Special Days
Observances
Festivals, anniversaries and days worth marking, month by month.
Festival dates shown are for 2026; they move every year.
January
| Jan1 | Birth Anniversary of Acharya Satyendra Nath Bose |
| Birth Anniversary of Dr. Sampurnanand | |
| New Year's Day | |
| Jan2 | Birth Anniversary of Mannathu Padmanabhan |
| Jan3 | Paushi Purnima (Shakambhari Purnima) 2026 |
| Hazrat Ali's Birthday 2026 | |
| Jan4 | Birth Anniversary of Louis Braille |
| Death Anniversary of Maulana Mohd. Ali Johar | |
| World Braille Day | |
| Jan6 | Death Anniversary of Louis Braille |
| Jan7 | Thyagaraja Aradhana 2026 |
| Jan10 | Death Anniversary of Dr. Sampurnanand |
| Swami Vivekanand Jayanti (As per panchang) 2026 | |
| Jan11 | Death Anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| Jan12 | Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekanand |
| Death Anniversary of Revolutionary Surya Sen | |
| Birth Anniversary of Bhagwan Das | |
| National Youth Day (Celebrated every year on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekanand) | |
| Jan13 | Bhogi (South India) |
| Lohri (North India) | |
| Jan14 | Makara Samkranti |
| Magha Bihu (Assam) | |
| Pongal (South India) | |
| Makara Snana | |
| Tila Samkranti | |
| Sant Parmanand Jayanti (Sindhi) 2026 | |
| World Logic Day | |
| Armed Forces Veterans' Day (celebrated to recognize the service rendered by the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Armed Forces, Field Marshal KM Cariappa, who retired on this day in 1953) | |
| Jan14–30 | Animal Welfare Fortnight |
| Jan15 | Birth Anniversary of Martin Luther King |
| Tai Pongal (Kerala) | |
| Mattu Pongal or Kanum Pongal (S. India) | |
| Indian Army Day | |
| Jan15–21 | PIN Code Week |
| Jan16 | Death Anniversary of Mahadev Govind Ranade |
| Meru Trayodasi (Jain) 2026 | |
| National Startup Day | |
| Jan17 | Birth Anniversary of M. G. Ramachandran |
| Jan18 | Birth Anniversary of Mahadev Govind Ranade |
| Mauni Amavasya 2026 | |
| Tai Amavasya 2026 | |
| Makara Vavu (Kerala) 2026 | |
| Jan20 | Death Anniversary of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
| Jan21 | Martyrdom Day (Balidan Diwas) of Hemu Kalani |
| Manipur Statehood Day | |
| Meghalaya Statehood Day | |
| Tripura Statehood Day | |
| Jan23 | Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose |
| Birth Anniversary of Surya Kant Tripathi 'Nirala' (Celebrated on Vasanta Panchami) 2026 | |
| Birth Anniversary of Satguru Ram Singh Ji (Celebrated on Vasanta Panchami) 2026 | |
| Shri Panchami 2026 | |
| Saraswati Pooja 2026 | |
| Vasant Panchami 2026 | |
| Parakram Diwas (Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose) | |
| Jiva-Jantu Kalyan Diwas (Celebrated every year on the occasion of Vasanta Panchami) | |
| Jan24 | Death Anniversary of Homi Jehangir Bhabha |
| Death Anniversary of Pandit Bhimsen Joshi | |
| Birth Anniversary of Karpuri Thakur | |
| Uttar Pradesh Foundation Day | |
| Rashtriya Balika Diwas (National Girl Child Day) | |
| International Day of Education | |
| Jan25 | National Voters Day |
| Himachal Pradesh Statehood Day | |
| National Tourism Day | |
| Jan26 | Republic Day |
| International Customs Day | |
| International Day of Clean Energy (to be celebrated on the anniversary of the founding of the International Renewable Energy Agency- IRENA in 2009) | |
| Jan27 | International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust |
| Jan28 | Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai |
| International Day of Peaceful Coexistence | |
| Jan30 | Death Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi |
| Martyrs' Day | |
| Sarvoday Day | |
| Anti-leprosy Day | |
| National Cleanliness Day | |
| Jan30–1 | Maru Mahotsav (Desert Festival-Jaisalmer), 30 Jan to 1 Feb 2026 |
February
| Feb1 | Guru Ravidas Jayanti 2026 |
| Maghi Purnima 2026 | |
| Floating Festival (Thai-poosam) 2026 | |
| Indian Coast Guard Day | |
| Feb1–7 | World Inter-faith Harmony Week |
| Feb2 | Death Anniversary of Mahakavi G. Shankara Kurup |
| Birth Anniversary of K. D. Singh 'Babu' | |
| Birth Anniversary of Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur | |
| World Wetlands Day | |
| Feb4 | Death Anniversary of Acharya Satyendra Nath Bose |
| Birth Anniversary of Pandit Bhimsen Joshi | |
| Sab-e-Barat 2026 | |
| World Cancer Day | |
| International Day of Human Fraternity | |
| Feb6 | Birth Anniversary of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
| Death Anniversary of Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur | |
| Feb7 | Birth Anniversary of P. S. Sivaswami Iyer |
| Feb8 | Birth Anniversary of Dr. Zakir Hussain |
| Feb10 | National Deworming Day |
