Uttar Pradesh Holidays 2026 Government, Bank Holidays
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Uttar Pradesh Holidays 2026
Government, Bank & Pooja Holidays List

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Is today a Holiday in Uttar Pradesh?

Today

(11 September 2026)
in Uttar Pradesh
NO HOLIDAY
As of today, the Uttar Pradesh Government has not announced any new public or government holiday. Updates about sudden closures, festival holidays, or bank holiday notifications will be added once an official announcement is made.

Is tomorrow a Holiday in Uttar Pradesh?

Tomorrow

(12 September 2026)
in Uttar Pradesh
NO HOLIDAY
Searches for "tomorrow holiday in Uttar Pradesh" or "Uttar Pradesh government declared holiday tomorrow" usually relate to sudden festival announcements, local events, bandhs, or government notifications. We update this section whenever the Uttar Pradesh Government declares a holiday tomorrow, so bookmark this page and check the calendar for the Uttar Pradesh holiday date you are looking for!

Weekend Holiday Status

*If today or tomorrow falls on Saturday or Sunday, it is usually a weekly off. However, weekends are not considered government-declared public holidays unless an official notification is issued.
**Banks and government offices are closed on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays, while Sundays are weekly offs but count as a public holiday only if officially declared.

Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state, runs a holiday calendar that reads like the country’s devotional heartland, where Ram Navami carries the weight of Ayodhya and Janmashtami belongs to Mathura. Chhath has grown into a major notified holiday for the eastern districts, and both Eids matter deeply to UP’s large Muslim population.

List of all Holidays in Uttar Pradesh 2026

DateDayHolidayHoliday Type
Jan 1ThursdayNew Year's DayRegional
Jan 3SaturdayHazrat Ali's BirthdayRegional
Jan 5MondayGuru Govind Singh JayantiRegional
Jan 14WednesdayMakar SankrantiRegional
Jan 23FridayBasant PanchamiRegional
Jan 24SaturdayJannayak Karpoori Thakur BirthdayRegional
Jan 26MondayRepublic DayNational
Feb 1SundaySant Ravidas JayantiRegional
Feb 4WednesdayShab-e-BaratRegional
Feb 15SundayMaha ShivaratriRegional
Mar 2MondayHolika DahanRegional
Mar 4WednesdayHoliRegional
Mar 5ThursdayHoli Next dayRegional
Mar 13FridayJamat-ul-Vida (Alvida) / Last Friday of RamzanRegional
Mar 19ThursdayCheti ChandRegional
Mar 21SaturdayEid-ul-FitrRegional
Mar 26ThursdayRam NavamiRegional
Mar 31TuesdayMahavir JayantiRegional
Apr 1WednesdayCommercial Banks' Annual ClosingRegional
Apr 3FridayGood FridayRegional
Apr 4SaturdayEaster SaturdayRegional
Apr 5SundayMaharishi Kashyap & Maharaja Nishad Guhya JayantiRegional
Apr 6MondayEaster MondayRegional
Apr 14TuesdayDr. Bhimrao Ambedkar's BirthdayRegional
Apr 17FridayChandrashekhar JayantiRegional
Apr 19SundayParshuram JayantiRegional
May 1FridayBuddha PurnimaRegional
May 9SaturdayLok Nayak Maharana Pratap JayantiRegional
May 27WednesdayEid-uz-Zuha (Bakrid)Regional
May 28ThursdayEid-uz-Zuha (Bakrid) Next dayRegional
Jun 25ThursdayMuharramRegional
Jun 26FridayMuharramRegional
Aug 4TuesdayChehllumRegional
Aug 15SaturdayIndependence DayNational
Aug 26WednesdayEid-e-Milad / BarawafatRegional
Aug 28FridayRaksha BandhanRegional
Sep 4FridayJanmashtamiRegional
Sep 17ThursdayVishwakarma PujaRegional
Sep 25FridayAnant ChaturdashiRegional
Oct 2FridayMahatma Gandhi JayantiNational
Oct 11SundayMaharaja Agrasen JayantiRegional
Oct 19MondayDussehra (Maha Ashtami)Regional
Oct 20TuesdayDussehra (Mahanavami) / VijayadashmiRegional
Oct 26MondayMaharishi Valmiki / Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel & Acharya Narendra Dev JayantiRegional
Oct 31SaturdayNarak ChaturdashiRegional
Nov 8SundayDeepawaliRegional
Nov 9MondayGovardhan PujaRegional
Nov 11WednesdayBhaiyaduj / Chitragupt JayantiRegional
Nov 15SundayChhath Puja ParvRegional
Nov 16MondayVeerangana Uda Devi Shaheed DiwasRegional
Nov 24TuesdayGuru Nanak Jayanti / Kartik Purnima / Guru Tegh Bahadur Shaheed DiwasRegional
Dec 16WednesdayUrs of Hazrat Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti Ajmeri Garib Nawaz R.A.Regional
Dec 23WednesdayChaudhary Charan Singh's BirthdayRegional
Dec 25FridayChristmas-DayRegional

