State holiday list · 2026

Arunachal Pradesh Holiday List 2026

Every gazetted and restricted holiday in Arunachal Pradesh for 2026, from the state's own published list — with dates, weekdays and the long weekends.

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17Gazetted

68Restricted

7next to a weekend

In 2026, Arunachal Pradesh has 17 gazetted holidays and 68 restricted holidays. Gazetted holidays are days when state government offices are closed. Restricted holidays are optional days that employees can apply to take off.

All 85 holidays in 2026

January 9

New Year's Day
Gazetted
Thursday · 1 January
Marks the first day of the year on the Gregorian calendar, celebrated globally with festivities and new resolutions.
Hazarat Ali's Birthday
Restricted
Saturday · 3 January
Marks the birth of Ali ibn Abi Talib, cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad.
Si Donyi Hilo (Tagin)
Restricted
Tuesday · 6 January
The Tagin community's festival honouring Si, the earth, and Donyi, the sun, with prayers for the well-being of the people.
Torgya (Monpa)
Restricted
Friday · 9 January
The Monpa monastic festival at Tawang, in which masked dances are performed to drive away evil and misfortune for the coming year.
Sarok (Aka)
Restricted
Sunday · 11 January
A festival of the Aka (Hrusso) community of Arunachal Pradesh, observed as a local holiday in their districts.
Makar Sankranti
Gazetted
Wednesday · 14 January
Marks the sun's passage into Capricorn and the start of longer days, celebrated with kite flying, bonfires and sesame sweets.
Pongal / Magha Bihu
Restricted
Wednesday · 14 January
The Tamil harvest thanksgiving, coinciding with Assam's Magh Bihu harvest festival.
Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami
Restricted
Friday · 23 January
Marks the arrival of spring and the worship of Saraswati, goddess of learning.
Republic Day
Gazetted
Monday · 26 January
Marks the day in 1950 the Constitution of India came into force, replacing the Government of India Act as the country's governing document.

February 15

Guru Ravidas's Birthday
Restricted
Sunday · 1 February
Marks the birth of Ravidas, the fifteenth-century poet-saint of the Bhakti movement.
Reh (Idu-Mishmi)
Restricted
Sunday · 1 February
The principal festival of the Idu Mishmi, marking kinship between families and invoking prosperity and good health.
Donggin (Adi)
Restricted
Monday · 2 February
A festival of the Adi community of Arunachal Pradesh, observed as a local holiday in their districts.
Donyi Mari (Galo)
Restricted
Thursday · 5 February
A sun-worship festival of the Galo community, held in the Donyi-Polo tradition.
Lhachhuth (Meyor)
Restricted
Thursday · 5 February
A festival of the Meyor community of Arunachal Pradesh, observed as a local holiday in their districts.
Boori-Boot Yullo (Nyishi)
Restricted
Friday · 6 February
A Nyishi festival invoking the deity Boori-Boot for good health, a good harvest and freedom from calamity.
Birthday of Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Restricted
Thursday · 12 February
Marks the birth of the founder of the Arya Samaj, a reformer who called for a return to the Vedas.
Shapong Yawang Manowpoi (Singpho)
Restricted
Saturday · 14 February
A festival of the Singpho community of Arunachal Pradesh, observed as a local holiday in their districts.
Ali Aye Ligang / Maha Shivaratri
Restricted
Sunday · 15 February
The Mising spring sowing festival, falling on the same day as the night-long worship of Shiva.
Tamla Du (Kaman Mishmi and Taraon Mishmi)
Restricted
Sunday · 15 February
A Mishmi festival in which the deity is invoked to protect the community from natural calamity and disease.
Oriah (Wancho)
Restricted
Monday · 16 February
The spring festival of the Wancho community, marked by community feasting and dance.
Shivaji Jayanti
Restricted
Thursday · 19 February
Marks the birth of Shivaji, founder of the Maratha empire.
Statehood Day
Gazetted
Friday · 20 February
Marks the day Arunachal Pradesh became a full state of the Indian Union in 1987.
Moh-Mol (Tangsa)
Restricted
Monday · 23 February
The post-harvest festival of the Tangsa community, celebrated with dance and community feasting.
Nyokum Yullo (Nyishi)
Restricted
Thursday · 26 February
The principal Nyishi festival, invoking the goddess Nyokum for a good harvest and the prosperity of all people.