| World Pulses Day | |
| Feb11 | Death Anniversary of Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
| Birth Anniversary of Thomas Alva Edison | |
| International Day of Women and Girls in Science | |
| Feb12 | Birth Anniversary of C. F. Andrews |
| Swami Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti (As per Panchang) 2026 | |
| International Day for the Prevention of Violent Extremism as and when Conducive to Terrorism | |
| Feb13 | Birth Anniversary of Sarojini Naidu |
| World Radio Day | |
| Feb14 | Maha Shivaratri (Kashmir) 2026 |
| Feb15 | Maha Shivaratri 2026 |
| Feb16 | Death Anniversary of Meghnad Saha |
| Feb17 | Global Tourism Resilience Day |
| Feb19 | First Day of Ramadan 2026 |
| Shivaji Jayanti | |
| Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Deva Jayanti (As per Panchang) 2026 | |
| Feb20 | Mizoram Statehood Day |
| Arunachal Pradesh Statehood Day | |
| World Day of Social Justice | |
| Feb21 | International Mother Language Day |
| Feb24 | Holastaka 2026 |
| Central Excise Day | |
| Feb25 | Death Anniversary of Mannathu Padmanabhan |
| Feb28 | National Science Day |
March
| Mar1 | World Sea-grass Day |
| Zero Discrimination Day | |
| Mar2 | Death Anniversary of Sarojini Naidu |
| Mar3 | Birth Anniversary of Jamsetji Tata |
| Holikadahan 2026 | |
| Dolyatra 2026 | |
| Masi Magham (Maasi Makam) (Tamil Nadu) 2026 | |
| Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Jayanti 2026 | |
| World Wildlife Day | |
| Mar4 | Holi 2026 |
| Hola 2026 | |
| Vasontotsava 2026 | |
| National Safety Day | |
| Mar8 | Ranga Panchami 2026 |
| Bijoy Govindaji Holangkar (Manipur) 2026 | |
| International Women's Day | |
| Mar8–14 | World Glaucoma Week |
| Mar10 | International Day of Women Judges |
| Central Industrial Security Force Foundation (CISF) Day | |
| Mar12 | Sahitya Akademi Foundation Day |
| Dandi March Day | |
| World Glaucoma Day | |
| World Kidney Day (Observed every year on the 2nd Thursday of March) | |
| Mar13 | World Sleep Day (observed on the Friday before the March Equinox of each year) |
| Mar14 | International Day of Mathematics |
| Mar15 | World Consumer Rights Day |
| Mar19 | Chaitra Sukladi (Gudi Padava,) 2026 |
| Vasanta Navaratrambha 2026 | |
| Cheti Chand (Sindhi New Year's day) 2026 | |
| Telugu New year's day (Ugadi) 2026 | |
| Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Day | |
| Mar20 | Mahavishuva Day 2026 |
| World House Sparrow Day | |
| World Day of Theater for Children & Young People | |
| International Day of Happiness | |
| Mar21 | Birth Anniversary of Ustad Bismillah Khan |
| Jamshedi Naoroj (Parsi) | |
| Sarhul 2026 | |
| Id-ul-Fitr 2026 | |
| World Day for Glaciers | |
| International Day of Forests | |
| International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination | |
| World Poetry Day | |
| International Day of Nowruz | |
| World Down Syndrome Day | |
| World Puppetry Day | |
| Mar21–27 | Week of solidarity with the peoples struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination |
| Mar22 | Birth Anniversary of Revolutionary Surya Sen |
| Indian New Year's Day | |
| Bihar Diwas | |
| World Water Day | |
| Mar23 | Birth Anniversary of Ram Manohar Lohia |
| Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev & Rajguru | |
| Birth Anniversary of Hemu Kalani | |
| World Meteorological Day | |
| Shaheed Diwas | |
| Mar24 | World Tuberculosis Day |
| Mar25 | Death Anniversary of Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi |
| Oli Begins (Jain) 2026 | |
| Mar26 | Annapurna Puja 2026 |
| Mela Bahu Fort (Jammu) 2026 | |
| Rama Navami 2026 | |
| Mar27 | Death Anniversary of K. D. Singh 'Babu' |
| World Theater Day | |
| Mar30 | Rajasthan Diwas |
| International Day of Zero Waste | |
| Mar31 | Mahavira Jayanti 2026 |
April
| Apr1 | Panguni Uthiram (Tamil Nadu) 2026 |
| Utkal Diwas | |
| Apr1–7 | Prevention of Blindness Week |
| Apr2 | Birth Anniversary of Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan |
| Death Anniversary of Asaf Ali | |
| Chaitri Purnima 2026 | |
| Hanumat Jayanti (South) 2026 | |
| World Autism Awareness Day | |
| Apr3 | Good Friday 2026 |
| Apr4 | Makhanlal Chaturvedi Jayanti |
| Death Anniversary of Ranapur Praja Andolan Leaders Shaheed Raghunath Mohanty and Dibakar Parida | |
| International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action | |
| Apr5 | Birth Anniversary of Babu Jagjivan Ram |
| International Day of Conscience | |
| National Maritime Day | |
| Apr6 | Birth Anniversary of Jigar Muradabadi |
| Anniversary of Namak (Salt) Satyagraha at Dandi | |
| International Day of Sport for Development and Peace. | |
| Apr6–13 | National Week (in the memory of martyrs of Jalianwala Bagh) |
| Apr7 | Birth Anniversary of Pandit Ravi Shankar |
| World Health Day | |
| Apr10 | Death Anniversary of Birbal Sahni |
| Apr11 | World Homeopathy Day |
| National Safe Motherhood Day | |
| National Pet Day | |
| Apr12 | International day of Human Space Flight |
| Apr13 | Shri Vallabhacharya Jayanti (As per Tithi) 2026 |
| Jalian Wala Bagh Massacre Day | |
| Apr14 | Birth Anniversary of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar |
| Vaisakhi (North India) | |
| Mesha Samkranti (Odisha) | |
| Visu (Kerala) | |
| Apr15 | Vaisakhadi (Bengal) |
| Bohag Bihu (Assam) | |
| Himachal Day | |
| World Art Day | |
| Apr16 | Birth Anniversary of Kandukuri Veeresalingam Pantulu |
| Death Anniversary of Acharya Nandlal Bose | |
| Apr17 | Death Anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| Birth Anniversary of Chandra Shekhar | |
| World Haemophilia Day | |
| Apr18 | Birth Anniversary of Dr. Dhondo Keshave Karve |
| Tithi of Deva Damodara (As per Tithi) 2026 | |
| International Day For Monuments and Sites (World Heritage Day) | |
| Apr19 | Death Anniversary of Salem Vijayaraghavachariar |
| Parasuram Jayanti 2026 | |
| World Liver Day | |
| Apr20 | Akshaya Tritiya 2026 |
| Apr21 | Death Anniversary of Bharathidasan |
| Sri Shankaracharya Jayanti (As per Tithi) 2026 | |
| Sri Sankaracharya Jayanti 2026 | |
| Civil Services Day | |
| World Creativity and Innovation Day | |
| Apr22 | Sri Ramanujacharya Jayanti (As per Tithi) 2026 |
| International Mother Earth Day | |
| Apr23 | Death Anniversary of Satyajit Ray |
| Death Anniversary of Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan | |
| Birth Anniversary of Babu Kunwar Singh | |
| Babu Kunwar Singh Vijayotsav Diwas | |
| World Book and Copyright Day | |
| International Girls in ICT (Information & Communication Technology) Day | |
| Apr24 | Death Anniversary of Ramdhari Singh Dinkar |
| National Panchayati Raj Day | |
| Apr24–30 | World Immunization Week |
| Apr25 | Birth Anniversary of Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna |
| World Malaria Day | |
| International Delegate's Day | |
| Apr26 | Death Anniversary of Babu Kunwar Singh |
| Death Anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan | |
| Thrissur Pooram (Kerala) 2026 | |
| World Intellectual Property Day | |
| Apr28 | Minakshi Kalyanam 2026 |
| World Day for Safety and Health at Work | |
| Apr29 | Birth Anniversary of Bharathidasan |
| Death Anniversary of Balkrishna Sharma 'Navin' | |
| International Dance Day | |
| Apr30 | Nrisimha Chaturdasi 2026 |
| International Jazz Day |
May
| May1 | Vaisakhi Purnima 2026 |
| Buddha Purnima 2026 | |
| May Day | |
| Maharashtra Day | |
| Vesak, the day of the full moon 2026 | |
| May2 | Birth Anniversary of Satyajit Ray |
| World Tuna (Fish) Day | |
| May3 | World Press Freedom Day |
| World Laughter Day (Every year on the First Sunday of May) 2026 | |
| May4 | Coal Miner's Day (India) |
| May5 | Birth Anniversary of Giani Zail Singh |
| World Asthma Day (Every year on the First Tuesday of May) 2026 | |
| May6 | Birth Anniversary of Moti Lal Nehru |
| Death Anniversary of Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj | |
| May7 | Death Anniversary of Alluri Sitarama Raju |
| May8 | World Red Cross Day |
| May8–12 | UN Global Road Safety Week |
| May9 | Birth Anniversary of Gurudev Rabindra Nath Tagore (As per Tithi) 2026 |
| Maharana Pratap Jayanti | |
| Birth Anniversary of Gopal Krishna Gokhale | |
| World Migratory Bird Day (Every year on the Second Saturday of May) 2026 | |
| May11 | Birth Anniversary of J. Krishnamurthi |
| Birth Anniversary of Asaf Ali | |
| Birth Anniversary of Saadat Hasan Manto | |
| May12 | International Day for Plant Health |
| May13 | Birth Anniversary of Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
| Death Anniversary of R. K. Narayan | |
| May15 | Birth Anniversary of Acharya Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi |
| International Day of Families | |
| May16 | Sikkim Day |
| International Day of Living Together in Peace | |
| International Day of Light | |
| May17 | World Telecommunication and Information Society Day |
| World Hypertension Day | |
| May18 | World AIDS Vaccine Day |
| International Museum Day | |
| May19 | Birth Anniversary of Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| Death Anniversary of Hazari Prasad Dwivedi | |
| World Fair Play Day | |
| May20 | Birth Anniversary of Sumitranandan Pant |
| World Bee Day | |
| May21 | Death Anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi |
| World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development | |
