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List of Festivals and Special Days – 2026
India is the land of cultural and religious festivals. Nowadays, Indian culture and traditions are being followed world wide. We believe that the festive season is a great time for a company to leave their mark on the minds of the customers. Keeping in mind the plethora of festivals coming our way, which can be your chance to drive brand recall amongst the audience with the use of creative branding, ad campaigns and digital marketing.
With the specialised marketing strategy to target potential customers during festivals, enhances the image of the company and helps in building emotional connections with their target customers. A complete digital marketing plan for the brand with the use of images, videos and social media posts including trending and unique hashtags which represents the enthusiasm and spirit of celebration.
There has been a vast evolution in festival marketing over the past few years which has improvised the connection between branding and culture. With the increasing use of the internet and social media affected trends which prevailed in society and business operations. For any brand to attract more customers festivals are a superb opportunity.
January 2026
| 01-Jan-2026 | Thursday | English New Year |
| 05-Jan-2026 | Monday | Guru Gobind Singh Birthday |
| 11-Jan-2026 | Sunday | Lal Bahadur Shastri Death Anniversary |
| 12-Jan-2026 | Monday | National Youth Day |
| 13-Jan-2026 | Tuesday | Lohri |
| 14-Jan-2026 | Wednesday | Makar Sankranti |
| 14-Jan-2026 | Wednesday | Pongal |
| 15-Jan-2026 | Thursday | Army Day |
| 18-Jan-2026 | Sunday | World Religion Day |
| 23-Jan-2026 | Friday | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti |
| 26-Jan-2026 | Monday | Republic Day |
| 26-Jan-2026 | Monday | International Customs Day |
| 30-Jan-2026 | Friday | World Leprosy Day |
| 30-Jan-2026 | Friday | Mahatma Gandhi Punyatithi |
February 2026
| 02-Feb-2026 | Monday | World Wetlands Day |
| 04-Feb-2026 | Wednesday | World Cancer Day 2026 |
| 07-Feb-2026 | Saturday | Rose Day |
| 11-Feb-2026 | Wednesday | World Day of the Sick |
| 13-Feb-2026 | Friday | Sarojini Naidu's Birth |
| 14-Feb-2026 | Saturday | Black Day (Pulwama Attack Remembrance) |
| 14-Feb-2026 | Saturday | Valentine's Day |
| 15-Feb-2026 | Thursday | Maha Shivratri |
| 17-Feb-2026 | Tuseday | Ramadan Beginsi |
| 19-Feb-2026 | Thursday | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti |
| 23-Feb-2026 | Friday | Vasant Panchami |
| 28-Feb-2026 | Saturday | National Science Day |
March 2026
| 1-Mar-2026 | Sunday | Self-injury Awareness Day |
| 3-Mar-2026 | Tuseday | World Wildlife Day |
| 3-Mar-2026 | Tuseday | World Hearing Day |
| 3-Mar-2026 | Tuseday | Holika Dahan |
| 4-Mar-2026 | Wednesday | Dhuleti |
| 4-Mar-2026 | Wednesday | National Safety Day |
| 08-Mar-2026 | Sunday | International Women's Day |
| 12-Mar-2026 | Thursday | World Kidney Day |
| 15-Mar-2026 | Sunday | World Consumer Rights Day |
| 16-Mar-2026 | Monday | National Vaccination Day |
| 19-Mar-2026 | Thursday | Gudi Padwa (Telugu New Year) |
| 20-Mar-2026 | Friday | International Day of Happiness |
| 20-Mar-2026 | Friday | World Oral Health Day |
| 21-Mar-2026 | Saturday | World Forestry Day |
| 22-Mar-2026 | Sunday | World Water Day |
| 23-Mar-2026 | Monday | Shaheed Diwas - Shri Bhagat Singh, Shri Sukhdev, Shri Rajguru |
| 24-Mar-2026 | Tuseday | World Tuberculosis Day |
| 26-Mar-2026 | Thursday | Rama Navami |
| 27-Mar-2026 | Friday | World Theatre Day |
| 31-Mar-2026 | Tuseday | Mahavir Swami Jayanti |
April 2026
| 01-Apr-2026 | Wednesday | April Fool Day |
| 02-Apr-2026 | Thursday | International Children's Book Day |
| 02-Apr-2026 | Thursday | Hanuman Jayanti |
| 03-Apr-2026 | Friday | Good Friday |
| 04-Apr-2026 | Saturday | International Pillow Fight Day |