March 8

Holika Dahan / Dolyatra
Restricted
Tuesday · 3 March
The Holi eve bonfire, and Dolyatra, the Bengali spring festival in which Radha and Krishna are carried in procession.
Holi
Gazetted
Wednesday · 4 March
The festival of colours, marking the arrival of spring and the triumph of good over evil.
Unying-Aaran Gidi (Adi)
Restricted
Saturday · 7 March
An Adi festival marking the spring hunting season and prayers for a good year.
Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava / Ugadi / Cheti Chand
Restricted
Thursday · 19 March
The lunar new year of the Chaitra month, kept as Gudi Padwa, Ugadi and Cheti Chand in different regions on the same day.
Jamat-Ul-Vida
Restricted
Friday · 20 March
The last Friday of Ramadan, drawing the largest congregational prayers of the year.
Id-Ul-Fitr
Gazetted
Saturday · 21 March
The Islamic festival marking the end of Ramadan, celebrated with communal prayers, feasts, charity, and family gatherings.
Ram Navami
Restricted
Thursday · 26 March
Marks the birth of Rama, the seventh avatar of Vishnu, celebrated with readings of the Ramayana.
Mahavir Jayanti
Restricted
Tuesday · 31 March
Marks the birth of Mahavira, the twenty-fourth and last Tirthankara of Jainism.

April 10

Good Friday
Gazetted
Friday · 3 April
Commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, observed by Christians with fasting, prayer and church services.
Easter Sunday
Restricted
Sunday · 5 April
Celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion, the central festival of the Christian year.
Mopin (Galo)
Restricted
Sunday · 5 April
The Galo harvest festival, in which rice flour is smeared as a blessing and the Popir dance is performed for prosperity.
Pongtu Kuh (Tutsa)
Restricted
Saturday · 11 April
A festival of the Tutsa community of Arunachal Pradesh, observed as a local holiday in their districts.
Sangken (Tai Khamti)
Restricted
Tuesday · 14 April
The Theravada Buddhist new year of the Tai Khamti, in which Buddha images are bathed and water is poured as a blessing.
Vaisakhi / Vishu / Mesadi
Restricted
Tuesday · 14 April
The spring harvest and new year festival kept across northern and southern India under different names on the same solar date.
Bahag Bihu
Gazetted
Wednesday · 15 April
The Assamese spring festival and new year, marking the start of the sowing season with Bihu dance and song.
Longte (Nyishi)
Restricted
Wednesday · 15 April
A Nyishi festival of peace and prosperity, kept without animal sacrifice.
Nyishi Day (Nyishi)
Restricted
Sunday · 19 April
A day set aside for the Nyishi community of Arunachal Pradesh, observed as a local holiday.
Gumkum Gumpa (Puroik)
Restricted
Saturday · 25 April
A festival of the Puroik community of Arunachal Pradesh, observed as a local holiday in their districts.

May 5

Buddha Purnima
Gazetted
Friday · 1 May
Marks the birth, enlightenment and passing of Gautama Buddha, all traditionally held to have fallen on the same full-moon day.
Birthday of Guru Rabindranath Tagore
Restricted
Saturday · 9 May
Marks the birth of Rabindranath Tagore, poet and composer, the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Etor-Gidi (Adi)
Restricted
Friday · 15 May
An Adi festival marking the care of cattle and prayers for the agricultural year ahead.
Id-Ul-Zuha (Bakrid)
Restricted
Wednesday · 27 May
The festival of sacrifice, commemorating Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son, marked by the sharing of meat.
Sahchawan (Wancho)
Restricted
Saturday · 30 May
A festival of the Wancho community of Arunachal Pradesh, observed as a local holiday in their districts.

June 2

Harong (Tangsa)
Restricted
Wednesday · 10 June
A festival of the Tangsa community of Arunachal Pradesh, observed as a local holiday in their districts.
Muharram
Restricted
Friday · 26 June
The first month of the Islamic year; the tenth day, Ashura, is kept in mourning for the martyrdom of Imam Husayn at Karbala.

July 2

Dree (Apatani)
Restricted
Sunday · 5 July
The Apatani agricultural festival, at which the deities are asked to spare the crop from famine, blight and pests.
Rath Yatra
Restricted
Thursday · 16 July
The chariot festival of Jagannath, in which the deities are drawn through the streets in great wooden chariots.

August 4

Independence Day
Gazetted
Saturday · 15 August
Marks India's independence from British rule on 15 August 1947, observed with flag hoisting and national ceremonies.
Parsi New Year Day / Nauraj
Restricted
Saturday · 15 August
Navroz, the Parsi new year, marking renewal and the start of the Zoroastrian year.
Onam / Milad-Un-Nabi
Restricted
Wednesday · 26 August
Kerala's harvest festival, falling on the same day as the observance of the Prophet Muhammad's birth.
Raksha Bandhan
Restricted
Friday · 28 August
Sisters tie a protective thread on their brothers' wrists in exchange for a promise of protection.