| National Anti-Terrorism Day | |
| International Tea Day | |
| May22 | Zarthost-no-Diso (Parsi) 2026 |
| International Day for Biological Diversity | |
| May23 | International Day to End Obstetric Fistula |
| May24 | Commonwealth Day |
| International Day of Markhor | |
| May25 | Birth Anniversary of Rash Bihari Bose |
| Ganga Dasahara 2026 | |
| World Football Day | |
| May26 | Birth Anniversary of Kazi Nazrul Islam |
| May27 | Death Anniversary of Kandukuri Veeresalingam Pantulu |
| Death Anniversary of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru | |
| Id-uz- Zuha (Bakrid) 2026 | |
| May28 | Birth Anniversary of V. D. Savarkar |
| May29 | Death Anniversary of Chaudhary Charan Singh |
| International Day of UN Peacekeepers | |
| May30 | Goa Statehood Day |
| International Day of Potato | |
| May31 | World No-Tobacco Day |
June
| Jun1 | Death Anniversary of Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| Global Day of Parents | |
| World Milk Day | |
| Jun3 | World Bicycle Day |
| Jun4 | International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression |
| Jun5 | World Environment Day |
| International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing | |
| Jun6 | Birth Anniversary of Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi |
| Jun7 | World Food Safety Day |
| Jun8 | World Oceans Day |
| Jun9 | Martyrdom Day of Birsa Munda |
| Jun10 | International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations |
| Jun11 | Birth Anniversary of Pt. Ram Prasad Bismil |
| International Day of Play | |
| Jun12 | World Day Against Child Labour |
| Jun13 | International Albinism Awareness Day |
| Jun14 | World Blood Donor Day |
| Jun14–16 | Rajas Samkranti (Odisha) |
| Jun15 | World Elder Abuse Awareness Day |
| Jun16 | Death Anniversary of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy |
| Death Anniversary of Deshbandhu Chitranjan Das | |
| International Day of Family Remittances | |
| Jun17 | Death Anniversary of Utkalmani Gopabandhu Das |
| World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought | |
| Jun18 | Martyrdom Day of Maharani Lakshmibai of Jhansi |
| Death Anniversary of Utkalmani Gopabandhu Das | |
| Guru Arjan Dev's Martyrdom Day (As per Tithi) 2026 | |
| Birth Anniversary of Salem Vijayaraghavachariar | |
| Sustainable Gastronomy Day | |
| Jun19 | Guru Hargobind Jayanti (As per Tithi) 2026 |
| International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict | |
| Jun20 | World Refugee Day |
| Jun21 | International Day of Yoga |
| International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice | |
| Jun22 | Mela Kshir Bhawani (Kashmir) 2026 |
| Jun23 | Death Anniversary of Syama Prasad Mukherjee |
| United Nations Public Service Day | |
| International Widows' Day | |
| Jun24 | Birth Anniversary of Pt. Onkar Nath Thakur |
| Death Anniversary of V. V. Giri | |
| International Day of Women in Diplomacy | |
| Jun25 | Birth Anniversary of V.P. Singh |
| Samvidhan Hatya Diwas | |
| Day of the Seafarer | |
| Jun26 | Birth Anniversary of Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj |
| Muharram 2026 | |
| International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking | |
| United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture | |
| Jun27 | Death Anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh |
| Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day | |
| Jun28 | Birth Anniversary of P.V Narasimha Rao |
| Jun29 | International Day of the Tropics |
| Jun30 | Death Anniversary of Dadabhai Nauroji |
| International Asteroid Day | |
| International Day of Parliamentarism |
July
| Jul1 | Birth and |
| Death Anniversary of Dr. B. C. Roy | |
| Death Anniversary of Purushottam Das Tandon | |
| Jul1–7 | Van Mahotsava Week |
| Jul2 | Anniversary of Shimla Agreement |
| World Sports Journalists Day | |
| Jul4 | Birth Anniversary of Alluri Sitarama Raju |
| Birth Anniversary of Gulzari Lal Nanda | |
| International Day of Cooperatives (Every year on the First Saturday of July) 2026 | |
| Jul6 | Death Anniversary of Babu Jagjivan Ram |
| Birth Anniversary of Syama Prasad Mukherjee | |
| World Zoonoses Day | |
| Jul7 | Birth Anniversary of Pt. Chandra Dhar Sharma Guleri |
| Jul11 | Death Anniversary of Bhisham Sahni |
| World Population Day | |
| Jul12 | International Day of Combating Sand and Dust Storms |
| International Day of Hope | |
| Jul15 | Birth Anniversary of K. Kamaraj |
| World Youth Skills Day | |
| Jul16 | Birth Anniversary of Aruna Asaf Ali |
| Jagannath Rathyatra 2026 | |
| Jul17 | Dakshinayana Day |
| International Justice Day (World Day for International Justice) | |
