Indian Festival Dates 2027: Complete Calendar From January to December

This is the complete calendar of Indian festival and holiday dates for 2027, from January to December. It covers Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain and Parsi festivals, plus national holidays. The biggest dates are Holi on 22 March, Eid-ul-Fitr on 10 March, Ganesh Chaturthi on 4 September, Dussehra on 9 October and Diwali on Friday, 29 October 2027.

How to read these dates

• Gazetted holidays are the 17 central government holidays set by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). Banks, government offices and most companies close. Restricted holidays are optional days off.
• Religious dates follow the Hindu panchang. This calendar uses the Delhi panchang. Festivals can fall a day earlier or later in other cities and between north and south India, so check your local panchang for ritual timings.
• Islamic dates depend on the moon. Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Adha, Muharram and Milad-un-Nabi are listed as expected and can shift by a day once the moon is sighted.
• Where sources disagree, both dates are shown. The main case is Holi: 22 March by the panchang, and 23 March as the official central holiday.

January 2027

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December 2027

Gazetted holidays and long weekends in 2027

Long weekends: Good Friday (26 March) makes a three-day weekend with Easter on 28 March. Mahavir Jayanti (19 April) and Eid-ul-Adha (17 May) are Mondays, so both give a three-day weekend. Diwali falls on Friday, 29 October, followed by Govardhan Puja on Saturday and Bhai Dooj on Sunday. Gandhi Jayanti, Dussehra and Christmas fall on Saturdays, and Independence Day and Guru Nanak Jayanti fall on Sundays, so there is no weekday off for those.

Which festivals fall at the same time

• Diwali week: Dhanteras 27 Oct, Naraka Chaturdashi 28 Oct, Diwali 29 Oct, Govardhan Puja 30 Oct and Bhai Dooj 31 Oct.
• Navratri and Dussehra: Sharad Navratri 30 Sep to 8 Oct, with Durga Puja from 6 to 9 Oct and Dussehra on 9 Oct.
• Ganesh festival: Ganesh Chaturthi on 4 Sep to Anant Chaturdashi on 14 Sep, with Onam on 12 Sep in between.
• Spring: Maha Shivaratri 6 Mar, Eid-ul-Fitr 10 Mar and Holi 22 to 23 Mar fall within three weeks.

Books to read through the festival year

• January: And Still, She Stayed Soft, poems for a fresh start.
• February: A Man's Predicament, for wedding season.
• April: TURN, for the new year and the almanac.
• August: The Forty-Year Passenger, for Raksha Bandhan.
• September: The Memory Fare, for Pitru Paksha.
• October: The Train Between Worlds, for the Diwali train rush.
• November: When Darkness Blooms, for misty autumn evenings.
• December: Ink Between Us, a winter letters romance.
• Any time: Whispers Beneath The Banyan, a gentle village story.

Sources and how this was checked

Dates were compared across the central government holiday list (DoPT notification of 16 July 2026, as published on TimeCal and India Briefing) and Hindu festival calendars such as DivineHindu. Lohri is shown on its customary date, the evening before Makar Sankranti. Check your local panchang or state government list before you plan around any date.