Tamil Nadu Holidays 2026

The exact figure isn't set until the Government of Tamil Nadu issues its yearly holiday order; once that notification lands, the full 2026 count is confirmed.

Usually, yes, though banks layer on additional RBI guidelines, which sometimes puts extra dates on the bank holiday list.

Pongal, Thiruvalluvar Day, Uzhavar Thirunal, Tamil New Year, the Eid festivals, Independence Day, Diwali and Christmas are the recurring entries most years.

Attendance cycles, overtime calculations, month-end cut-offs, shift and roster planning, and leave encashment rules all shift around the holiday list, so HR and payroll teams rely on it to avoid errors and delays.

Niyuk hosts the calendar directly, with the Tamil Nadu State Government Holiday List 2026 PDF available here, or you can pull it straight from the state's Government Secretariat website.

January, April and October tend to carry the most, since they line up with major festivals and national observances, though the exact pattern shifts year to year.

That comes down to the RBI bank holiday schedule and any state government updates, so it's worth checking the latest notification or calendar directly.

A clear holiday list lets organisations plan HR, payroll and staffing with fewer surprises, from leave scheduling and rota planning to handling festival-season workloads and salary runs.

This page classifies the Pooja Holidays as the three Pongal-cluster days: Pongal, Thiruvalluvar Day and Uzhavar Thirunal. Ayutha Pooja and Vijaya Dasami during Navaratri are widely observed too, but here they sit under Tamil Nadu's Government/Public Holidays rather than the Pooja subset.

Pongal runs from January 14 to January 17, 2026: Bhogi on the 14th, Thai Pongal on the 15th, Mattu Pongal on the 16th, and Kaanum Pongal closing it out on the 17th.