Telangana Government Holidays 2026 Announced: Complete List Released
The Telangana government has announced the 2026 holiday calendar, listing general and optional holidays for state employees.
Official Telangana government holiday calendar for 2026 featuring general and optional holidays.
The state of Telangana has done it and has disclosed the list of holidays for the year 2026. The list includes general and optional holidays that will be applied to all state government offices and employees.
The requirement placed on government offices in Telangana consisted of shutting down on Sundays and the second Saturdays of each month throughout the year. The holiday calendar would be inclusive of the festivals, national observance days, and major religious events but the workers would also be given opportunity to pick some of the non-mandatory holidays.
Telangana General Holidays 2026
The Telangana government has declared the subsequent general holidays for the year 2026:
January 14 - Bhogi
January 15 - Sankranti / Pongal
January 26 - Republic Day
February 15 - Maha Shivaratri
March 3 - Holi
March 19 - Ugadi
March 21 - Eid-ul-Fitr (Ramzan)
March 22 – Following Day of Ramzan
March 27 – Sri Rama Navami
April 3 – Good Friday
April 5 – Babu Jagjivan Ram Jayanti
April 14 – Dr B.R. Ambedkar Jayanti
May 27 – Eid-ul-Azha (Bakrid)
June 26 – Shahadat Imam Hussain
August 10 – Bonalu
August 15 – Independence Day
August 26 – Eid Milad-un-Nabi
September 4 – Sri Krishna Ashtami
September 14 – Vinayaka Chavithi
October 2 – Gandhi Jayanti
October 18 – Saddula Bathukamma
October 20 – Vijaya Dasami
October 21 – Following Day of Vijaya Dasami
November 8 – Deepavali
November 24 – Kartika Purnima / Guru Nanak Jayanti
December 25 – Christmas
December 26 – Following Day of Christmas (Boxing Day)
Telangana Optional Holidays 2026
Optionally 5 holidays may be enjoyed by state government employees out of this list, subject to departmental permission:
January 1 – New Year Day
January 3 – Birthday of Hazrath Ali (R.A)
January 16 – Kanumu
January 17 – Shab-E-Meraj
January 23 – Sri Panchami
February 4 – Shab-E-Barat
March 10 – Shahadat Hazrath Ali (R.A)
March 13 – Jumuatul Wada
March 17 – Shab-E-Qader
March 31 – Mahaveer Jayanti
April 14 – Tamil New Year
April 20 – Basava Jayanti
May 1 – Buddha Purnima
June 4 – Eid-E-Ghadeer
June 25 – 9th Moharram
July 16 – Ratha Yatra
August 4 – Arbayeen
August 15 – Parsi New Year
August 21 – Varalakshmi Vratham
August 28 – Rakhi Purnima
September 23 – Yaz Dahum Shareef
October 19 – Maharnavami
October 26 – Birthday of Syed Mohammed Juvanpuri Mahdi
November 8 – Naraka Chaturdhi
December 24 – Christmas Eve
December 26 – Birthday of Hazrath Ali
Important Notes
Optional holidays must be selected in advance as per departmental guidelines.
The Muslim holidays may change depending on the sighting of the moon.
For next year, there will be no extra holidays for workers and all changes in the holiday schedule will be made known through the government announcement.
It is the responsibility of the employee to adjust their vacations according to the calendar provided.
