Tripura Holiday List 2026

Thursday · 1 January

Marks the first day of the year on the Gregorian calendar, celebrated globally with festivities and new resolutions.

Wednesday · 14 January

The Tripuri and Bengali midwinter festival at the close of Poush, marking the harvest with rice-flour sweets.

Friday · 23 January

Marks the birth of Subhas Chandra Bose, who led the Indian National Army in the struggle for independence.

Friday · 23 January

Worship of Saraswati, goddess of learning, on which children are often given their first lessons in writing.

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.

Sunday · 15 February

The great night of Shiva, kept with fasting and night-long worship.

Tuesday · 3 March

The Bengali spring festival in which idols of Radha and Krishna are carried in procession and coloured powder is offered.

Wednesday · 4 March

The festival of colours, marking the arrival of spring and the triumph of good over evil.

Saturday · 21 March

The Islamic festival marking the end of Ramadan, celebrated with communal prayers, feasts, charity, and family gatherings.

Wednesday · 25 March

The spring worship of Durga in the month of Chaitra, the older of the goddess's two annual festivals in Bengal.

Tuesday · 31 March

Marks the birth of Mahavira, the twenty-fourth and last Tirthankara of Jainism.

Friday · 3 April

Commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, observed by Christians with fasting, prayer and church services.

Tuesday · 14 April

The spring new year of the Chakma (Biju) and Tripuri (Buisu) communities, marking the turn of the agricultural year.

Wednesday · 15 April

Poila Boishakh, the first day of the Bengali calendar year, marked with new account books and family meals.

Tuesday · 21 April

The Tripuri festival honouring Garia, the deity of livestock and plenty, kept at the close of the old year.

Friday · 1 May

Marks the birth, enlightenment and passing of Gautama Buddha, all traditionally held to have fallen on the same full-moon day.

Saturday · 9 May

Marks the birth of Rabindranath Tagore, poet and composer, the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Tuesday · 26 May

Marks the birth of Kazi Nazrul Islam, the Bengali poet whose verse against oppression earned him the name Vidrohi Kabi.

Wednesday · 27 May

The festival of sacrifice, commemorating Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son, marked by the sharing of meat.

Saturday · 20 June

The Bengali day on which a mother-in-law honours her son-in-law with a feast and a blessing.

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.

Thursday · 16 July

The chariot festival of Jagannath, in which the deities are drawn through the streets in great wooden chariots.

Wednesday · 22 July

The Tripuri festival at which the fourteen deities of the royal house are bathed and worshipped for a week.

Tuesday · 4 August

The Tripuri festival held a fortnight after Kharchi Puja, in which the village is sealed and its guardian deity invoked.

Wednesday · 12 August

The last Wednesday of Safar, marked by Muslims as the day the Prophet Muhammad last recovered from illness.

Saturday · 15 August

Marks India's independence from British rule on 15 August 1947, observed with flag hoisting and national ceremonies.

Wednesday · 19 August

Marks the birth of Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya, the last ruling king of Tripura, remembered for the state's modernisation.

Wednesday · 26 August

Marks the birth of the Prophet Muhammad, observed with processions, readings and charity.

Friday · 28 August

The closing day of Jhulan Yatra, the swing festival of Radha and Krishna.

Friday · 4 September

Marks the birth of Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu, kept with midnight worship and fasting.

Friday · 11 September

A Manipuri observance kept in the month of September.

Friday · 18 September

Worship of Vishwakarma, the divine architect, on which tools and machinery are honoured.

Friday · 2 October

Birth anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement and advocate of non-violent resistance.

Saturday · 10 October

Marks the end of Pitru Paksha and the start of Devi Paksha, when the goddess Durga is invited to descend.

Saturday · 17 October

The seventh day of Durga Puja, marked by the Nabapatrika bathing ritual at dawn.

Monday · 19 October

The eighth and most sacred day of Durga Puja, marked by Anjali offerings and the Sandhi Puja.

Tuesday · 20 October

The ninth day of Durga Puja, on which the final major offerings are made.

Wednesday · 21 October

The tenth day, marking the victory of good over evil and the close of the Navratri festival.

Thursday · 22 October

One of the additional days the Tripura calendar grants after Vijaya Dashami, when the state is closed for the Durga Puja week.

Friday · 23 October

One of the additional days the Tripura calendar grants after Vijaya Dashami, when the state is closed for the Durga Puja week.

Monday · 26 October

Worship of Lakshmi, goddess of wealth and prosperity, on the full moon following Durga Puja.

Monday · 9 November

The festival of lights, marking the triumph of light over darkness and Rama's return to Ayodhya.

Wednesday · 11 November

The Bengali observance of Bhai Dooj, on which sisters bless their brothers with a sandalwood mark.

Tuesday · 24 November

Marks the birth of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, observed with processions and continuous reading of the Guru Granth Sahib.

Thursday · 3 December

The international day of persons with disabilities.

Thursday · 24 December

The evening before Christmas Day, marked with midnight services and family celebrations.

Friday · 25 December

Celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, marked with church services, family gatherings and gift-giving.