sunday and 26 January Republic Day Monday, i.e. two consecutive days of holidays.
You will get the benefit of long weekend in March also
Sunday 1 March,
Holika Dahan Monday, March 2
4th March Holi Wednesday.
There will be a queue for festivals in November also
Diwali (Sunday) on 8th November,
Govardhan Puja (Monday) on 9th November,
Bhaiya Dooj and Chitragupta Jayanti on 11th November.
Guru Nanak Jayanti on 24th November.
There will be a holiday on Christmas Day on 25th December.
In this way, in November, children will get some relief from the stress of studies and ample opportunity to spend time with family.
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UP Govt Holiday Calendar 2026: List of Uttar Pradesh government holidays
- 3 January (Saturday) – Public holiday of Hazrat Ali’s birthday.
- 26 January (Monday) – Public holiday in the entire state on Republic Day.
- 15 February (Sunday) – Holy festival of Mahashivratri, public holiday on this day.
- 2 March (Monday) – Public holiday on the occasion of Holika Dahan.
- March 4 (Wednesday) – Government holiday on the festival of colors Holi.
- 21 March (Saturday) – Public holiday on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.
- 26 March (Thursday) – Government holiday on the holy festival of Ram Navami.
- 31 March (Tuesday) – Public holiday on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti.
- 3 April (Friday) – Holiday in the entire state on Good Friday.
- 14 April (Tuesday) – Public holiday on Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Jayanti.
- 1 May (Friday) – Government holiday on the occasion of Buddha Purnima.
- 27 May (Wednesday) – Public holiday on Bakrid (Eid-ul-Azha).
- 26 June (Thursday) – Government holiday on the holy day of Moharram.
- 15 August (Saturday) – National holiday on Independence Day.
- 26 August (Wednesday) – Public holiday on the occasion of Eid-e-Milad.
- 28 August (Friday) – Public holiday in the state on Raksha Bandhan.
- 4 September (Friday) – Holiday on the occasion of Janmashtami.
- 2 October (Friday) – National holiday on Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti.
- 20 October (Tuesday) – Holiday on the holy festival of Dussehra/Vijayadashami.
- 8 November (Sunday) – Public holiday on the auspicious occasion of Diwali.
- 9 November (Monday) – Government holiday on the day of Govardhan Puja.
- 11 November (Wednesday) – Public holiday on Bhaiya Dooj/Chitragupta Jayanti.
- 24 November (Tuesday) – Holiday on the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti.
- 25 December (Friday) – Public holiday in the entire state on Christmas Day.
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List of restricted holidays in UP year 2026
- January 1 (Thursday) – Declared a restricted holiday on New Year’s Day.
- 14 January (Wednesday) – Restricted holiday on the occasion of Makar Sankranti.
- 23 January (Friday) – Provision for restricted holiday on Basant Panchami.
- 24 January (Saturday) – Restricted holiday on Jannayak Karpoori Thakur Jayanti.
- 1 February (Sunday) – Restricted holiday on Sant Ravidas Jayanti.
- 4 February (Wednesday) – Restricted holiday on the occasion of Shab-e-Baraat.
- March 5 (Thursday) – Restricted holiday on the occasion of Holi.
- March 13 (Friday) – Jamaat-ul-Vida (Goodbye)/Restricted holiday on the last Friday of Ramzan.
- March 19 (Thursday) – Restricted holiday on the holy festival of Cheti Chand.
- 22 March (Sunday) – Restricted holiday on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.
- 4 April (Saturday) – Restricted holiday on Easter Saturday.
- 5 April (Sunday) – Restricted holiday on the occasion of birth anniversary of Maharishi Kashyap and Maharaja Nishad Raj Guhya Jayanti.
- 6 April (Monday) – Restricted holiday on Easter Monday.
- 17 April (Friday) – Restricted holiday on Chandrashekhar Jayanti.
- 19 April (Sunday) – Restricted holiday on Parshuram Jayanti.
- 9 May (Saturday) – Restricted holiday on the occasion of folk hero Maharana Pratap Jayanti.
- 28 May (Thursday) – Restricted holiday on Bakrid (Eid-ul-Azha).
- June 25 (Thursday) – Restricted holiday on the occasion of Moharram.
- 4th August (Tuesday) – Restricted holiday on the day of Chehallum.
- 17 September (Thursday) – Restricted holiday on the occasion of Vishwakarma Puja.
- 28 September (Friday) – Restricted holiday on Anant Chaturdashi.
- 2 October (Friday) – Restricted holiday on Gandhi Jayanti (also included in RH list along with national holidays).
- 11 October (Sunday) – Restricted holiday on Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti.
- 19 October (Monday) – Restricted holiday on Mahashtami.
- 26 October (Monday) – Restricted holiday on Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti.
- 31 October (Saturday) – Restricted holiday on the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Acharya Narendra Dev.
- 8 November (Sunday) – Restricted holiday on the occasion of Narak Chaturdashi.
- 19 November (Sunday) – Restricted holiday on Chhath Puja festival.
- 16 November (Monday) – Restricted holiday on Martyrdom Day of Veerangana Uda Devi.
- 16 December (Wednesday) – Restricted holiday on the occasion of Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Ajmeri Garib Nawaz Urs.
- 23 December (Wednesday) – Restricted holiday on Chaudhary Charan Singh’s birthday.
- 24 December (Thursday) – Restricted holiday on the occasion of Christmas Eve.