Central government holidays 2027: the Delhi/New Delhi list

2027 at a glance

• 17 closed holidays on 16 dates (Independence Day and Milad-un-Nabi share Sunday 15 August).
• 5 of those dates fall on a Saturday or Sunday: Sun 15 Aug, Sat 2 Oct, Sat 9 Oct, Sun 14 Nov, Sat 25 Dec. If Sunday is your only weekly off, 2 fall on it.
• 32 restricted holidays, of which each employee may take any two.
• 4 closed holidays depend on moon sighting and may move.

Find the long weekends See every 2027 long weekend

Closed (gazetted) holidays, 2027

Restricted holidays, 2027

Each employee may choose any two of these (para 1). The list is meant for central offices in Delhi/New Delhi; coordination committees in State capitals may draw up their own lists of restricted holidays (para 4).

Rules that come with the list

• No substitute holidays. If a holiday falls on a weekly off or another non-working day, or two festivals fall on the same day, no substitute day is given (para 3.2).
• Moon-dependent dates. For offices in Delhi/New Delhi, the dates of Id-ul-Fitr, Id-ul-Zuha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad may be changed by the Ministry of Personnel after checking with the Government of NCT of Delhi; changes at short notice may be announced through PIB, TV, AIR or newspapers (paras 5.1 and 5.3).
• Diwali. During 2027, Diwali (Deepavali) falls on Friday, 29 October 2027. In States where only Naraka Chaturdasi is the compulsory Diwali holiday for State Government offices, central offices there may observe the holiday on Naraka Chaturdasi instead (para 6).
• Offices outside Delhi/New Delhi observe 14 compulsory holidays plus three chosen from 12 optional occasions by the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee in the State capital, so their list differs (paras 2 and 3.1). See how holiday lists differ.

14 April (Dr B. R. Ambedkar's birthday) is not in the 2027 list. In most recent years DoPT declared it a holiday by a separate order issued in March or April; the latest such order on the DoPT circulars page is dated 27 March 2025, and none for 2027 was listed when we checked on 26 October 2026. The planner does not count 14 April 2027 unless you add it yourself.

Source: DoPT circulars: list of orders and notifications on holidays, Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. Checked 26 October 2026.

2027 calendar

Saturdays and Sundays are shaded as weekly offs here; the planner lets you choose another pattern.

• 9Central holiday (Delhi/New Delhi list): number underlined
• 9Your holiday or picked restricted holiday: dotted outline
• 9Weekly off: thin grey ring
• 9Restricted holiday you could pick: dashed border
• 9Leave day in a plan: solid green border