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Delhi Court Holiday Calendar

Court holidays and vacation periods for the Delhi High Court and the Delhi District Courts, month by month. Choose a year (2024–2026); 2026 is shown by default. Taken from the official Delhi High Court calendars and brought up to date with the court's later notifications.

The High Court observes every holiday listed.

2026: 39 days on which the Delhi courts are closed — 29 gazetted (national and festival) holidays and 10 local holidays , including 5 declared by later notification and not printed on the calendar , plus the court vacations. Dates are shown as DD.MM.YYYY.

Weekly closures. All Sundays and second Saturdays have been shown in red colour. Local holidays i.e. falling on 6th Mar, 22nd & 23rd Oct & 13th Nov, as shown in red squares, will be observed exclusively by the High Court. 2nd Jan, 5th Mar, 21st Oct, 7th, 10th & 12th Nov will be observed as Local Holidays by the High Court as well as the Courts Subordinate to it.

Fourth Saturdays are NOT listed as holidays for 2026 (they were in 2024 and 2025). Notification No. 38/I-G-4/Genl.-I/DHC dated 04.10.2025 lists only 'All Sundays - 52' and 'Second Saturdays - 12' for the High Court.

Summer Vacation

High Court: 01.06.2026 – 30.06.2026

District Courts: 15.06.2026 – 30.06.2026 (except JMFC courts)

Both days inclusive.

Winter Vacation

High Court & District Courts: 26.12.2026 – 31.12.2026

Both days inclusive.

January 2026

Date Day Holiday
01.01.2026 Thursday New Year's Day
02.01.2026 Friday Local Holiday Local
26.01.2026 Monday Republic Day

February 2026

Date Day Holiday
15.02.2026 Sunday Maha Shivratri "No. of days" printed as "-" in the official list; falls on a Sunday

March 2026

Date Day Holiday
02.03.2026 Monday Court holiday declared by notification By notification Declared by Notification No. 64/G-4/Genl.-I/DHC dated 27.02.2026 · official notice
03.03.2026 Tuesday Court holiday declared by notification By notification Declared by Notification No. 64/G-4/Genl.-I/DHC dated 27.02.2026 · official notice
04.03.2026 Wednesday Holi
05.03.2026 Thursday Local Holiday Local
06.03.2026 Friday Local Holiday Local High Court only
07.03.2026 Saturday Court holiday declared by notification (High Court) High Court only By notification Declared by Notification No. 64/G-4/Genl.-I/DHC dated 27.02.2026 · official notice
21.03.2026 Saturday Id-ul-Fitr
26.03.2026 Thursday Ram Navmi
31.03.2026 Tuesday Mahavir Jayanti

April 2026

Date Day Holiday
03.04.2026 Friday Good Friday
14.04.2026 Tuesday Birthday of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar By notification Declared by Notification No. 71/G-4/Genl.-I/DHC dated 10.04.2026 · official notice

May 2026

Date Day Holiday
01.05.2026 Friday Budha Purnima
27.05.2026 Wednesday Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) Superseded — the holiday was declared on 28.05.2026 by Notification No. 77/1-G-4/Genl.-I/DHC dated 26.05.2026 · official notice
28.05.2026 Thursday Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) By notification Declared by Notification No. 77/1-G-4/Genl.-I/DHC dated 26.05.2026 · official notice

June 2026

Date Day Holiday
26.06.2026 Friday Muharram "No. of days" printed as "-" in the official list; falls inside the Summer Vacation (High Court) (2026-06-01 to 2026-06-30)
Vacation
Summer Vacation — High Court: 01.06.2026 – 30.06.2026 (both days inclusive)

August 2026

Date Day Holiday
15.08.2026 Saturday Independence Day
26.08.2026 Wednesday Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)
28.08.2026 Friday Raksha Bandhan

September 2026

Date Day Holiday
04.09.2026 Friday Janmashtami

October 2026

Date Day Holiday
02.10.2026 Friday Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday
19.10.2026 Monday Mahashtami
20.10.2026 Tuesday Dussehra
21.10.2026 Wednesday Local Holiday Local
22.10.2026 Thursday Local Holiday Local High Court only
23.10.2026 Friday Local Holiday Local High Court only
26.10.2026 Monday Maharishi Valmiki's Birthday

November 2026

Date Day Holiday
07.11.2026 Saturday Local Holiday Local
08.11.2026 Sunday Diwali (Deepavali) "No. of days" printed as "-" in the official list; falls on a Sunday
09.11.2026 Monday Govardhan Puja
10.11.2026 Tuesday Local Holiday Local
11.11.2026 Wednesday Bhai Duj
12.11.2026 Thursday Local Holiday Local
13.11.2026 Friday Local Holiday Local High Court only
24.11.2026 Tuesday Guru Nanak's Birthday

December 2026

Date Day Holiday
25.12.2026 Friday Christmas Day
Vacation
Winter Vacation — High Court & District Courts: 26.12.2026 – 31.12.2026 (both days inclusive)

Notifications issued after the 2026 calendar

The court amends its calendar during the year. These are the notices we found for 2026; holidays they declared are already merged into the tables above and tagged “By notification”.

  • No. 58/G-4/Genl.-I/DHC dated 15.01.2026 — Full Court (22.12.2025) resolved that the FIRST and THIRD Saturdays of every month shall be Court sitting days for the High Court. LATER DEFERRED - see Notification No. 83/G-4 dated 17.07.2026. official notice ↗
  • No. 64/G-4/Genl.-I/DHC dated 27.02.2026 — ADDS holidays 02.03.2026 (Monday), 03.03.2026 (Tuesday) and 07.03.2026 (Saturday) for the High Court; 02.03.2026 and 03.03.2026 also for the Courts Subordinate. In lieu (High Court): Saturdays 28.03.2026 and 25.04.2026 declared Court sitting days; (Subordinate Courts): Second Saturdays 14.03.2026 and 11.04.2026. official notice ↗
  • No. 71/G-4/Genl.-I/DHC dated 10.04.2026 — ADDS holiday 14.04.2026 (Tuesday) for the High Court and the Courts Subordinate to it, on account of birthday of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. In lieu, Saturday 23.05.2026 declared a Court sitting day for the High Court and Second Saturday 11.07.2026 for the Subordinate Courts. official notice ↗
  • No. 77/1-G-4/Genl.-I/DHC dated 26.05.2026 — DECLARES 28.05.2026 (Thursday) a holiday for the High Court and the Courts subordinate to it, on account of 'Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)' - the printed calendar had shown Id-ul-Zuha on 27.05.2026 (Wednesday). In lieu, Fourth Saturday 22.08.2026 declared a Court sitting day for the High Court and Second Saturday 08.08.2026 for the Subordinate Courts. official notice ↗
  • No. 83/G-4/Genl.-I/DHC dated 17.07.2026 — Full Court (09.07.2026) resolved that the earlier decision dated 22.12.2025 (Notification No. 58/G-4 dated 15.01.2026) declaring the first and third Saturdays as Court sitting days be DEFERRED, and a Committee constituted by the Chief Justice shall look into all relevant aspects. official notice ↗

Source for 2026: the official High Court of Delhi — Calendar for the Year 2026, published on the court's calendar page (official PDF, single-page image-only scan (no text layer); read visually at 330 DPI). Every printed weekday above was independently recomputed and matched.

How to read this calendar

  • Gazetted vs local holidays. Gazetted holidays are the national and festival holidays. “Local holidays” are extra days the court declares for local observance or administrative reasons. Both are official court holidays on which the courts remain closed.
  • High Court vs District Courts. The Delhi High Court observes every holiday listed. The District (Subordinate) Courts observe all of them except the days marked “High Court only”, and their summer vacation is shorter. Courts of Judicial Magistrates First Class do not take the vacation.
  • Holidays declared later. The printed calendar is not the last word — the court adds, and sometimes moves, holidays by notification during the year. Those days are shown here tagged “By notification”, and a date the court later moved is kept and marked superseded so you can see what changed.
  • Sundays and Saturdays. These are stated by the court as a standing rule rather than printed date by date, so they are shown as a rule above each year's list. Note the rule is not identical across years.
  • Things change. Always confirm against the current cause list or the latest notice on the High Court's website before you rely on a date.
Please read
  • This calendar is general information for court-diary planning, not legal advice, and does not create an advocate-client relationship.
  • Holidays and vacations can change by court notification; restricted / optional holidays differ from court holidays. Confirm against the current cause list or the latest High Court notice before relying on any date.
  • A court being closed does not by itself extend a limitation or filing deadline; when a closed-day filing counts is a technical question. Check the position for your matter.

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