Teej-tyohaar 2026
Haryana Festivals 2026
57 festivals, vrats, fairs and holidays of 2026 — from Lohri and Sakrat to Gita Jayanti — including the ones only Haryana keeps: Hariyali Teej, Sanjhi, Gugga Navami and Pehowa's Chaitra Chaudas.
January 2026 · जनवरी
- 1JanThu
New Year's Day नव वर्ष
Calendar new year. Not a Haryana holiday, but the first big footfall day of the year at Kurukshetra's Brahma Sarovar and Pinjore Gardens.
Festival - 13JanTue
Lohri लोहड़ी
Bonfire night of the north Haryana belt — Ambala, Yamunanagar, Panchkula, Kurukshetra — with rewari, moongphali and gachak thrown into the fire and the Dulla Bhatti song.
Festival - 14JanWed
Makar Sankranti · Sakrat मकर संक्रांति · सकरात
Haryana's Sakrat: the daughter-in-law 'manaati hai' — she offers a shawl or clothes to her saas and elder relatives, who bless her. Til-gud ke laddu, khichdi with ghee and charity of blankets.
Festival - 23JanFri
Basant Panchami · Sir Chhotu Ram Jayanti बसंत पंचमी · सर छोटू राम जयंती
Gazetted holiday. Haryana marks the jayanti of Deenbandhu Sir Chhotu Ram, the peasant leader of Garhi Sampla (Rohtak), on Basant Panchami; mustard fields are at full yellow bloom.
Gazetted holiday - 26JanMon
Republic Day गणतंत्र दिवस
National holiday. The state function is held in a different district every year.
Gazetted holiday
February 2026 · फ़रवरी
- 1FebSun
Guru Ravidas Jayanti गुरु रविदास जयंती
Magh Purnima birth anniversary of Sant Ravidas; shobha yatras in every town.
Gazetted holiday - 12FebThu
Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti महर्षि दयानंद सरस्वती जयंती
Restricted holiday with a state celebration. The Arya Samaj shaped modern Haryana — gurukuls at Jhajjar and Kurukshetra, and the reform movements of the Rohtak region.
Restricted holiday - 15FebSun
Maha Shivratri महाशिवरात्रि
Kanwariyas return from Haridwar with Ganga jal for village Shiv temples; Kurukshetra's Sthaneshwar Mahadev and Kalka's temples stay open all night.
Gazetted holiday
March 2026 · मार्च
- 3MarTue
Holika Dahan होलिका दहन
Phagun Purnima bonfire. Women circle the holi with water and kachche soot; barkulle (cow-dung rings) made weeks earlier go into the fire.
Festival - 4MarWed
Holi · Dhulandi होली · धुलंडी
Gazetted holiday. Haryana's Dhulandi is famous for kolda-maar holi — bhabhis lash their devars with twisted wet cloth while the men try to drench them.
Gazetted holiday - 10MarTue
Sheetla Saptami · Basoda शीतला सप्तमी · बासोड़ा
Stale-food offering to Sheetla Mata; Gurugram's Sheetla Mata Mandir holds its biggest fair of the year in Chaitra.
Festival - 18MarWed
Chaitra Chaudas Mela, Pehowa चैत्र चौदस मेला, पेहोवा
At Prithudak tirth on the Saraswati in Pehowa, families perform shraddh and pind-daan for the departed; one of Haryana's oldest fairs.
Festival - 19MarThu
Chaitra Navratri begins चैत्र नवरात्रि आरंभ
Nine days of the Mata Mansa Devi mela in Panchkula and the Kalka and Chintpurni-route langars.
Festival - 21MarSat
Id-ul-Fitr ईद-उल-फितर
End of Ramzan. Date depends on moon sighting; biggest in Nuh, Palwal and Panipat.
Gazetted holiday - 23MarMon
Shaheedi Diwas · Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev शहीदी दिवस
Gazetted holiday on 23 March, the day of their execution in 1931. Haryana is one of the few states that closes offices for it.
Gazetted holiday - 26MarThu
Ram Navami राम नवमी
Shobha yatras with jhankis in every town; Haryana's Hanuman akhadas parade with gadas.
Gazetted holiday - 31MarTue
Mahavir Jayanti महावीर जयंती
Jain community processions in Ambala, Rohtak, Hisar and Jind.
