May 2026 Calendar with Holidays

Gujarat Day		Fri 1
Maharashtra Day		Fri 1
May Day (मई दिवस)		Fri 1
World Tuna Day		Sat 2
World Laughter Day		Sun 3
World Press Freedom Day		Sun 3
Star Wars Day		Mon 4
World Asthma Day		Tue 5
Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives During the 2nd World War		Fri 8
Mother's Day		Sun 10
National Technology Day		Mon 11
International Nurses Day		Tue 12
International Family Day		Fri 15
International Day of Light		Sat 16
Int'l. Day of Living Together in Peace		Sat 16
World Hypertension Day		Sun 17
World Telecommunication and Information Society Day		Sun 17
International Museum Day		Mon 18
World Bee Day		Wed 20
Anti Terrorism Day		Thu 21
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development		Thu 21
International Day for Biological Diversity		Fri 22
International Day to End Obstetric Fistula		Sat 23
National Brother's Day		Sun 24
Hajj (Start)		Mon 25
Day of Arafah Starts		Tue 26
Bakr Id/Eid ul Adha (बकर-ईद)		Wed 27
International Day of UN Peacekeepers		Fri 29
World No Tobacco Day		Sun 31

Annual Closing of Bank Accounts		Wed 1
April Fools Day		Wed 1
World Autism Awareness Day		Thu 2
Good Friday (गुड फ्राइडे)		Fri 3
International Mine Awareness Day		Sat 4
Easter (ईस्टर रविवार)		Sun 5
National Maritime Day		Sun 5
Int'l. Day of Sport for Development and Peace		Mon 6
Int'l. Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda		Tue 7
World Health Day		Tue 7
Nat'l. Pet Day (पालतू पशु दिवस)		Sat 11
Safe Motherhood Day		Sat 11
International Day of Human Space Flight		Sun 12
Ambedkar Jayanti (अम्बेडकर जयंती)		Tue 14
Bengali New Year (Pahela Baishakh)		Tue 14
Fire Service Day (Gujarat)		Tue 14
Tamil New Year		Tue 14
World Art Day		Wed 15
World Heritage Day		Sat 18
World Creativity and Innovation Day		Tue 21
Earth Day		Wed 22
English Language Day		Thu 23
International Girls in ICT Day		Thu 23
Spanish Language Day		Thu 23
World Book Day		Thu 23
Panchayati Raj Day (Karnataka)		Fri 24
Int'l. Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace		Fri 24
Anzac Day		Sat 25
International Delegate's Day		Sat 25
World Malaria Day		Sat 25
World Veterinary Day		Sat 25
Int'l. Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day		Sun 26
World Intellectual Property Day		Sun 26
World Day for Safety and Health at Work		Tue 28
International Dance Day		Wed 29
International Jazz Day		Thu 30

Global Day of Parents		Mon 1
World Milk Day		Mon 1
World Bicycle Day		Wed 3
Int'l. Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression		Thu 4
Int'l. Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing		Fri 5
World Environment Day		Fri 5
World Food Safety Day		Sun 7
Best Friends Day		Mon 8
World Oceans Day		Mon 8
World Day Against Child Labour		Fri 12
International Albinism Awareness Day		Sat 13
World Blood Donor Day		Sun 14
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day		Mon 15
Islamic New Year Starts		Tue 16
International Day of Family Remittances		Tue 16
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought		Wed 17
Sustainable Gastronomy Day		Thu 18
Int'l. Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict		Fri 19
World Refugee Day		Sat 20
Fathers Day		Sun 21
Int'l. Day of the Celebration of the Solstice		Sun 21
International Yoga Day		Sun 21
Summer Solstice (Longest Day)		Sun 21
World Music Day		Sun 21
International Widows' Day		Tue 23
United Nations Public Service Day		Tue 23
Ashura Starts		Thu 25
Day of the Seafarer		Thu 25
Int'l. Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking		Fri 26
United Nations Int'l. Day in Support of Victims of Torture		Fri 26
Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day		Sat 27
International Day of the Tropics		Mon 29
National Statistics Day		Mon 29
International Asteroid Day		Tue 30
International Day of Parliamentarism		Tue 30

May 2026 Holidays - India: