Court holidays 2026
Himachal Pradesh High Court holidays 2026
Every closed day of 2026 for the Himachal Pradesh High Court, from the court's own calendar, with its source and a file for your phone.
This is the 2026 holiday calendar of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, transcribed from the court's own published calendar (linked under Sources, with the date it was read). It lists 16 closed days and 5 vacation periods; the second Saturday of each month is a holiday. Sundays are not listed. A matter in Pundora that sits in this court follows this calendar automatically: the deadline arithmetic, the evening digest and the holiday notice all read it.
Add it to your phone. Download the calendar file (.ics) and open it; every closed day appears in your own calendar app, with the court's notification as its source. Forward the file to the chamber. Dates are as the court printed them; a court may notify a change during the year, and this page carries the date it was last checked.
Next closed days
- 19 October 2026 to 24 October 2026 — Dussehra Holidays
- 7 November 2026 to 10 November 2026 — Deepawali Holidays
- 11 November 2026 to 13 November 2026 — High Court Holidays
Every closed day in 2026
| Date | Occasion | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| 12 January 2026 to 22 February 2026 | Winter Vacation | vacation (benches may sit) |
| Mon 26 January 2026 | Republic Day | closed |
| Wed 4 March 2026 | Holi | closed |
| Sat 21 March 2026 | Eid ul Fitr | closed |
| Thu 26 March 2026 | Ram Navami | closed |
| Fri 27 March 2026 | High Court Holiday | local |
| Fri 3 April 2026 | Good Friday | closed |
| Mon 13 April 2026 | High Court Holiday | local |
| Tue 14 April 2026 | Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Jayanti | closed |
| Wed 15 April 2026 | Himachal Day | closed |
| Fri 1 May 2026 | Budha Purnima | closed |
| Wed 27 May 2026 | Eid ul Zuha | closed |
| 8 June 2026 to 12 June 2026 | Summer Vacation | vacation (benches may sit) |
| Fri 26 June 2026 | Muharram | closed |
| Sat 15 August 2026 | Independence Day | closed |
| Fri 28 August 2026 | Raksha Bandhan | closed |
| Fri 4 September 2026 | Janmashtami | closed |
| Fri 2 October 2026 | Mahatma Gandhi Birthday | closed |
| 19 October 2026 to 24 October 2026 | Dussehra Holidays | vacation (benches may sit) |
| 7 November 2026 to 10 November 2026 | Deepawali Holidays | vacation (benches may sit) |
| 11 November 2026 to 13 November 2026 | High Court Holidays | vacation (benches may sit) |
| Tue 24 November 2026 | Guru Nanak Dev's Birthday | closed |
| Fri 25 December 2026 | Christmas | closed |
What the court's own calendar says
Notification No. HHC/Admn.6(20)/77-XXII of 10 November 2025: holidays and vacations of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh for 2026. All Sundays and all second Saturdays are holidays; note 2 names nine Saturdays that are court working days. Winter vacation 12 January to 22 February and summer vacation 8 to 12 June (the Registry stays open through both). Note 1: Statehood Day, Guru Ravi Das Jayanti, Maha Shivratri and Parshuram Jayanti fall on Sundays.
Which courts follow this calendar
The Himachal Pradesh High Court. District courts follow their state's High Court unless the High Court publishes a separate district list; where it does, that list is a separate page here. If your matter's court is not on this list, see the index for what is loaded and what is not.
Questions advocates ask
Do the courts in the Himachal Pradesh High Court calendar sit on Saturdays?
The second Saturday of each month is a holiday. Sundays are always closed.
Do district courts follow the same holidays as the High Court?
Only where the High Court has not published a separate list for the district judiciary. Where it has, Pundora keeps the district list as its own calendar, because a holiday in the High Court is not always a holiday in a district court and the other way round.
What does "vacation" mean in this table?
A run of days on which the court's regular benches do not sit. Vacation benches may hear urgent matters, and the Registry may work; a deadline that falls in a vacation is governed by the court's own rules and the Limitation Act, not by this table.
How does Pundora use this calendar?
A matter carries its court's calendar. The deadline arithmetic skips closed days where the rule allows it, the previous-evening WhatsApp digest says when tomorrow is a court holiday, and the Deadlines tab shows which calendar the matter is reading and lets the advocate change it.
Sources
- Himachal Pradesh High Court: the court's published calendar for 2026 (read 30 September 2026)