Gazetted holiday
April 2026 · अप्रैल
- 2AprThu
Hanuman Jayanti हनुमान जयंती
Chaitra Purnima. Haryana's pehelwans, whose patron is Bajrang Bali, hold dangals in many villages.
Festival - 3AprFri
Good Friday गुड फ्राइडे
Restricted holiday in Haryana; services at churches in Ambala Cantt, Gurugram and Faridabad.
Restricted holiday - 14AprTue
Vaisakhi वैसाखी
Wheat harvest festival. Sickles go into golden fields, and fairs are held at Pinjore and Kurukshetra; the mandis open for the season's first grain.
Gazetted holiday - 14AprTue
Dr B. R. Ambedkar Jayanti डॉ. भीमराव अंबेडकर जयंती
Gazetted holiday and an NI Act holiday.
Gazetted holiday - 19AprSun
Parshuram Jayanti परशुराम जयंती
Gazetted holiday in Haryana. Jind's Ramrai tirth is linked with Parshuram's legend.
Gazetted holiday - 19AprSun
Akshaya Tritiya अक्षय तृतीया
Aakha Teej — the first and most popular abujh sawa (no-muhurat-needed) wedding day of the summer in Haryana villages.
Festival
May 2026 · मई
- 1MayFri
Buddha Purnima बुद्ध पूर्णिमा
Restricted holiday. Ashokan-era stupas have been found at Chaneti (Yamunanagar) and Topra, where Ashoka's pillar once stood.
Restricted holiday - 27MayWed
Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) ईद-उल-जुहा
Gazetted holiday. Date depends on moon sighting.
Gazetted holiday
June 2026 · जून
- 17JunWed
Maharana Pratap Jayanti महाराणा प्रताप जयंती
Gazetted holiday on Jyeshtha Shukla Tritiya.
Gazetted holiday - 18JunThu
Guru Arjan Dev Martyrdom Day गुरु अर्जन देव शहीदी दिवस
Restricted holiday. Chhabeel stalls hand out sweet chilled milk-water on highways across north Haryana.
Restricted holiday - 26JunFri
Muharram मुहर्रम
Restricted holiday. Date depends on moon sighting.
Restricted holiday - 29JunMon
Sant Kabir Jayanti संत कबीर जयंती
Gazetted holiday on Jyeshtha Purnima.
Gazetted holiday
July 2026 · जुलाई
- 31JulFri
Shaheed Udham Singh Martyrdom Day शहीद उधम सिंह शहीदी दिवस
Gazetted holiday on 31 July, the day he was hanged in London in 1940.
Gazetted holiday
August 2026 · अगस्त
- 15AugSat
Independence Day स्वतंत्रता दिवस
National holiday.
Gazetted holiday - 15AugSat
Hariyali Teej हरियाली तीज
Haryana's own festival of the monsoon. Swings (peeng) go up on neem and peepal trees, girls sing Teej songs, and married daughters receive the sindhara — ghewar, suhali, clothes and bangles — from their parents.
Restricted holiday - 26AugWed
Milad-un-Nabi मिलाद-उन-नबी
Restricted holiday. Date depends on moon sighting.
Restricted holiday - 28AugFri
Raksha Bandhan रक्षा बंधन
Gazetted holiday. In many Haryana villages the 'Salono' tradition survives: a sister ties rakhi and the family eats seviyan and kheer.
Gazetted holiday
September 2026 · सितंबर
- 4SepFri
Krishna Janmashtami कृष्ण जन्माष्टमी
Gazetted holiday. Jhankis in every mohalla, midnight aarti; Jyotisar near Kurukshetra, where Krishna is said to have spoken the Gita, draws pilgrims.
Gazetted holiday - 5SepSat
Gugga Navami गुग्गा नवमी
The day of Gugga Pir (Goga ji), protector against snakebite. Devotees carry the chhadi with peacock feathers from village to village; Gugga medis are full of drummers.
Festival - 23SepWed
Haryana Veer evam Shaheedi Diwas हरियाणा वीर एवं शहीदी दिवस
Gazetted holiday on 23 September, the death anniversary of Rao Tula Ram of Rewari, a leader of 1857. Haryana honours all its soldiers — the state sends a very large share of soldiers to the armed forces.
