Leave optimizer
Tell it how many days of leave you can take. It finds the longest single break those days can buy, or the set of long weekends that gives you the most days off in total.
The longest breaks you can make in 2027 with up to 5 leave days (Saturday and Sunday off):
Longest option
11 days off for 5 leave days
Thu 18 – Sun 28 Mar 2027
Holi (Tue 23 Mar); Good Friday (Fri 26 Mar)
Take leave: Thu 18 Mar, Fri 19 Mar, Mon 22 Mar, Wed 24 Mar, Thu 25 Mar
Mon 22 Mar is a restricted holiday (Holika Dahan, Dolyatra). If you pick it as one of your two restricted holidays, you need one less day of leave.
Option 2
11 days off for 5 leave days
Fri 9 – Mon 19 Apr 2027
Ram Navami (Thu 15 Apr); Mahavir Jayanti (Mon 19 Apr)
Take leave: Fri 9 Apr, Mon 12 Apr, Tue 13 Apr, Wed 14 Apr, Fri 16 Apr
Wed 14 Apr is a restricted holiday (Vaisakhi / Vishu / Meshadi (Tamil New Year's Day)). If you pick it as one of your two restricted holidays, you need one less day of leave.
Option 3
11 days off for 5 leave days
Thu 13 – Sun 23 May 2027
Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) (Mon 17 May); Budha Purnima (Thu 20 May)
Take leave: Thu 13 May, Fri 14 May, Tue 18 May, Wed 19 May, Fri 21 May
Option 4
10 days off for 5 leave days
Fri 22 – Sun 31 Jan 2027
Republic Day (Tue 26 Jan)
Take leave: Fri 22 Jan, Mon 25 Jan, Wed 27 Jan, Thu 28 Jan, Fri 29 Jan
Option 5
10 days off for 5 leave days
Fri 5 – Sun 14 Mar 2027
Id-ul-Fitr (Wed 10 Mar)
Take leave: Fri 5 Mar, Mon 8 Mar, Tue 9 Mar, Thu 11 Mar, Fri 12 Mar
Fri 5 Mar is a restricted holiday (Jamat-Ul-Vida). If you pick it as one of your two restricted holidays, you need one less day of leave.
How the optimizer works
First it lays out every day of the period as either a day off (your weekly off, a central holiday, a restricted holiday you picked, or a holiday you added) or a working day. Leave can only go on working days from today onwards. Dates are calendar days in India Standard Time.
One long break
For every place a break could begin, it walks forward through the calendar. Each working day it meets costs one leave day; days off cost nothing. When the leave runs out it keeps going through any days off that follow, then stops at the next working day. Every stretch found this way is ranked by length. When two are equally long, the one that needs fewer leave days comes first, then the earlier one. The list shows options that do not overlap, so you see different times of the year.
Worked example. With 3 leave days in 2027 and Saturday and Sunday off, the longest break is Sat 20 – Sun 28 Mar 2027: 9 days, with leave on Mon 22 Mar, Wed 24 Mar and Thu 25 Mar. Holi (Tue 23 Mar) and Good Friday (Fri 26 Mar) fill the other weekdays.
Several long weekends
Here the question is different: how should the leave be spread so that the most days fall inside breaks of at least the length you choose? The optimizer lists every possible break with its cost in leave days. A break always begins and ends next to a working day you keep, so two chosen breaks never run into each other. It then picks the combination of breaks with the most days off in total that fits within your leave, using dynamic programming: it moves through the calendar one day at a time and remembers, for every amount of leave, the best total so far. The answer is exact for the dates and holidays you gave it. If two plans tie, it prefers the one that uses less leave.
Worked example. With 5 leave days in 2027, Saturday and Sunday off and breaks of at least 3 days, the best plan uses 5 leave days for 5 breaks and 21 days off in total: Sat 23 – Tue 26 Jan 2027 (4 days); Sat 20 – Tue 23 Mar 2027 (4 days); Thu 25 – Sun 28 Mar 2027 (4 days); Thu 15 – Mon 19 Apr 2027 (5 days); Fri 14 – Mon 17 May 2027 (4 days).
What it does not know
- Your leave rules. Whether leave can be joined to holidays, how much notice is needed and who approves it are set by your employer or service rules. Check them before you book travel.
- Changes after 26 October 2026. Moon-dependent holidays (Id-ul-Fitr, Id-ul-Zuha, Muharram, Id-e-Milad) can be moved after moon sighting, and DoPT can add holidays by separate order.
- Holidays outside the list you chose. Offices outside Delhi/New Delhi, state governments, banks and companies use different lists. Add yours on My holidays.
Source: Office Memorandum F.No.12/2/2023-JCA dated 16 July 2026: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2027, Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. Checked 26 October 2026.
Source: Office Memorandum F.No.12/2/2023-JCA dated 3 July 2025: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2026, Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. Checked 26 October 2026.