| Jul18 | Birth Anniversary of Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela |
| Nelson Mandela International Day | |
| Jul19 | Bank Nationalisation Day |
| Jul20 | International Moon Day (Anniversary of Man's Landing on the Moon) |
| World Chess Day | |
| Jul21 | Kharchi Puja (Tripura) 2026 |
| Jul22 | Mela Sharik Bhagwati (Kashmir) 2026 |
| Jul23 | Birth anniversary of Chandrashekhar Azad |
| Birth Anniversary of Lokmanya Tilak | |
| Indian Broadcasting Day | |
| Jul25 | World Drowning Prevention Day |
| Jul26 | International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem |
| Kargil Vijay Diwas | |
| Jul27 | Death Anniversary of Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| Jul28 | World Hepatitis Day |
| World Nature Conservation Day | |
| Jul29 | Death Anniversary of Aruna Asaf Ali |
| Birth Anniversary of Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata | |
| Ashadhi Purnima / Guru Purnima 2026 | |
| Vyasa Puja 2026 | |
| International Tiger Day (Global Tiger Day) | |
| Jul30 | World Day Against Trafficking in Persons |
| Jul31 | Birth Anniversary of Munshi Prem Chand |
August
| Aug1 | Birth Anniversary of Purushottam Das Tandon |
| Death Anniversary of Lokmanya Tilak | |
| Aug1–7 | World Breastfeeding Week |
| Aug2 | Birth Anniversary of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy |
| Birth Anniversary of Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla | |
| Friendship Day (Every year on First Sunday of August) 2026 | |
| Aug3 | Birth Anniversary of Maithili Sharan Gupta |
| Aug4 | Birth Anniversary of Feroz Shah Mehta |
| Aug5 | Death Anniversary of Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi |
| Aug5–14 | Gatha Gahambar (Parsi) 2026 |
| Aug6 | Death Anniversary of Surendra Nath Banerjee |
| Hiroshima Day | |
| Aug7 | Ker Puja (Tripura) Chehlum 2026 |
| National Handloom Day (To mark the beginning of Swadeshi Andolan in 1905) | |
| Aug8 | Birth Anniversary of Bhisham Sahni |
| Anniversary of Launch of Quit India Movement | |
| Goa Kranti Diwas | |
| Aug9 | Anniversary of Kakori Incident |
| Aug10 | Birth Anniversary of V. V. Giri |
| Aug11 | Khudi Ram Bose Balidan Diwas |
| World Steelpan Day | |
| Aug12 | Birth Anniversary of Vikram Sarabhai |
| Chitalagi Amavasya (Odisha) 2026 | |
| Adi Amavasya (Tamilnadu) 2026 | |
| Karkataka Vavu (Kerala) | |
| International Youth Day | |
| Aug14 | Aadi Puram (Tamilnadu) |
| Aug15 | Birth Anniversary of Sri Aurobindo |
| Independence Day | |
| Parsi New Year's Day 2026 | |
| Madhusrava Tritiya (Hariyali Teej) 2026 | |
| Aug16 | Death Anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpaee |
| De Jure Day (De Jure Transfer Day) - Merger of Puducherry with India | |
| Aug17 | Birth Anniversary of Amritlal Nagar |
| Naga Panchami (Bengal) 2026 | |
| Manasa Puja Arambh 2026 | |
| Aug19 | Birth Anniversary of Hazari Prasad Dwivedi |
| Birth Anniversary of S. Satyamurthy | |
| Birth Anniversary of Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma | |
| Goswami Tulasidas Jayanti (As per Tithi) 2026 | |
| Parswanath Jayanti 2026 | |
| World Photography Day | |
| World Humanitarian Day | |
| Aug20 | Birth Anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi |
| Khordad Sal (Birthday of Prophet Zarthost) (Parsi) 2026 | |
| Sadbhavana Diwas | |
| Aug21 | Birth Anniversary of Ismat Chugtai |
| International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism | |
| Aug25 | Birth Anniversary of Dr. Kirupanandha Variar Swamigal |
| First Onam Day 2026 | |
| Aug – Sep25–8 | National Eye Donation Fortnight |
| Aug26 | Birth Anniversary of Mother Teresa |
| Onam or Thiru Onam Day 2026 | |
| Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad 2026 | |
| Aug27 | Balabhadra Puja (Odisha) 2026 |
| Sravani Purnima 2026 | |
| World Lake Day | |
| Aug28 | Raksha Bandhan Naroli Purnima 2026 |
| Vishva-Samskrita-Dinam (Celebrated on Shravana Poornima every year) 2026 | |
| Sri Narayan Guru Deva's Birthday (Kerala)(As Per Tithi) 2026 | |
| Aug29 | Death Anniversary of Kazi Nazrul Islam |
| Birth Anniversary of Major Dhyan Chand | |
| International Day Against Nuclear Tests | |
| Aug30 | Birth Anniversary of Bhagwati Charan Verma |
| International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances |
September
| Sep1 | Birth Anniversary of Rajinder Singh Bedi |
| Punya Tithi of Shri Madhava Dev (As Per Tithi) 2026 | |
| Raksha Panchami (Odisha) 2026 | |
| Sep1–7 | National Nutrition Week |
| Sep2 | World Coconut Day |
| Sep4 | Birth Anniversary of Dadabhai Nauroji |
| Janmashtami / Gokulashtami (Nandotsava) 2026 | |
| Sri Krishna Jayanti (Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam) 2026 | |