| 06-Apr-2026 | Monday | International Day of Sport for Development and Peace |
| 07-Apr-2026 | Tuseday | World Health Day |
| 13-Apr-2026 | Monday | Jallianwala Bagh Massacre |
| 14-Apr-2026 | Tuseday | Tamil New Year |
| 14-Apr-2026 | Tuseday | Ambedkar Jayanti |
| 15-Apr-2026 | Wednesday | World Art Day |
| 18-Apr-2026 | Saturday | International Day For Monuments and Sites |
| 19-Apr-2026 | Sunday | Chaitra Navratri |
| 19-Apr-2026 | Sunday | Lord Parshuram Jayanti |
| 19-Apr-2026 | Sunday | Akshaya Tritiya |
| 22-Apr-2026 | Wednesday | World Earth Day |
| 23-Apr-2026 | Thursday | World Books Day |
| 25-Apr-2026 | Saturday | World Malaria Day |
| 28-Apr-2026 | Tuseday | Workers' Memorial Day |
| 29-Apr-2026 | Wednesday | International Dance Day |
May 2026
| 01-May-2026 | Friday | International Labour's Day |
| 01-May-2026 | Friday | Buddha Purnima |
| 03-May-2026 | Sunday | World Laughter Day |
| 03-May-2026 | Sunday | International Family Equality Day |
| 05-May-2026 | Tuseday | World Asthma Day |
| 08-May-2026 | Friday | World Thalassaemia Day |
| 08-May-2026 | Friday | World Ovarian Cancer Day |
| 08-May-2026 | Friday | Military Spouse Appreciation Day |
| 09-May-2026 | Saturday | Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti |
| 09-May-2026 | Saturday | Maharana Pratap Jayanti |
| 10-May-2026 | Sunday | Mother’s Day |
| 11-May-2026 | Monday | National Technology Day |
| 12-May-2026 | Tuseday | International Nurses Day |
| 18-May-2026 | Monday | World AIDS Vaccine Day |
| 21-May-2026 | Thursday | National Anti-Terrorism Day |
| 25-May-2026 | Monday | World Thyroid Day |
| 25-May-2026 | Monday | African Liberation Day |
| 28-May-2026 | Thursday | International Day of Action for Women's Health |
| 31-May-2026 | Sunday | World No Tobacco Day |
June 2026
| 01-Jun-2026 | Monday | World Milk Day |
| 01-Jun-2026 | Monday | Global Day of Parents |
| 02-Jun-2026 | Tuseday | Telangana Formation Day |
| 03-Jun-2026 | Wednesday | World Bicycle Day |
| 05-Jun-2026 | Friday | World Environment Day |
| 07-Jun-2026 | Sunday | World Food Safety Day |
| 08-Jun-2026 | Monday | World Brain Tumour Day |
| 08-Jun-2026 | Monday | World Oceans Day |
| 08-Jun-2026 | Monday | National Best Friend Day |
| 12-Jun-2026 | Friday | Child Labour Prohibition Day |
| 14-Jun-2026 | Sunday | World Blood Donor Day |
| 15-Jun-2026 | Monday | Global Wind Day |
| 15-Jun-2026 | Monday | World Elder Abuse Awareness Day |
| 20-Jun-2026 | Saturday | World Refugee Day |
| 21-Jun-2026 | Sunday | World Music Day |
| 21-Jun-2026 | Sunday | Father's Day |
| 21-Jun-2026 | Sunday | International Yoga Day |
| 23-Jun-2026 | Tuseday | International Olympic Day |
| 29-Jun-2026 | Monday | Kabir Jayanti |
| 29-Jun-2026 | Monday | National Statistics Day |
| 30-Jun-2026 | Tuseday | World Social Media Day |
July 2026
| 02-Jul-2026 | Thursday | World UFO Day |
| 04-Jul-2026 | Saturday | US Independence Day |
| 11-Jul-2026 | Saturday | World Population Day |
| 16-Jul-2026 | Thursday | Jagannath Rath Yatra |
| 18-Jul-2026 | Saturday | Nelson Mandela Day |
| 25-Jul-2026 | Saturday | Shayani Ekadashi |
| 26-Jul-2026 | Sunday | Kargil Victory Day |
| 28-Jul-2026 | Tuseday | World Hepatitis Day |
| 28-Jul-2026 | Tuseday | World Nature Conservation Day |
| 29-Jul-2026 | Wednesday | International Tiger Day |
| 29-Jul-2026 | Wednesday | Guru Purnima |
August 2026
| 02-Aug-2026 | Sunday | International Friendship Day |
| 07-Aug-2026 | Friday | National Handloom Day |
| 08-Aug-2026 | saturday | Quit India Movement Day |
| 15-Aug-2026 | saturday | Hariyali Teej |
| 15-Aug-2026 | saturday | Independence Day |
| 16-Aug-2026 | Sunday | Parsi New Year |
| 19-Aug-2026 | Wednesday | World Photography Day |
| 20-Aug-2026 | Thursday | Sadbhavana Diwas |
| 26-Aug-2026 | Wednesday | Women's Equality Day |
| 28-Aug-2026 | Friday | Raksha Bandhan |
| 28-Aug-2026 | Friday | World Sanskrit Day |
| 29-Aug-2026 | saturday | National Sports Day- India |
| 30-Aug-2026 | Sunday | Small Industry Day |
| 31-Aug-2026 | Monday | Kajari Teej |
September 2026
| 1-Sep-2026 | Tuesday | Nag Panchami |
| 2-Sep-2026 | Wednesday | World Coconut Day |
| 4-Sep-2026 | Friday | Sri Krishna Janmashtami |
| 5-Sep-2026 | saturday | Teacher's Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan's BirthDay) |
| 8-Sep-2026 | Tuesday | international literacy Day |
| 10-Sep-2026 | Thursday | world suicide prevention Day |
| 13-Sep-2026 | Sunday | Grandparents Day |
| 14-Sep-2026 | Monday | Ganesh Chaturthi |
| 14-Sep-2026 | Monday | Hindi Diwas |
| 15-Sep-2026 | Tuesday | Rishi Panchami |
| 15-Sep-2026 | Tuesday | Engineer's Day |
| 16-Sep-2026 | Wednesday | World Ozone Day |
| 17-Sep-2026 | Thursday | vishwakarma jayanti |
| 21-Sep-2026 | Monday | World Alzheimer's Day |
| 21-Sep-2026 | Monday | international day of peace |
| 23-Sep-2026 | Wednesday | International Celebrate Bisexuality Day |
| 25-Sep-2026 | Friday | Anant Chaturdashi |
| 27-Sep-2026 | Sunday | International Daughters Day |
| 27-Sep-2026 | Sunday | World Rivers Day |
| 27-Sep-2026 | Sunday | World Tourism Day |
| 28-Sep-2026 | Monday | World Rabies Day |
| 29-Sep-2026 | Tuesday | World Heart Day |
October 2026
| 1-Oct-2026 | Thursday | International Day for the Elderly(UN) |
| 2-Oct-2026 | Friday | Gandhi Jayanti |
| 2-Oct-2026 | Friday | Lal Bahadur Shastri Jayanti |
| 4-Oct-2026 | Sunday | World Animal Welfare Day |
| 5-Oct-2026 | Monday | World Teacher's Day |
| 8-Oct-2026 | Thursday | Indian Air-force day |
| 8-Oct-2026 | Thursday | World Sight Day |
| 9-Oct-2026 | Friday | World Postal Day |
| 10-Oct-2026 | saturday | World Mental Health Day |
| 14-Oct-2026 | Wednesday | World Standards Day |
| 15-Oct-2026 | Thursday | APJ Abdul Kalam Birth Anniversary |
| 16-Oct-2026 | Friday | Boss's Day |
| 16-Oct-2026 | Friday | World Food Day |
| 20-Oct-2026 | Tuesday | National Solidarity Day |
| 21-Oct-2026 | Wednesday | Dussehra |
| 24-Oct-2026 | saturday | United Nations Day |
| 25-Oct-2026 | Sunday | Sharad Purnima |
| 26-Oct-2026 | Monday | Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti |
| 29-Oct-2026 | Thursday | Karva Chauth |
| 29-Oct-2026 | Thursday | World Stroke Day |
| 30-Oct-2026 | Friday | World Savings Day |
| 31-Oct-2026 | saturday | National Unity Day |
November 2026
| 6-Nov-2026 | Friday | Dhanteras |
| 7-Nov-2026 | saturday | kali chaudas |
| 8-Nov-2026 | Sunday | Diwali |
| 9-Nov-2026 | Monday | Govardhan Puja |
| 11-Nov-2026 | Wednesday | Bhai Dooj |
| 12-Nov-2026 | Thursday | World Pneumonia Day |
| 14-Nov-2026 | saturday | labh panchami |
| 14-Nov-2026 | saturday | Children's Day 2026 |
| 14-Nov-2026 | saturday | World Diabetes Day |
| 17-Nov-2026 | Tuesday | World Prematurity Day |
| 19-Nov-2026 | Thursday | International Men's Day |
| 21-Nov-2026 | saturday | Tulsi Vivah |
| 24-Nov-2026 | Tuesday | Martyrdom Of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib |
| 30-Nov-2026 | Monday | St Andrew's Day |
December 2026
| 1-Dec-2026 | Tuesday | World Aids Day |
| 2-Dec-2026 | Wednesday | National Pollution Control Day |
| 3-Dec-2026 | Thursday | World Day of the Handicapped |
| 4-Dec-2026 | Friday | Indian Navy Day |
| 5-Dec-2026 | saturday | World Soil Day |
| 7-Dec-2026 | Monday | Indian Armed Forces Flag Day |
| 8-Dec-2026 | Tuesday | Feast of the Immaculate Conception |
| 10-Dec-2026 | Thursday | Human Rights Day |
| 11-Dec-2026 | Friday | International Mountain Day |
| 18-Dec-2026 | Friday | Friday |
| 20-Dec-2026 | Sunday | Bhagavad Gita Jayanti |
| 25-Dec-2026 | Friday | Merry Christmas |
| 26-Dec-2026 | saturday | Veer Bal Diwas |
| 31-Dec-2026 | Thursday | New Year's Eve |
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