Government Announces Telangana 2026 Holidays: Check Long Weekend Plan

The Telangana state government has unveiled its holiday calendar for 2026, which includes 27 general holidays and 26 optional holidays for state government offices. The calendar shows that a few of the most significant festivals next year will be on Sundays, thus giving a minor reduction to the number of long holidays.

Employees of the government are given the right to choose from the list of approved optional holidays up to five days, as long as they get prior approval from their respective departments. The general holidays include the major celebrations like Republic Day, Holi, Ugadi, Sri Rama Navami, Bakrid, Vinayaka Chavithi, Vijaya Dashami, and Christmas. Some of these holidays have fixed dates while others depend on the moon.

From among 2026’s big holidays, that of Maha Shivaratri on February 15, the day after Eid on March 22, Babu Jagjivan Ram’s birthday on April 5, the inauguration of Bathukamma on October 11, and Diwali that falls on the 8th of November are all Sundays.

General Holidays 2026:

Jan 14: Bhogi

Jan 15: Sankranti / Pongal

Jan 26: Republic Day

Feb 15: Maha Shivaratri

Mar 3: Holi

Mar 19: Ugadi

Mar 21: Eid ul Fitr

Mar 22: Day after Eid ul Fitr

Mar 27: Sri Rama Navami

Apr 3: Good Friday

Apr 5: Babu Jagjivan Ram’s Birthday

Apr 14: Dr. B R Ambedkar’s Birthday

May 27: Eid ul Azha (Bakrid)

Here is the list of holidays for the year 2026. Each month's holidays are mentioned one after the other. You can easily see and refer to them according to your need.

Jun 26: Shahadat Imam Hussain / 10th Muharram

Aug 10: Bonalu

Aug 15: Independence Day

Aug 26: Eid Milad-un-Nabi

Sep 4: Sri Krishna Astami

Sep 14: Vinayaka Chavithi

Oct 2: Gandhi Jayanti

Oct 18: Saddula Bathukamma

Oct 20: Vijayadasami

Oct 21: Day after Vijayadasami

Nov 8: Diwali

Nov 24: Kartika Purnima / Guru Nanak Jayanti

Dec 25: Christmas

Dec 26: Boxing Day

Optional Holidays 2026:

Jan 1: New Year’s Day

Jan 3: Birthday of Hazrath Ali

Jan 16: Kanumu

Jan 17: Shab-e-Meraj

Jan 23: Sri Panchami

Feb 4: Shab-e-Barat

Mar 10: Shahadat Hzt Ali

Mar 13: Jumuatul Vida

Mar 17: Shab-e-Qader

Mar 31: Mahavir Jayanti

Apr 14: Tamil New Year

Apr 20: Basava Jayanthi

May 1: Buddha Purnima

Jun 4: Id-e-Ghadeer

Jun 25: 9th Muharram

Jul 16: Ratha Yatra

Aug 4: Arbayeen

Aug 15: Parsi New Year

Aug 21: Varalakshmi Vratham

Aug 28: Sravana Purnima / Rakhi Purnima

Sep 23: Yaz Dahum Shareef

Oct 19: Mahar Navami

Oct 26: Birthday of Hzt Syed Mohammed Juvanpuri Mahdi Maud

Nov 8: Naraka Chaturdhi

Dec 24: Christmas Eve

Dec 26: Birthday of Hazrath Ali

Long Weekends in 2026:

Jan 14–16: Bhogi, Sankranti, and optional holiday

Mar 21–22: Eid ul Fitr and the following day

Apr 3–5: Good Friday and Babu Jagjivan Ram’s birthday

Oct 18–21: Bathukamma and Vijayadasami

Dec 25–26: Christmas and Boxing Day