| Sep5 | Birth Anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| Teacher's Day | |
| International Day of Charity | |
| Sep7 | International Day of Police Cooperation |
| International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies | |
| World Duchenne Awareness Day | |
| Sep8 | Paryusana Parvarambha (Jain) 2026 |
| International Literacy Day | |
| Sep9 | Birth Anniversary of Bharatendu Harishchandra |
| Death Anniversary of Jigar Muradabadi | |
| Sep10 | Birth Anniversary of Govind Vallabh Pant |
| World Suicide Prevention Day | |
| Sep11 | Birth Anniversary of Vinoba Bhave |
| Death Anniversary of Subramania Bharati | |
| Sep12 | World First Aid Day (Every year on the Second Saturday of September) 2026 |
| Death Anniversary of Pt. Chandra Dhar Sharma Guleri | |
| United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation | |
| Sep13 | Haritalika Chaturthi 2026 |
| Vinayaka Chaturthi (Tamilnadu) 2026 | |
| Sep14 | Ganesh Chaturthi 2026 |
| Hindi Diwas | |
| Sep15 | Birth Anniversary of Dr. Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya |
| Birth Anniversary of Dr. Ram Kumar Verma | |
| Birth Anniversary of Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay | |
| Rishi Panchami 2026 | |
| Doordarshan Day | |
| International Day of Democracy | |
| Sep16 | Birth Anniversary of Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi |
| International Day for Interventional Cardiology | |
| International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer | |
| International Day of Science, Technology and Innovation for the South | |
| Sep17 | Visvakarma Puja |
| World Patient Safety Day | |
| Sep18 | International Equal Pay Day |
| Sep20 | Death Anniversary of Dr. Annie Besant |
| World Cleanup Day | |
| International Day of University Sports | |
| Sep21 | Samadhi Day of Sri Narayana Guru (Kerala)(As per Tithi) 2026 |
| World Alzheimer's Day | |
| International Day of Peace | |
| Sep22 | Birth Anniversary of V.S. Srinivasa Sastri |
| Heikru Hidongba (Manipur) | |
| Dolgyaras (Madhya Pradesh) 2026 | |
| Sep23 | Birth Anniversary of Ramdhari Singh Dinkar |
| International Day of Sign Languages | |
| Sep24 | World Maritime Day (Every year on the last Thursday of September) 2026 |
| Sep25 | Birth Anniversary of Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay |
| Sep26 | World Contraception Day |
| International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons | |
| Sep27 | Birth Anniversary of Vitthalbhai Patel |
| World Tourism Day | |
| World Deaf Day (Every year on the last Sunday of September) 2026 | |
| World Rivers Day (Every year on the fourth Sunday of September) 2026 | |
| Sep28 | Birth Anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh |
| Birth Anniversary of Lata Mangeshkar | |
| World Rabies Day | |
| International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) | |
| Sep29 | World Heart Day |
| International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste | |
| Sep30 | International Translation Day |
October
| Oct1 | Birth Anniversary of Dr. Annie Besant |
| Death Anniversary of Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali | |
| Raising Day of Military Nursing Service | |
| International Day of Older Persons | |
| Oct2 | Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi |
| Birth Anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri | |
| Birth Anniversary of Dr. Shankar Shesh | |
| Death Anniversary of K. Kamaraj | |
| International Day of Non-Violence | |
| Oct2–8 | Wildlife Week |
| Anti-Un-touchability Week | |
| Oct4 | World Animal Day |
| Oct4–10 | World Space Week |
| Oct5 | Death Anniversary of Bhagwati Charan Verma |
| Tithi of Shri Sankara Deva (Assam) (As per Tithi) 2026 | |
| World Teachers' Day | |
| World Habitat Day (Every Year on the first Monday of October) 2026 | |
| Oct6 | Birth Anniversary of Meghnad Saha |
| Oct7 | Birth Anniversary of Begum Akhtar |
| World Cotton Day | |
| Oct8 | Death Anniversary of Munshi Prem Chand |
| Death Anniversary of Jai Prakash Narayan | |
| Air Force Day | |
| World Sight Day (Every year on the Second Thursday of October) 2026 | |
| Oct9 | Birth Anniversary of Utkalmani Gopabandhu Das |
| Territorial Army Day | |
| World Post Day | |
| Oct10 | Birth Anniversary of R. K. Narayan |
| Mahalaya Amavasya 2026 | |
| Sarva pitri Amavasya 2026 | |
| Tarpon Loiba (Manipur) | |
| World Mental Health Day | |
| National Post Day | |
| Oct11 | Birth Anniversary of Jai Prakash Narayan |
| Maharaja Agrasen's Jayanti (As per Tithi) 2026 | |
| Saradiya Navaratrarambha 2026 | |
| International Day of the Girl Child | |
| Oct12 | Death Anniversary of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia |
| Oct13 | International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction |
| Oct14 | World Standards Day |
| Oct15 | Birth Anniversary of Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| Death Anniversary of Dr. Ram Kumar Verma | |
| Electrical & Mechanical Engineers Corps Day (Indian Army) | |
| International Day of Rural Women | |
| Oct16 | World Food Day |
| Oct17 | International Day for the Eradication of Poverty |
| Oct18 | Durga Pooja (Maha Saptami) 2026 |
| Oct19 | Durga Pooja (Maha Ashtami) 2026 |
| Oct20 | Durga Pooja (Mahanavami) 2026 |
| Ayudha Pooja 2026 | |
| Dasahara Vijayadashami 2026 | |
| World Statistics Day (Celebrated Every Fifth Year) | |
| Oct21 | Madhavacharya Jayanti (As per Tithi) 2026 |
| Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders Prevention Day | |
| Oct22 | Death Anniversary of Vitthalbhai Patel |
| Oct24 | Death Anniversary of Ismat Chugtai |
| United Nations Day | |
| World Development Information Day | |
| Oct24–30 | Disarmament Week |
| Oct25 | Sarat (Sharad) Purnima Kumara Purnima (Odisha) 2026 |
| Oct26 | Birth Anniversary of Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi |
| Maharshi Valmiki Jayanti 2026 | |
| Oct27 | Death Anniversary of Khan Abdul Karim Khan |
| Birth Anniversary of K. R. Narayanan | |
| World Day for Audiovisual Heritage | |
| Oct28 | Death Anniversary of Dr. Shankar Shesh |
| Death Anniversary of Begum Akhtar | |
| Oct29 | Karaka Chaturthi 2026 |
| International Day of Care and Support | |
| Oct30 | Birth Anniversary of Homi Jenhagir Bhabha |
| Oct31 | Birth Anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel |
| Birth Anniversary of Col. C. K. Naidu | |
| Death Anniversary of Indira Gandhi | |
| Birth Anniversary of Acharya Narendra Dev | |
| World Cities Day | |
| National Unity Day |
November
| Nov1 | Ahoyi Ashtami 2026 |
| Kerala / Andhra Pradesh / Haryana / Madhya Pradesh - State Formation Day | |
| Nov2 | International Day to end impunity for Crimes Against Journalists |
| Nov5 | Birth Anniversary of Deshbandhu Chitranjan Das |
| Death Anniversary of Ustad Faiyaz Khan | |
| Death Anniversary of Feroz Shah Mehta | |
| World Tsunami Awareness Day | |
| Nov6 | Dhana Trayodasi (Dhan Teras) |
| Lakshmi Deepam 2026 | |
| International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict | |
| Nov7 | Birth Anniversary of C. V. Raman |
| National Cancer Awareness Day | |
| Nov8 | Death Anniversary of Rameshwari Nehru |
| Kali Chaturdasi 2026 | |
| Naraka Chaturdashi (Purvarunodaya) | |
| Diwali (Deepawali) 2026 | |
| Lakshmi Pooja 2026 | |
| Kali Puja 2026 | |
| Nov9 | Death Anniversary of Dr. Dhondo Keshave Karve |
| Death Anniversary of K. R. Narayanan | |
| Mahavir Nirvana 2026 | |
| National Legal Services Day | |
| Nov9–15 | International Week of Science and Peace (Every Year in The Week in which 11 November Falls) 2026 |
| Nov10 | Birth Anniversary of Surendra Nath Banerjee |
| Annakuta / Govardhana Pooja / Bali Pooja / Kartika Sukladi 2026 | |
| World Science Day for Peace & Development | |
| Nov11 | Birth Anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
| Death Anniversary of Rajinder Singh Bedi | |
| Birth Anniversary of Khan Abdul Karim Khan | |
| Bhai Dooj / Yama Dvitiya 2026 | |
| Visvakarma Diwas 2026 | |
| National Education Day | |
| Nov12 | Death Anniversary of Mahamana Madan Mohan Malaviya |
| Public Service Broadcasting Day | |
| World Pneumonia Day | |
| Nov13 | Birth Anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh |
| Nov14 | Birth Anniversary of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Birth Anniversary of Birbal Sahni (Founder of Palaeobotanical Research in India) | |
| Death Anniversary of Col. C. K. Naidu | |
| Children's Day | |
| World Diabetes Day | |
| International Day against illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property | |
| Nov15 | Birth Anniversary of Birsa Munda |
| Death Anniversary of Vinoba Bhave | |
| Chhath Puja (Pratihara Shashthi or Surya Shashthi) 2026 | |
| Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas | |
| World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims | |
| Nov16 | International Day for Tolerance |
| Nov17 | Death Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai |
| Gopashtami 2026 | |
| National Epilepsy Day | |
| Nov18 | World Day for the Prevention of and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Violence |
| World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day (Every year on the third Wednesday of November) 2026 | |
| Nov18–24 | World Antimicrobial Awareness Week |
| Nov19 | Birth Anniversary of Maharani Lakshmibai of Jhansi |
