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Karnataka, Bengaluru Holiday Calendar 2026: The Government of Karnataka has released a notification declaring public holidays 2026 in Bengaluru, Mysuru, Kodagu and other areas of Karnataka for the upcoming year.
Karnataka Public Holidays Calendar 2026 and Bengaluru Public Holidays Calendar 2026 includes 20 holidays in the next year. Bengaluru Public Holidays 2026 Calendar includes Republic Day, Ugadi, May Day, Bakrid and other holidays.
Read below to know Karnataka Bengaluru Holidays List 2026.
Karnataka Public Holidays Calendar 2026: When will Bengaluru offices, departments remain closed?
Here is the list of public holidays in Karnataka for 2026 when all government offices, departments and banks will remain closed.
1. 15 January (Thursday): Uttarayan Punyakal, Makar Sankranti festival.
2. 26 January (Monday): Republic Day
3. March 19 (Thursday): Ugadi Festival
4. March 21 (Sittate): The Cat-Amazon
5. 31 March (Tuesday): Mahavir Jayanti
6. April 3 (Friday): Good Friday
7. 14 April (Tuesday): Dr. BR Ambedkar Jayanti
8. April 20 (Monday): Basava Jayanthi, Akshaya Tritiya
9. May 1 (Friday): May Day
10. May 28 (Thursday): Bakrid
11. June 26 (Friday): Last day of Moharram
12. 15 August (Saturday): Independence Day
13. 26 August (Wednesday): Eid-Milad
14. 14 September (Monday): Varasiddhi Vinayak Vrat
15. 2 October (Friday): Gandhi Jayanti
16. 20 October (Tuesday): Mahanavami, Ayudha Puja
17. October 21 (Wednesday): Vijayadashami
18. November 10 (Tuesday): Balipadyami, Diwali
19. 27 November (Friday): Kanakadas Jayanti
20. December 25 (Friday): Christmas
This list does not include Maha Shivratri (15.02.2026), Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti (25.10.2026), Kannada Rajyotsava (01.11.2026) and Naraka Chaturdashi (08.11.2026), which fall on a Sunday, as well as Mahalaya Amavasya (10.10.2026) which falls on the second Saturday as they are already regular weekends. There are holidays.
“Separate list of holidays related to the Education Department will be published by the Commissioner of Public Instruction,” the notification said.
Karnataka restricted holidays list 2026: Check holidays in Bengaluru, Mysuru, other cities
1. January 1 (Thursday): New Year
2. 27 January (Tuesday): Sri Madavanavami
3. 4 February (Wednesday): Shab-e-Barath
4. March 2 (Monday): Holi festival
5. March 17 (Tuesday): Shab-e-Qadr
6. March 20 (Friday): Friday-ul-Vida
7. March 23 (Monday): Devara Dasimaiah Jayanti
8. March 27 (Friday): Sri Ram Navami
9. April 4 (Saturday): Holy Saturday
10. 21 April (Tuesday): Shri Shankaracharya Jayanti
11. 22 April (Wednesday): Sri Ramanujacharya Jayanti
12. August 21 (Friday): Varamahalakshmi Vrat
13. 27 August (Thursday): Yajur Upakarma
14. August 28 (Friday): Brahma Shri Narayana Guru Jayanthi, Raksha Bandhan
15. September 4 (Friday): Sri Krishna Janmashtami
16. September 8 (Thirty Day): Jaa Mary Ki Jaakosi Jaayerhi Jayanhi Hai
17. 17 September (Thursday): Vishwakarma Jayanti
18. 25 September (Friday): Anantha Padmanabha Vrat
19. November 24 (Teeste): Jayanahi’s anger
20. November 26 (Thursday): Huttari Festival
21. December 24 (Thursday): Christmas Eve
List of Banned Holidays in Karnataka 2026 does not include holidays falling on Sundays or public holidays. These include Tula transition (18.10.2026), Sauramana Ugadi (14.04.2026), Buddha Purnima (01.05.2026) and Onam/Rig-Upakarma (26.08.2026). This also includes Swarna Gauri Vrat (14.09.2026).
key takeaways
- There are total 20 public holidays in Karnataka in 2026.
- Some holidays falling on weekends are excluded from the official list.
- A separate list of educational holidays will be published by the Public Instruction Commissioner.
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