September 6

Solung Gidi (Adi)
Restricted
Tuesday · 1 September
The Adi harvest festival, marked by prayers for the crop and the well-being of livestock.
Janmashtami (Vaishnava)
Restricted
Friday · 4 September
The Vaishnava observance of Krishna's birth, kept with fasting until midnight.
Pham-Kho Sowai (Bugun)
Restricted
Thursday · 10 September
A festival of the Bugun community of Arunachal Pradesh, observed as a local holiday in their districts.
Tang (Sartang)
Restricted
Saturday · 12 September
A festival of the Sartang community of Arunachal Pradesh, observed as a local holiday in their districts.
Vinayak Chaturthi / Ganesh Chaturthi
Restricted
Monday · 14 September
Marks the birth of Ganesha, remover of obstacles, whose images are worshipped and then immersed.
Keh-Meh-Haa (Idu-Mishmi)
Restricted
Thursday · 24 September
A festival of the Idu Mishmi community of Arunachal Pradesh, observed as a local holiday in their districts.

October 8

Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday
Gazetted
Friday · 2 October
Birth anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement and advocate of non-violent resistance.
Chindang (Sajolang)
Restricted
Thursday · 15 October
A festival of the Sajolang (Miji) community of Arunachal Pradesh, observed as a local holiday in their districts.
Dussehra (Saptami)
Restricted
Sunday · 18 October
The seventh day of the Navratri festival.
Dussehra (Mahashtami)
Gazetted
Monday · 19 October
The eighth day of the Navratri festival, among its most sacred.
Dussehra
Gazetted
Tuesday · 20 October
Vijaya Dashami, marking Rama's victory over Ravana and Durga's over Mahishasura; effigies are burnt across northern India.
Lauden (Wancho)
Restricted
Tuesday · 20 October
A festival of the Wancho community of Arunachal Pradesh, observed as a local holiday in their districts.
Maharishi Valmiki's Birthday
Restricted
Monday · 26 October
Marks the birth of Valmiki, author of the Ramayana.
Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chauth)
Restricted
Thursday · 29 October
A day-long fast kept by married women for their husbands' well-being, broken on sighting the moon.

November 11

Diwali (Deepavali)
Gazetted
Sunday · 8 November
The festival of lights, marking the triumph of light over darkness and Rama's return to Ayodhya.
Naraka Chaturdasi
Restricted
Sunday · 8 November
Chhoti Diwali, marking Krishna's defeat of the demon Narakasura on the day before Diwali.
Govardhan Puja
Restricted
Monday · 9 November
Marks Krishna lifting Mount Govardhan to shelter the villagers from Indra's storm, kept the day after Diwali.
Bhai Duj
Restricted
Wednesday · 11 November
Sisters mark their brothers' foreheads and pray for their long life, two days after Diwali.
Nyetrii-Dow (Aka)
Restricted
Sunday · 15 November
A festival of the Aka (Hrusso) community of Arunachal Pradesh, observed as a local holiday in their districts.
Pratihar Shashthi / Surya Shashthi (Chhath Puja)
Restricted
Sunday · 15 November
The sixth-day sun worship at the heart of Chhath Puja.
Guru Nanak's Birthday
Gazetted
Tuesday · 24 November
Marks the birth of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, observed with processions and scripture readings.
Guru Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom Day
Restricted
Tuesday · 24 November
Marks the execution of the ninth Sikh Guru in 1675 for defending the right to religious freedom.
Chalo-Loku (Nocte)
Restricted
Wednesday · 25 November
The Nocte harvest festival, marking the end of the farming year with dance and community feasting.
Sriu (Tagin)
Restricted
Friday · 27 November
A festival of the Tagin community of Arunachal Pradesh, observed as a local holiday in their districts.
Poi-Pee Maw Tai (Tai Khampti)
Restricted
Monday · 30 November
The Tai Khamti new year, kept by the Theravada Buddhist community of eastern Arunachal Pradesh.

December 5

Indigenous Faith Day
Gazetted
Tuesday · 1 December
Set aside in Arunachal Pradesh to honour the state's indigenous faiths, chief among them Donyi-Polo.
Podi Barbi (Adi)
Restricted
Saturday · 5 December
A festival of the Adi community of Arunachal Pradesh, observed as a local holiday in their districts.
Christmas Eve
Restricted
Thursday · 24 December
The evening before Christmas Day, marked with midnight services and family celebrations.
Christmas Day
Gazetted
Friday · 25 December
Celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, marked with church services, family gatherings and gift-giving.
Lengri Nyiki Sii Donyi Polo Yullo
Restricted
Saturday · 26 December
A festival of the Donyi-Polo faith, the indigenous sun-and-moon tradition of Arunachal Pradesh.

Next to a weekend

These gazetted holidays fall on a Monday or a Friday — a long weekend for anyone who has the Saturday off.

Republic DayMonday · 26 January
Statehood DayFriday · 20 February
Good FridayFriday · 3 April
Buddha PurnimaFriday · 1 May
Mahatma Gandhi's BirthdayFriday · 2 October
Dussehra (Mahashtami)Monday · 19 October
Christmas DayFriday · 25 December

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Source

General Administration Department, Government of Arunachal Pradesh, reference GA-10/2015, dated 26 August 2025. Read it on ebhavishya.arunachal.gov.in.

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