Uttarakhand Holidays 2026

The count can shift a little year to year, but Uttarakhand typically lists somewhere between 20 and 25 public and regional holidays.

No, bank holidays are governed by RBI guidelines layered on top of the state government's own notifications, so the two lists don't match exactly.

Yes, Igas-Bagwal has official status as a regional festival holiday in Uttarakhand.

Check the top of this page. It's kept in line with official notifications and shows straight away whether today is a holiday.

Yes, declared government holidays hold good across every district in the state.

Private companies can set their own internal policies, but most stick fairly close to the official Uttarakhand government holiday list.

Payroll teams need to work bank holidays into their salary processing and bank submission timelines, or risk delays.

Yes, Niyuk applies Uttarakhand-specific holiday calendars automatically across leave, attendance and payroll workflows.

Igas, also called Bagwal, is the mountain Diwali, celebrated roughly eleven days after the main festival, in late November 2026. It's a notified holiday in Uttarakhand, kept alive through the hill tradition of bhailo fire-rope swinging.

On 9 November 2000, Uttarakhand was carved out of Uttar Pradesh to become India's 27th state, the culmination of a long-running statehood movement.

Foundation Day (9 November) doesn't show up on this year's bank holiday list; check the Bank Holidays table above for the exact dates Uttarakhand branches observe. Diwali itself, on 8 November, is a public holiday but isn't flagged as a bank holiday in this year's notification either.

Running from late April to November, the yatra season doesn't add any notified holidays of its own, but it does reshape working hours, traffic and banking demand along Garhwal's pilgrimage routes, particularly around the opening and closing dates.