Download: Uttar Pradesh Government Notification

This holiday list is applicable for the following cities:
Lucknow, Kanpur, Ghaziabad, Agra, Varanasi, Prayagraj.
Check holiday lists for all the Indian states here
Holiday list 2026

Pooja Holidays 2026 in Uttar Pradesh

Pooja holidays in Uttar Pradesh unfold across its sacred geography, from Durga Ashtami in Varanasi to Diwali’s return home in Ayodhya, where the Deepotsav sets lamp-lighting records each year. Holi finds its most famous expression in Barsana and across the Braj region.
DateDayHolidayHoliday Type
Mar 2MondayHolika DahanRegional
Mar 4WednesdayHoliRegional
Mar 5ThursdayHoli Next dayRegional
Mar 26ThursdayRam NavamiRegional
Sep 4FridayJanmashtamiRegional
Oct 19MondayDussehra (Maha Ashtami)Regional
Oct 20TuesdayDussehra (Mahanavami) / VijayadashmiRegional
Oct 31SaturdayNarak ChaturdashiRegional
Nov 8SundayDeepawaliRegional
Nov 9MondayGovardhan PujaRegional
Nov 11WednesdayBhaiyaduj / Chitragupt JayantiRegional
Nov 15SundayChhath Puja ParvRegional

Bank Holidays in Uttar Pradesh in 2026

Bank holidays in Uttar Pradesh follow the state’s Negotiable Instruments Act notification, and Noida’s banks follow this list rather than neighbouring Delhi’s, a distinction that catches NCR businesses out every year. The RBI’s second and fourth Saturday and Sunday norms apply throughout.
DateDayHolidayHoliday Type
Jan 26MondayRepublic DayNational
Mar 4WednesdayHoliRegional
Mar 21SaturdayEid-ul-FitrRegional
Mar 31TuesdayMahavir JayantiRegional
Apr 1WednesdayCommercial Banks' Annual ClosingRegional
Apr 3FridayGood FridayRegional
May 1FridayBuddha PurnimaRegional
May 27WednesdayEid-uz-Zuha (Bakrid)Regional
Aug 15SaturdayIndependence DayNational
Aug 26WednesdayEid-e-Milad / BarawafatRegional
Oct 2FridayMahatma Gandhi JayantiNational
Nov 8SundayDeepawaliRegional
Dec 25FridayChristmas-DayRegional

Government/Public Holidays in Uttar Pradesh in 2026

Uttar Pradesh’s 2026 holiday list, notified by the state government in Lucknow, applies to offices, schools and institutions across 75 districts. Its scale makes it one of India’s most consequential holiday notifications, shaping schedules for over 230 million people.

DateDayHolidayHoliday Type
Jan 26MondayRepublic DayNational
Apr 14TuesdayDr. Bhimrao Ambedkar's BirthdayRegional
Aug 15SaturdayIndependence DayNational
Oct 2FridayMahatma Gandhi JayantiNational
Nov 24TuesdayGuru Nanak Jayanti / Kartik Purnima / Guru Tegh Bahadur Shaheed DiwasRegional
Dec 25FridayChristmas-DayRegional

Month-wise Uttar Pradesh Holidays 2026

The following schedule outlines the official General Holidays and key Restricted Holidays (RH) for Uttar Pradesh in 2026. This month-wise breakdown is essential for HR professionals to manage leave policies, payroll processing, and regulatory compliance throughout the year.
Here are Uttar Pradesh Holidays for all 12 months of 2026:

Uttar Pradesh Holidays January 2026:

  • New Year's Day (Jan 1)
  • Hazrat Ali's Birthday (Jan 3)
  • Guru Govind Singh Jayanti (Jan 5)
  • Makar Sankranti (Jan 14)
  • Basant Panchami (Jan 23)
  • Jannayak Karpoori Thakur Birthday (Jan 24)
  • Republic Day (Jan 26)

Uttar Pradesh Holidays February 2026:

  • Sant Ravidas Jayanti (Feb 1)
  • Shab-e-Barat (Feb 4)
  • Maha Shivaratri (Feb 15)

Uttar Pradesh Holidays March 2026:

  • Holika Dahan (Mar 2)
  • Holi (Mar 4)
  • Holi Next day (Mar 5)
  • Jamat-ul-Vida (Alvida) / Last Friday of Ramzan (Mar 13)
  • Cheti Chand (Mar 19)
  • Eid-ul-Fitr (Mar 21)
  • Ram Navami (Mar 26)
  • Mahavir Jayanti (Mar 31)

Uttar Pradesh Holidays April 2026:

  • Commercial Banks' Annual Closing (Apr 1)
  • Good Friday (Apr 3)
  • Easter Saturday (Apr 4)
  • Maharishi Kashyap & Maharaja Nishad Guhya Jayanti (Apr 5)
  • Easter Monday (Apr 6)
  • Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar's Birthday (Apr 14)
  • Chandrashekhar Jayanti (Apr 17)
  • Parshuram Jayanti (Apr 19)

Uttar Pradesh Holidays May 2026:

  • Buddha Purnima (May 1)
  • Lok Nayak Maharana Pratap Jayanti (May 9)
  • Eid-uz-Zuha (Bakrid) (May 27)
  • Eid-uz-Zuha (Bakrid) Next day (May 28)

Uttar Pradesh Holidays June 2026:

  • Muharram (Jun 25)
  • Muharram (Jun 26)

Uttar Pradesh Holidays July 2026:

There are no holidays in Uttar Pradesh in the month of July in 2026

Uttar Pradesh Holidays August 2026:

  • Chehllum (Aug 4)
  • Independence Day (Aug 15)
  • Eid-e-Milad / Barawafat (Aug 26)
  • Raksha Bandhan (Aug 28)

Uttar Pradesh Holidays September 2026:

  • Janmashtami (Sep 4)
  • Vishwakarma Puja (Sep 17)
  • Anant Chaturdashi (Sep 25)

Uttar Pradesh Holidays October 2026:

  • Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti (Oct 2)
  • Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti (Oct 11)
  • Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) (Oct 19)
  • Dussehra (Mahanavami) / Vijayadashmi (Oct 20)
  • Maharishi Valmiki / Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel & Acharya Narendra Dev Jayanti (Oct 26)
  • Narak Chaturdashi (Oct 31)

Uttar Pradesh Holidays November 2026:

  • Deepawali (Nov 8)
  • Govardhan Puja (Nov 9)
  • Bhaiyaduj / Chitragupt Jayanti (Nov 11)
  • Chhath Puja Parv (Nov 15)
  • Veerangana Uda Devi Shaheed Diwas (Nov 16)
  • Guru Nanak Jayanti / Kartik Purnima / Guru Tegh Bahadur Shaheed Diwas (Nov 24)

Uttar Pradesh Holidays December 2026:

  • Urs of Hazrat Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti Ajmeri Garib Nawaz R.A. (Dec 16)
  • Chaudhary Charan Singh's Birthday (Dec 23)
  • Christmas-Day (Dec 25)

How HR teams use this Uttar Pradesh holiday list?

HR, payroll and operations teams rely heavily on this Uttar Pradesh Government Holiday List 2026 to:
Prepare annual leave calendars
Manage shift planning and employee rosters
Align payroll cut-offs with bank holidays in Uttar Pradesh
Maintain compliance with working-day requirements
Configure holidays in HRMS/Payroll software
Avoid salary delays caused by bank closures
Plan staffing during long weekends and festival clusters

FAQs on Uttar Pradesh Holidays in 2026

Is Holi a government holiday in Uttar Pradesh?

Yes. Holi is officially declared and widely observed across the state.

How many public holidays are there in Uttar Pradesh in 2026?

 The number varies each year based on official notifications issued by the UP Government.

Are bank holidays and government holidays the same in Uttar Pradesh?

 Not always. Banks follow RBI guidelines in addition to state notifications.

Does greytHR support Uttar Pradesh holiday automation?

 Yes. greytHR automatically updates state-wise holiday calendars and applies them to leave and payroll workflows.

Is Chhath a public holiday in Uttar Pradesh in 2026?

Yes. Chhath, falling in mid November 2026, is a notified holiday in UP. The festival is central to Purvanchal’s districts, and cities like Varanasi, Gorakhpur and Lucknow see large riverside gatherings.

Are banks in Noida closed on UP-specific holidays?

Yes. Noida falls under Uttar Pradesh’s NI Act notification, so its branches close on UP’s list even when neighbouring Delhi is working, a detail NCR businesses handle routinely.

What restricted holidays does UP offer?

UP notifies a restricted holiday list covering observances of various communities, from which government employees can choose a limited number of days in addition to the general holidays.

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Disclaimer
The holiday dates provided in this list are tentative and based on the 2026 calendar. The official schedule for General and Restricted Holidays is declared by the Government of Uttar Pradesh and notified under the Negotiable Instruments Act. Please note that dates for religious festivals are subject to change based on moon sightings and official government announcements. We recommend verifying these dates with the latest State Gazette notification or your organization's HR policies before planning leaves or financial transactions.

Table of content

  • All holidays
  • Pooja holidays
  • Bank holidays
  • Government/public holidays
  • Month-wise holidays
  • How HR teams use this list
  • FAQs
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Download: Uttar Pradesh Government Notification

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