| Birth Anniversary of Indira Gandhi | |
| National Integration Day | |
| World Toilet Day | |
| World Philosophy Day (Every year on the third Thursday of November) 2026 | |
| Nov19–25 | World Heritage Week (India) |
| Qaumi Ekta Week | |
| Nov20 | Deva Utthana or Deva Prabodhani Ekadasi 2026 |
| Child Rights Day | |
| World Children's Day | |
| Nov21 | Death Anniversary of C. V. Raman |
| Tulasi Vivaha | |
| World Television Day | |
| Nov23 | Birth Anniversary of Krishan Chander |
| Prasar Bharati Foundation Day | |
| Nov24 | Guru Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom Day |
| Guru Nanak Jayanti (As per Tithi) 2026 | |
| Pushkar Mela (Fair) 2026 | |
| Kartiki Purnima 2026 | |
| Kartika Puja 2026 | |
| Kaumidi Dipam | |
| World Conjoined Twins Day | |
| Nov25 | Birthday of Sadhu T. L. Vaswani (Sindhi)(As per Thiti) |
| International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women | |
| Nov26 | World Sustainable Transport Day |
| World Olive Tree Day | |
| Constitution Day | |
| Anniversary of Mumbai Terror Attack | |
| Nov27 | Death Anniversary of V.P. Singh |
| Nov30 | Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare |
December
| Dec1 | Birth Anniversary of Kaka Saheb Kalelkar |
| World AIDS Day | |
| Nagaland Statehood Day | |
| Dec2 | National Pollution Control Day |
| Dec3 | Birth Anniversary of Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| Birth Anniversary of Acharya Nandlal Bose | |
| Death Anniversary of Major Dhyan Chand | |
| International Day of Persons with Disabilities | |
| Anniversary of Bhopal Gas Tragedy | |
| Dec4 | Birth Anniversary of R Venkataraman |
| Birth Anniversary of I. K. Gujral | |
| Indian Navy Day | |
| International Day of Banks | |
| Dec5 | Death Anniversary of Sri Aurobindo |
| Death Anniversary of Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela | |
| International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development | |
| World Soil Day | |
| Dec6 | Death Anniversary of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar |
| Dec7 | International Civil Aviation Day |
| Indian Armed Forces Flag Day | |
| Dec8 | Birth Anniversary of Balkrishna Sharma 'Navin' |
| Army Service Corps Day | |
| Dec8–14 | All India Handicrafts Week |
| Dec9 | International Anti-Corruption Day |
| International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime | |
| Dec10 | Birth Anniversary of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari |
| Birth Anniversary of Rameshwari Nehru | |
| Human Rights Day | |
| Dec11 | Birth Anniversary of Subramania Bharati |
| Death Anniversary of Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi | |
| Death Anniversary of Pandit Ravi Shankar | |
| International Mountain Day | |
| Dec12 | Death Anniversary of Maithili Sharan Gupta |
| International Universal Health Coverage Day | |
| International Day of Neutrality | |
| Dec13 | Birth Anniversary of Pandit Ilachandra Joshi |
| Dec14 | National Energy Conservation Day |
| Dec15 | Death Anniversary of Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel |
| Dec16 | Vijay Diwas |
| Dec18 | International Migrants Day |
| Minorities Rights Day | |
| Dec19 | Death Anniversary of Pt. Ram Prasad Bismil |
| Goa Liberation Day | |
| Dec20 | Mokshada Ekadasi / Mauna Ekadasi / Gita Jayanti 2026 |
| International Human Solidarity Day | |
| Dec21 | Death Anniversary of Acharya Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi |
| World Meditation Day | |
| World Basketball Day | |
| Dec22 | Birth Anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan |
| National Mathematics Day | |
| Dec23 | Birth Anniversary of Chaudhary Charan Singh |
| Death Anniversary of P.V Narasimha Rao | |
| Dattatreya Jayanti 2026 | |
| National Farmers Day (Kisan Diwas) | |
| Dec25 | Birth Anniversary of Mahamana Madan Mohan Malaviya |
| Birth Anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpai | |
| Death Anniversary of Giani Zail Singh | |
| Birth Anniversary of Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali | |
| Death Anniversary of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari | |
| Christmas Day | |
| Good Governance Day | |
| Dec26 | Death Anniversary of Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| Veer Baal Diwas | |
| Dec27 | International Day of Epidemic Preparedness |
| Dec28 | Death Anniversary of Sumitranandan Pant |
| Foundation Day of Indian National Congress | |
| Dec29 | Death Anniversary of Hakim Ajmal Khan |
| Death Anniversary of Pt. Omkar Nath Thakur | |
| Dec30 | Death Anniversary of Vikram Sarabhai |
| Dec31 | Death Anniversary of Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla |