Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has announced the list of holidays for state government employees for the calendar year 2027.

According to a notification issued by the Revenue and Disaster Management Department, government offices and Revenue and Magisterial Courts (Executive) will observe 29 general holidays in 2027.

The government has also declared four optional holidays. Employees can avail themselves of one optional holiday from the occasions listed in the notification.

Six other festivals and commemorative days fall on Sundays or second and fourth Saturdays and will coincide with existing holidays.

List of General Holidays

The following 29 days will be observed as general holidays in state government offices:

• Makar Sankranti: January 14 (Thursday)

• Republic Day: January 26 (Tuesday)

• Basanta Panchami: February 11 (Thursday)

• Maha Shivaratri: March 6 (Saturday)

• Id-ul-Fitre: March 10 (Wednesday)

• Dola Purnima: March 22 (Monday)

• Holi: March 23 (Tuesday)

• Good Friday: March 26 (Friday)

• Utkal Divas: April 1 (Thursday)

• Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Jayanti/Maha Visuva Sankranti: April 14 (Wednesday)

• Shree Rama Navami: April 15 (Thursday)

• Id-ul-Zuha: May 17 (Monday)

• Budhadev Jayanti/Baisakha Purnima/Birthday of Pt. Raghunath Murmu: May 20 (Thursday)

• Sabitri Amabasya: June 4 (Friday)

• Pahili Raja: June 14 (Monday)

• Raja Sankranti: June 15 (Tuesday)

• Muharram: June 16 (Wednesday)

• Rath Yatra: July 5 (Monday)

• Jhulana Purnima: August 17 (Tuesday)

• Janmashtami: August 24 (Tuesday)

• Ganesh Puja: September 4 (Saturday)

• Day Following Nuakhai: September 6 (Monday)

• Mahalaya: September 30 (Thursday)

• Gandhi Jayanti: October 2 (Saturday)

• Maha Saptami: October 6 (Wednesday)

• Maha Asthami: October 7 (Thursday)

• Maha Navami: October 8 (Friday)

• Kumar Purnima: October 15 (Friday)

• Diwali: October 29 (Friday)

List of Optional Holidays

The government has declared four optional holidays. Employees can avail themselves of one holiday from the following list:

• Guru Gobind Singh's Birthday: January 15 (Friday)

• Bahuda Yatra: July 13 (Tuesday)

• Foundation Day of Brahmo Samaj: August 20 (Friday)

• Christmas Eve: December 24 (Friday)

Festivals Coinciding With Existing Holidays

The notification also lists six festivals and commemorative occasions that fall on Sundays or second and fourth Saturdays in 2027:

• Subash Chandra Bose Jayanti/Vir Surendrasai Jayanti: January 23 (Fourth Saturday)

• Independence Day/Birthday of Prophet Mohammad: August 15 (Sunday)

• Nuakhai: September 5 (Sunday)

• Vijaya Dasami: October 10 (Sunday)

• Rahas Purnima: November 14 (Sunday)

• X-Mas Day: December 25 (Fourth Saturday)

Optional Holidays Falling on Existing Holidays

The following five optional holidays also coincide with Sundays or second and fourth Saturdays:

• Sab-e-Quadar: March 7 (Sunday)

• Easter Saturday: March 27 (Saturday, fourth Saturday)

• Birthday of Raja Ram Mohan Roy: May 22 (Saturday, fourth Saturday)

• Anla Navami: November 7 (Sunday)

• Prathamastami: November 21 (Sunday)