Gazetted holiday
October 2026 · अक्टूबर
- 2OctFri
Gandhi Jayanti गांधी जयंती
National holiday.
Gazetted holiday - 11OctSun
Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti महाराजा अग्रसेन जयंती
Gazetted holiday. Agroha in Hisar district is believed to be Maharaja Agrasen's capital and the ancestral home of the Agarwal community.
Gazetted holiday - 11OctSun
Sharad Navratri · Sanjhi begins शारदीय नवरात्रि · सांझी
Girls of Haryana start making Sanjhi — a goddess figure of clay stars and a face pressed on the wall with cow dung — and sing to her every evening for nine nights.
Festival - 20OctTue
Dussehra दशहरा
Gazetted holiday. Ravan, Kumbhkaran and Meghnad effigies burn in every town; Sanjhi is immersed in the pond the same evening.
Gazetted holiday - 26OctMon
Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti महर्षि वाल्मीकि जयंती
Gazetted holiday on Ashwin (Sharad) Purnima.
Gazetted holiday - 29OctThu
Karva Chauth करवा चौथ
Restricted holiday. Married women fast from sargi before dawn until moonrise; the karva of water is exchanged and the moon seen through a sieve.
Restricted holiday
November 2026 · नवंबर
- 1NovSun
Haryana Day हरियाणा दिवस
Gazetted holiday. Haryana was carved out of Punjab on 1 November 1966; the Haryana Day function is held at Chandigarh and Kurukshetra.
Gazetted holiday - 1NovSun
Ahoi Ashtami अहोई अष्टमी
Mothers fast for their sons until the stars appear; the Ahoi Mata picture is drawn on the wall with geru.
Festival - 6NovFri
Dhanteras धनतेरस
Utensils, gold and new brooms are bought.
Festival - 8NovSun
Diwali दीपावली
Gazetted holiday. Diyas on the haveli parapet, Lakshmi puja with khil-batashe, and fresh jaggery from the kolhu.
Gazetted holiday - 9NovMon
Vishwakarma Day विश्वकर्मा दिवस
Gazetted holiday — Haryana keeps it the day after Diwali, not on 17 September. Factories of Faridabad, Gurugram, Panipat and Yamunanagar worship their machines.
Gazetted holiday - 9NovMon
Govardhan Puja गोवर्धन पूजा
Restricted holiday. A Govardhan of cow dung is made in the courtyard and cattle are worshipped; Haryana's Murrah buffaloes get a share.
Restricted holiday - 11NovWed
Bhai Dooj भाई दूज
Sisters apply tilak and feed their brothers.
Festival - 15NovSun
Chhath Puja छठ पूजा
Restricted holiday. Purvanchali families in Gurugram, Faridabad, Panipat and Sonipat offer arghya at artificial ghats and canals.
Restricted holiday - 20NovFri
Devuthan Ekadashi देवउठनी एकादशी
Vishnu wakes; Haryana's wedding season (saava) opens — a big abujh day.
Festival - 24NovTue
Guru Nanak Dev Jayanti · Kartik Purnima गुरु नानक देव जयंती · कार्तिक पूर्णिमा
Gazetted holiday. Same day as the Kapal Mochan mela at Bilaspur (Yamunanagar), where Hindus and Sikhs bathe together in the sacred tanks.
Gazetted holiday
December 2026 · दिसंबर
- 14DecMon
Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom Day गुरु तेग बहादुर शहीदी दिवस
Restricted holiday. Guru Tegh Bahadur's head was carried to Anandpur via Haryana; Gurdwara Sis Ganj at Badkhalsa (Sonipat) marks where Bhai Kushal Singh Dahiya gave his own life.
Restricted holiday - 20DecSun
Gita Jayanti गीता जयंती
Mokshada Ekadashi, the day the Bhagavad Gita was spoken at Kurukshetra. The International Gita Mahotsav fills Brahma Sarovar with deep-daan, aarti and a crafts fair.
Festival - 25DecFri
Christmas क्रिसमस
Gazetted holiday.
Gazetted holiday - 26DecSat
Shaheed Udham Singh Jayanti शहीद उधम सिंह जयंती
Restricted holiday.
Restricted holiday